By Kathryn Reed Who gets to sell what and where dominated Tuesday’s South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting. At the root of the discussion is what the five electeds want the city to look like. Less junky was the overwhelming, though not unanimous, decision. No longer will arts and crafts festivals be allowed in South […]
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By Kathryn Reed We can learn a lot from animals – especially butterflies and elephants. With these two as the main “characters” in “Risk to Succeed: Essential Lessons for Discovering your Unique Talents & Finding Success”, author Ricky Cohen is able to connect to readers in a way that isn’t preachy and is captivating. Self-help […]
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By David A. Bischel The Rim Fire is one of the largest fires in recent California history. It highlights how every Californian has a stake in our forests, no matter how far away you are from the flames. Thousands of firefighters are working to attack the fire before it destroys the watersheds of Hetch Hetchy […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee TRUCKEE – Mired in the bureaucracy of a contract dispute and lacking the funds to hire a coordinator, California state parks officials have delayed the opening of a new museum at Donner Memorial State Park. Instead of opening this fall, the High Sierra Crossing Museum – a 9,400-square-foot structure […]
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The five North Tahoe Fire Department firefighters who were sent to the Rim Fire are expected back in Tahoe Tuesday tonight. They have been helping fight the Yosemite area inferno for nearly two weeks. Firefighter Greg Smith shot the photos from the camp burn over when he and his trainee were caught in a safety […]
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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is waving the fishing license requirement on Sept. 7. This is one of two free fishing days the department sponsors each year. Size and number limits remain, thought. Angler must have an appropriate report card if they are fishing for abalone, steelhead or sturgeon anywhere in the state, […]
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By AP A federal appeals court has upheld Douglas County High School’s decision to expel a former student who referenced the Virginia Tech massacre and threatened violence against classmates through social media five years ago. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that Landon Wynar’s threat to massacre classmates at at the […]
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By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times WALKER — State fisheries biologist Dave Lentz poured poison into a remote High Sierra stream and watched quietly as every rainbow and golden trout in the water turned belly up. After the rotenone spread along 11 miles of Silver King Creek last Wednesday, other biologists poured in a neutralizing […]
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By Russ Parson, Los Angeles Times Sustainable seafood is one of the big buzzwords in food these days. And it is important: So many of our most popular fish are close to being overfished. The trick is expanding our palates, finding fish that we aren’t already loving to death. But finding alternatives is daunting – […]
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The League to Save Lake Tahoe is spending the 16th annual Tahoe Forest Stewardship Day at Tahoe Paradise Park. On Sept. 28 from 9am-2pm volunteers will work on trail restoration, stream bank stabilization and native garden planting. Contact info@keeptahoeblue.org to register.
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