By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe may have a new lobbyist working on its behalf this summer. The Houston Group, touted by former members of the City Council as being bloodhounds that could bring money to town, is going to have to bid for the job and prove its worth. Anyone who bids on the […]
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• On May 6 the Nevada Assembly approved a bill that would make it a crime to introduce nonnative species into state waters – including Lake Tahoe. • Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation raised $284,128 in 2010. • What are you doing about your child’s dental health? • Alpine Meadows and Kirkwood Mountain resorts have […]
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By IlGruppo.cc Team NetApp’s Steven Cozza has been forced out of his home race, the Amgen Tour of California, due to illness. The California native was recently diagnosed with an intestinal infection and will have to skip the team’s first race outside of Europe. “That news came as a shock for Steven,” said team manager, […]
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By Diana Lambert, Sacramento Bee For decades, California educators have wrestled with how to teach history in the public schools. Given the diversity of race, ethnicity and religion in California’s classrooms, whose story do you tell? Who are the leading characters? And how are they portrayed? Existing state law requires social studies lessons to incorporate […]
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By Lisa Shevenell and Daphne LaPointe Nevada often has been in hot water, but this time it’s doing us some good. Nevada’s wealth of hot springs already hosts several operating geothermal power plants, and international companies are investing in an ever-increasing number of new geothermal development projects — more than anywhere else in the country. […]
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Discrete Sport LLC has added four snowboarders to its athlete roster. Ralph Backstrom of Lake Tahoe and Matt Annetts of Jackson Hole are both big mountain snowboarding specialists with proven skills in competition and film projects. “I’m super pumped to be a part of Discrete,” Backstrom said in a press release. “I look forward to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Air vs. water. Super bad tasting liquid vs. tablets in water. Spending the night in the bathroom vs. sleeping. Those are some of the differences between the traditional prep for a colonoscopy and using hydrotherapy. Hydrotherapy has been around for a number of years, but used mostly in the wellness community as […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee Jaycee Lee Dugard plans to offer the “full story” of her 18 years as a prisoner of Phillip and Nancy Garrido in a book that goes on sale July 12. But prosecutors in the Garrido case are moving to block release of grand jury transcripts that describe her ordeal, at […]
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Calling all bartenders and elixir aficionados — Lake Tahoe’s West Shore Café & Inn will kick off summer 2011 with the Spirit of the West Shore cocktail competition May 28. Those who have a must-try drink that’s perfect for sipping on warm summer days are invited to submit their recipes for consideration by May 13. […]
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Bob Dog Pizza at Meyers Station (3141 Highway 50, Meyers) is having a fundraiser for Tahoe Valley Elementary School on May 12 from 11am-9pm. Eat-in, pick up, take-n-bake or delivery — (530) 577.2364. Mention Tahoe Valley so 25 percent of the profits are donated back to Tahoe Valley Elementary School.
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