By Kathryn Reed I kept hoping “Portraits of Change: Unparalleled Freedoms, Unanticipated Consequences” would get better. This book had so much potential. Mary White Stewart, who is a professor of sociology at UNR, published the book this year. It’s a look at four generations of her family – including herself, her daughters, her mom and […]
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The Barton Meadow and Dunlap Ranch are the green zones adjacent to and above the Tahoe Keys area. The older picture (courtesy of the Lake Tahoe Historical Society) is from 1939; while the more recent one is from Google Earth this year. — Bill Kingman
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By Robert S. Wood I never thought I’d get to Antarctica. Way too expensive, though I’d lived and worked in the Arctic and traveled Patagonia as far south as the tip of South America. I badly wanted to compare the two polar regions, which I knew to be vastly, wildly different. In the north one […]
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To the community, I teach at STHS but would have the same reaction if that were not the case: it seems beyond unethical and irresponsible to toss in that little reference at the end of the Kushner piece linking this situation even remotely to the Gronwald situation. I’m left wondering why? What does that serve […]
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By Robert H. Westover, U.S. Forest Service U.S. Forest Service research indicates that climate change will affect habitat suitability for maple trees, threatening the multimillion dollar maple syrup industry. Changes in climate have already had an impact on the iconic sugar maple trees of the Northeastern U.S. Flow of maple sap, which is boiled down […]
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The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board will discuss the electrical transmission line upgrades from Kings Beach to Tahoe City on Oct. 23. CalPeco, the parent company of Liberty Utilities, wants to improve the system in that part of the basin. On the agenda are the draft environmental impact report and draft environmental impact statement. […]
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By Anne Marie Chaker, Wall Street Journal Is a seaweed flake the new potato chip? Hoping to elevate snack foods out of junk territory and into a healthier zone, more companies are offering munchables made from ingredients with ironclad nutritional credentials, including black beans, brown rice, seaweed and parsnips. Never mind that recommended serving sizes […]
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By Jeffrey J. Selingo, Chronicle of Higher Education When the filmmakers behind the animated summer blockbuster Monsters University needed inspiration for their fictional campus, they visited three of the nation’s best-known colleges: Harvard, MIT, and UC Berkeley. Such name-brand campuses, having provided the backdrop for Hollywood productions, help shape our collective vision of college as […]
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The inaugural Light up South Lake Tahoe in 2012 saw multiple businesses along Highway 50 participating by decorating store fronts and turning on their lights as the South Lake Tahoe Fire Departments firetruck and streets department snowplow led the procession from Stateline to the Y. This year’s event is Dec. 7. Businesses along Highway 50 […]
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Nevada Historic Preservation Office will accept grant applications until 5pm Dec. 6. Grant funding is provided by the National Park Service as part of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and is used to support the preservation efforts of government agencies and nonprofit organizations. Grants may be used to support building rehabilitation, historic preservation surveys […]
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