The Sugar Pine Foundation has a series of community plantings and student plantings planted for the fall. Volunteers are needed to help plant. The group provides seedlings, tools and gloves for all plantings. Here are the dates: Oct. 19, 10am-noon, Tahoe City: Community planting at Beverly Drive and Clayton Way. Tahoe City Rotarians are sponsoring […]
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By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times Water managers Monday urged Californians to step up their conservation efforts, warning that many parts of the state could face water shortages next year if this winter proves to be another dry one. Officials are not ready to declare a statewide drought. And managers of the Metropolitan Water District […]
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Alpenglow Sports’ first installment of the 2013-14 Winter Film Series is Nov. 14. Local Dave Nettle will kickoff the eighth year of the event at Squaw Valley’s Olympic Village Lodge. He will entertain the audience with a fast-paced and humorous account of his most recent climbing expedition to Baffin Island, which is in the remote […]
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Weather conditions permitting, the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District is planning on conducting a prescribed burn in the 1st Creek drainage above Knotty Pine Drive and Dale Drive and west of Bronco Court and Matchless Court on Oct. 17-18. The project is approximately 15 acres on IVGID property. Smoke resulting from the understory burn […]
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By Charles S. Johnson, Billings (Montana) Gazette Bob Anderson, chair of the Tahoe Area Sierra Club, died in a rollover accident Friday in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, Africa. His wife, Grace, was injured in the accident but survived. They were among the passengers in a Land Rover that rolled over. Anderson was a leading […]
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By Lisa Mascaro and Michael A. Memoli, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON – The top Senate leaders jointly announced an agreement Wednesday on a bipartisan proposal to raise the nation’s debt limit and re-open government that Congress is expected to approve to prevent an economically dangerous default. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Minority […]
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By Duane Stanford, Bloomberg The once-idled leaf-processing machines at a former tobacco trading house in Alma, Ga., are coming back to life. Except now the warehouse, which still smells of tobacco leaves and cigarette smoke, is becoming a hub for a sweeter crop: stevia. Approved for commercial use in the U.S. five years ago, stevia […]
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By Patti Neighmond, NPR If you’re among the estimated 27 million Americans who suffer from osteoarthritis of the knee or hip, then perhaps you’ve tried the nutritional supplements glucosamine and chondroitin. They’ve been marketed for joint health for about 20 years, and sales are still brisk. But do they help? Some horses might say yes. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Advocates for banning plastic bags in South Lake Tahoe got a partial win Tuesday. While the ordinance for the ban was on the consent agenda as a second reading, it got pulled for discussion. Tim James, manager of the California Grocers Association, wanted time to explain how without putting a fee for […]
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By Kathryn Reed Politicians are elected to SERVE the public. Many seem to have forgotten that. They have their own agendas. They want to represent a few instead of the majority. They forget about doing what’s right for the greater good and refuse to put aside personal opinions. And it’s not just happening in Washington, […]
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