By Kathryn Reed To accommodate the Edgewood Lodge, which could break ground in August, some changes to planning documents are necessary. And this involves South Lake Tahoe because part of Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course is in the city limits. Holes 8 and 9 cross into California from Stateline. Part of No. 8’s green complex […]
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To the community, Design Workshop, a local landscape architectural company, was the generous sponsor for Bread & Broth’s dinner served on Jan. 27 at St. Theresa Church’s Grace Hall. This was their first time hosting a B&B dinner. Gina Montecallo, one of Design Workshop’s landscape designers, said, “Great to give back to the community and […]
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By Wray Herbert, Huffington Post I went to college long before the era of laptops, so I learned to take notes the old-fashioned way: ink on paper. But that does not mean my note-taking system was simple. Indeed it was an intricate hieroglyphic language, in which asterisks and underscoring and check marks and exclamation points […]
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A winter weather advisory for the Lake Tahoe Basin is in effect from Feb. 6 from 4am to 10pm. The National Weather Service in Reno is calling for 2 to 6 inches at lake level, with 5 to 10 inches above 7,000 feet. This will be followed by another weather system on Friday and into […]
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It could be a month before officials know the ignition source of the fire that destroyed a house last week in South Lake Tahoe. The fire on Long Avenue erupted Jan. 29, causing more than $300,000 in damage. It was unoccupied while repairs were being made from prior frozen pipe damage. Police and fire officials […]
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By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times Americans consume too much sugar, and our collective sweet tooth is killing us. So says a study published Monday by the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. It finds that 71.4 percent of U.S. adults get more than the recommended 10 percent of their daily calories from added sugars in foods […]
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By Leigh Ann Caldwell, CNN WASHINGTON — The similarities are plentiful. Both congressmen are Republican. Both represent central California — their districts share a border. Both are recently elected to Congress. Both have outspoken positions on immigration reform. And that’s where the similarities end. Rep. Jeff Denham, who represents California’s 10th Congressional District, is actively […]
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A Southern California man died Tuesday while snowboarding at Heavenly Mountain Resort. An autopsy showed Wyatt James Colvard, 18, of Fountain Valley died due to internal injuries from blunt force trauma, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies and Tahoe Douglas paramedics were called to Boulder Lodge on Feb. 4 at 11:45am to help […]
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By Bruce Kennedy, MoneyWatch The ongoing severe drought in California is much more than a statewide emergency or a local news story. It will likely have ripple effects nationwide, affecting grocery store receipts in all 50 states, and putting a dent in the nation’s economy. California is a major player in the country’s economic engine. […]
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By Kathleen Miles, Huffington Post California may soon require the highest minimum wage of any U.S. state. State Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, introduced a bill Monday to raise the state minimum wage to $11 per hour in 2015, $12 per hour in 2016 and $13 per hour in 2017. Beginning in 2018, the state […]
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