By Michael Roberts, Outside Early last year, a doctoral candidate at Portland State University in Oregon made headlines when he presented findings to the national Transportation Research Board showing that riding a bike makes us happy. According to his survey of more than 800 commuters, bikers rated higher on a well-being index than people using […]
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• Royal Gorge Cross Country is open. • The recreation facilities JPA will be meeting Jan. 24 from 9-11am at Lake Tahoe Airport. • The U.S. Postal Service is expecting Dec. 16 to be the busiest mailing day of the season and Dec. 19 the biggest delivery day. • Afrolicious brings the funk for a […]
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By Maanvi Singh, NPR Avery Stackhouse, age 7, of Lafayette, says he wishes he had more time for phys ed. “We just have it one day a week — on Monday.” There’s always lunch and recess, he says. “We play a couple of games, like football and soccer,” he tells Shots. But at Happy Valley […]
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By Kathryn Reed After going to Apple Hill earlier this fall, I had a lot of apples to deal with. Not a bad problem to have. But I also didn’t want them to go bad. I decided to turn the remaining ones into a crisp instead of pie. In large part this had to do […]
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By Mike Esterl, Wall Street Journal Joanna Stepka is the soda industry’s new nightmare. The 33-year-old Rhode Island resident began drinking Diet Coke in kindergarten, graduating to three cans a day by adulthood. She quit in August after her gym trainer told her artificial sweeteners are unhealthy and make people fat even if they don’t […]
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By Rob Lovitt, NBC News Skiers and snowboarders searching for “the steep and deep” this winter may find that the concept has taken on a much less appealing connotation: The price of the sport is getting so steep that some believe it may be becoming the exclusive domain of those whose pockets are exceedingly deep. […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College is offering students an opportunity to learn Spanish in Guatemala next summer. The program is open to anyone who is at least 18. Participants do not have to be current LTCC students. All levels of Spanish language learners are welcome. The two-week program starts July 27. Students will receive six hours […]
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By Erik Tormoen, Outside To those on allergy-free diets: A larger number of popular, nutrient-dense foods may be available than you think. Just consider eating a part or variation of your allergenic cuisine. Instead of abstaining entirely from eggs, for example, you may need only to shear away the egg whites—or whichever part of the […]
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Christie Rassuchine Higman and Robyn Lindner, two authors who grew up in Tahoe, will be reading from their newest book in their Crazy Club series, “The Crazy Club’s First Slumber Party”. This story deals with overcoming homesickness through the help of friends. Friends of the Library are putting on this free story time-pajama party at […]
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By Kathryn Reed With Lakeview Commons still in its infancy, South Lake Tahoe officials are struggling to figure just what it should be. While the agenda topic Tuesday at the council meeting was to recap the summer concert series run by Rob and CarolAnne Giustina of OnCourse Events, much of the talk was about what […]
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