By Teri Mizuhara Are you traveling this holiday season and staying in a motel or hotel? If you or someone you know will be on the road, take our five minute quiz to find out how savvy you are about fire safety. Hotels and motels can become our home away from home and we often […]
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By Katarina Gustafsson and Matthew Boyle, Bloomberg It’s snowing. The children laugh and prance through the woods. Dad fells the perfect fir and carries it home over his shoulder. The family sings carols and drinks cocoa as they happily decorate the tree. That yuletide dream, peddled by Hallmark cards and Lifetime movies, is as believable […]
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By Herb Scribner, Deseret News If violence were the only concern in opting for a PG-13 movie instead of an R-rated one, it might not make much of a difference. According to a study done by the Annenberg Public Policy Center and University of Pennsylvania, PG-13 and R-rated films show a similar amount of violent […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post The race for Olympic glory gets supercharged this week in Breckenridge, and the brawling will be most brutal among the Americans who forged the sports of halfpipe and slopestyle. The Breckenridge Dew Tour is the first step this season for U.S. freeskiers and snowboarders hoping to reach the Winter Olympics […]
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Coldwell Banker Select in Zephyr Cove believes that pets should have a joyous holiday season. From now until Dec. 28, the company is hosting a food drive for animals at Douglas County Animal Care and Services. Bring a donation of dry or canned wet dog or cat food to the office in Zephyr Cove, 188 […]
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By Kathryn Reed Increasing the allowable coverage by 33 percent for parking at Tahoe Keys Marina will require shifting the entrance of Cove East about 20 feet closer to the Upper Truckee River. The California Tahoe Conservancy board on Dec. 12 agreed to allow the marina to cover up to 60,000-square-feet of the nearly 1.5-acre […]
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To the community, The staff of Weidinger Public Relations provided both a warm, cheerful greeting and a hot salmon meal to over 90 dinner guests who had braved the frigid weather to attend Bread & Broth’s Monday evening meal on Dec. 9. By sponsoring an Adopt A Day of Nourishment Weidinger Public Relations’ volunteer crew […]
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The U.C. Cooperative Extension is hosting a nine-part weekly webinar series on reforestation in California starting in January. The goal is to explore issues related to reforestation in California, including the current needs and the ecological, social and environmental benefits. Issues in California reforestation to be addressed include the effectiveness of various practices used to […]
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Alpenglow Sports has again partnered with Alpine Meadows Ski Resort for the 8th annual Backcountry Demo Event on Jan. 11 from 9am to 3pm. The Tahoe City shop has worked hard to foster the largest, and most well-known backcountry demo event in North America. The free event is for all ages and abilities. Participating vendors […]
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• Douglas County Library in Zephyr Cove will be closed Dec. 25. The library will resume its regular schedule on Dec. 26 at 9am. • Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival (July 11-Aug. 24, 2014) will feature the romantic comedy “As You Like It” Tuesdays-Sundays. • Jorge Perez, hematologist-oncologist and owner of Sierra Nevada Cancer Center, is […]
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