By Sarah Nassauer, Wall Street Journal These are dark days for fans of regular yogurt. The creamy snack is being edged out on grocery store shelves by its thicker, tarter, higher-protein sibling, Greek yogurt. Over a third of the yogurt in a typical grocery store is now Greek, in varieties from low-fat to fruit-on-the-bottom to […]
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Zephyr Cove resident Susan Henson, an ovarian cancer survivor and cancer awareness advocate, was selected this summer to attend the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance conference in Washington, D.C. She had the opportunity to learn about the latest advances in treatment with the expectation that she would help raise the level of awareness of ovarian cancer […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun The publisher of a newsletter about Las Vegas is encouraging readers not to put money down on hotel reservations or make deposits in casinos operated by Caesars Entertainment, citing the prospect of a bankruptcy filing. Caesars owns Harrah’s and Harveys at Stateline. “In an abundance of caution, this […]
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Double neck guitar phenom Ian Ethan Case will play a benefit concert for South Tahoe High School on Sept. 12 at 6pm. This will be a solo performance by Case. This is a fundraiser for the school. The performance will be in the South Tahoe High TADA Theater, 1735 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. […]
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Soldiers and airmen of the Nevada Guard are set to participate in an informal memorial run-walk to commemorate the victims of the International House of Pancakes shooting on Sept. 6, 2011. The run/walk will start at the Carson City IHOP at 3883 S. Carson St. at 6am Friday. Shooting survivor Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy Mock […]
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By Kate Galbraith, New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — The huge wildfire scorching one of America’s most beloved national parks, Yosemite, has rained ash on San Francisco’s water supply and jolted the nation. Experts say this is just a foretaste of major fires to come, in the United States and much of the world. Increasing […]
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By Janet Lorin, Bloomberg The number of U.S. university students declined by almost half a million last year, following years of growth, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The decrease was driven by students 25 and older, with 419,000 fewer enrolled in the fall of 2012 from a year earlier, according to data the Census […]
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South Tahoe High School was on a temporary lockdown this morning. South Lake Tahoe police officers were in the area on a case involving a high-risk warrant. It was at their request the school go on lockdown. This was done as a precautionary measure. The lockdown was over at 9:31am Wednesday. — Lake Tahoe News […]
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The Lake Tahoe Historical Society will host its popular walking tour of Al Tahoe at 2pm Sept. 7. Reservations must be made to tour leader Lee Vestal at lavestal@outlook.com. Leave name and phone number on the message. The first 10 people will be accepted. Meet at the museum (2058 Lake Tahoe Blvd.. next to Senior […]
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By KTVU-TV California communities are spending $428 million dollars a year to keep plastic and other trash off the streets and keep it from polluting waterways and beaches, an environmental group said in a new report. For many, “soda bottles, food wrappers, and cigarette butts are just forgotten bits of muck that hit the street […]
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