By Linda Fine Conaboy Lake Tahoe News resurrected an interview conducted with Brooks Park in 1992 when he was 79. He quietly filled the role of family patriarch and owned Park Cattle Company, now known as Edgewood Companies. Brooks died in 2000. At the request of family members, this interview was not published until now. […]
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By Susan Voyles, Reno Gazette-Journal Every week day since December, a Washoe County sheriff’s community service crew has worked the banks of the Truckee River, wrapping trees with chicken wire to protect them from beavers, cleaning up homeless camps and picking up other debris. Since December, they’ve wrapped 423 trees and removed 95 homeless camps, […]
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By Wynne Parry, LiveScience Once thrown out, biodegradable products — everything from trash bags and diaper liners to pens — are designed to break down relatively quickly and disappear into the natural environment. But these products may not live up to their green image, new research indicates. “The implication is, it’s biodegradable, therefore, it’s better […]
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By Doug Jastrow, Contra Costa Times CONCORD — One of Mindy Mohammed’s favorite memories was when her grandmother allowed her to be a real conductor on a train. She was only 10 years old at the time, but her grandmother Laurette Lee let her pull the train whistle, see the engine room and learn about […]
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• South Tahoe Wooden Boat Classic (July 29-30) at Tahoe Keys Marina in South Lake Tahoe has discount tickets at any Raley’s, Nob Hill, or Bel Air market in California and Nevada. Tickets at the stores are $15 – a $5 savings. Kids 12 and under are free. • El Dorado County’s 2010-11 Grand Jury […]
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Cedar House’s summer calendar kicks off with a celebration of wild plants and mushrooms, game and seafood. Indulge in The Forgotten Feast with Hank Shaw author of “Hunt, Gather, Cook: Finding the Forgotten Feast” on July 16. Shaw spends his days thinking and writing about ways to cook and enjoy anything that walks, flies, swims […]
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Do you need your GED or do you know someone who does? Susie Meier, a former GED instructor and examiner, will assess your skill level through a series of pretests – for free. Then she will assign a course of study to ensure success in all five academic areas: science, social studies, reading, writing and […]
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To the community, The Tahoe Rim Trail received a little “tender care” from the newly formed Tahoe Regional Young Professionals on June 11 and June 14. TRYP members, along with many other outdoor enthusiasts, hiked Daggett Summit to move dirt, boulders, crush granite and clear roots, all while taking in the majestic scenery. TRYP would […]
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By Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee My, what is that clacking cacophony piercing the pleasant murmur and hum and halogen glow of the workplace? Staccato bursts, startling as gunfire, ring out through the cubicle partitions. Now here comes a single bell chime, followed by a dissonant rrrpppttt noise, like an angry boss clearing his throat. Someone, […]
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By Kathryn Reed DESOLATION WILDERNESS – Water. It’s going to be the common denominator for all hikes in and around the Lake Tahoe area for a while. And that’s a good thing when waterfalls are involved. Rumbling water is a constant sound on the trek from the Eagle Falls parking lot to Eagle Lake. Sometimes […]
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