National Women’s History Month dates back to March 8, 1857, when women from New York City factories staged a protest over working conditions. International Women’s Day was first observed in 1909, but it wasn’t until 1981 Congress established National Women’s History Week to be commemorated the second week of March. In 1987, Congress expanded the […]
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El Dorado County is having a workshop on Yellow Starthistle Control and Preventing the Spread of Invasive Weeds on March 11 from 1:30-3pm. The meeting is in the Planning Commission Room – Building C, El Dorado County Administrative Offices, 2850 Fairlane Court, Placerville. Registration for this workshop is recommended. Register online or contact Nancy Starr […]
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Publisher’s note: On Feb. 23 Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe honored four students from Whittell High School as Young Women of Distinction. Bernadette Esquivel spoke about each woman. Here is what she had to say. By Bernadette Esquivel STATELINE — I have had the pleasure of knowing Karin Sharon and her family for well […]
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Soil guru Ron Godin, known as the “soil whisperer”, will speak at the Nevada Small Farm Conference on March 11-12 at the Fallon Convention Center. Godin will discuss soil life, plant deficiencies, weed and disease problems, and how to amend soils for maximum health and crop yields. He is the Extension Agronomist for Organic and […]
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Following its successful U.S. debut, “Mount St. Elias” returns for another special engagement. For one night only, moviegoers will get the chance to witness the harrowing documentary “Mount St. Elias” in theaters, and get a big screen glimpse into one of the greatest feats in mountaineering and skiing history on March 3. The film, which […]
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Updated: Feb. 28 8:35pm. By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee Phillip and Nancy Garrido have made a “full confession” to the 1991 kidnapping of 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard in hopes of convincing prosecutors to allow Nancy Garrido to some day be released from prison, a defense attorney in the case revealed today. Nancy Garrido’s court-appointed lawyer, […]
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Fourteenth annual Lake Tahoe Environmental Summit. Hosted this year by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., at Homewood Mountain Resort on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe.
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Nancy Gibson is returning to the basin as forest supervisor for the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. She was deputy forest supervisor several years ago. Second in charge will be Jeff Marsolais. The start date for both has not been released. For the last three years, Gibson has been deputy forest supervisor on the Six […]
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To the community, Lake Valley Fire Protection District would like to remind everyone that extra precautions need to be taken while driving during the winter. Along with potential hazardous road conditions, motorists can expect extreme delays due to snow conditions or accidents. Lake Valley FPD personnel recommend following these tips to ensure a safe trip […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee The judge in the Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnap case today rejected efforts by the media to have court documents unsealed, including a grand jury transcript, in which Dugard described her 18 years of captivity. El Dorado Superior Court Judge Douglas Phimister said he had reviewed more than two dozen of […]
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