There will be a fundraiser April 18 for the Family Resource Community Garden. The 8pm event at Himmel Haus in South Lake Tahoe costs $5. The garden will be put in this spring. It is project being put together by Gardens 4 A Healthy Tahoe and lake Tahoe Sustainability Collaborative.
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By Matt Ferner, Huffington Post By a wide margin, Americans believe that alcohol is more dangerous to a person’s health and to society in general than marijuana, according to a Pew study released Wednesday. When asked whether marijuana or alcohol would be more harmful to personal health, if marijuana were as widely available as alcohol, […]
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The Kings Beach Commercial Core Improvement Project is scheduled to begin April 8. Work will start on Highway 28 with altering the four-lane roadway into three lanes. Also up first is making Brook Avenue an eastbound, one-way road. One of the largest components of the project is to capture and treat runoff. To accomplish that, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Avoiding Tahoe Keys Boulevard this summer might make for a better driving experience. Gerhardt & Berry Construction out of Sparks will begin a water line replacement project the first week of May that could take all summer. The South Tahoe Public Utility District board last week awarded the $3,346,572.70 bid. Nine bids […]
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Wally is a big fellow who’s a little shy to begin with. He will need a little time to adjust to a new home, but once he knows all is well, he’s up for head and shoulder rubs and lots of love. He is curious and playful. He will benefit from exercise and a healthy […]
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To the community, Thank you to Hope Lutheran Church of the Sierra and the really nice group of church members for their sponsorship and volunteering at Bread & Broth’s dinner on March 31. Many of the members of the fifth week of the month B&B volunteer team members belong to Hope Lutheran Church and they […]
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A Southern California man died Sunday at Northstar. Marc L. Coleman, 67, of Van Nuys could not be revived at the Truckee at resort. “Deputy coroners on scene determined this to be an apparent accidental ski death, although an autopsy may be pending,” Placer County sheriff’s deputies said in a statement. “Initial reports stated ski […]
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By Lily Dayton, Los Angeles Times Each time health psychologist Kelly McGonigal teaches her Science of Willpower class, she asks students to select a willpower challenge to focus on during the 10-week course. Though students’ goals are diverse — kicking nicotine or getting out of debt, controlling their temper or overcoming alcohol abuse — there […]
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Placer is the second healthiest county in California according to the annual County Health Rankings & Roadmaps. The rankings measure health factors, including high school graduation rates, obesity, smoking, unemployment, access to healthy foods, the quality of air and water, income, and teen births in nearly every county in the United States. “The people of […]
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By Melissa Mylchreest, High Country News Each year, wildfires claim hundreds of homes throughout the West in what’s known as the wildland-urban interface. This issue roars into the national spotlight every summer as footage of engulfed subdivisions flickers on TVs across the country. National fire suppression budgets reach into the billions of dollars every year, […]
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