As long as the Rim Fire continues to burn near Yosemite, the Lake Tahoe Basin and western Nevada are subject to smoky days. While mostly blue skies have returned this morning to the South Shore, the smell of smoke is more prevalent than it has been compared to the past couple days. The most impacted […]
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Barton Hospice encourages people who have experienced the loss of a loved one or have endured a significant, life-altering event to participate in the ongoing bereavement group called Reflections of Life and Loss. The group meets the first and third Thursdays of the month from 5-6pm at 2092 Lake Tahoe Blvd., Suite 600, South Lake […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau INCLINE VILLAGE – Every time Max Jones rides the Flume Trail, he can’t help but take notice of a certain overhanging boulder that once caught the bar of a chain saw he was carrying on his back that sent him, his bicycle and the chain saw tumbling down the steep granite hillside […]
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Ramsey and Ralphie are two of the 15 sweet young kittens available at the shelter right now. There are two other orange kittens, plus two Siamese, several tabby cats, and all possible colors – gray, black, white, tortie, and tan. Plus there are several nice adult cats. Ramsey and Ralphie are neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated. […]
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To the community, At the time of this letter, 41 wildfires are burning in the West. Controlled burns have become big business for the Forest Service, spending millions of our tax dollars. There could never be enough controlled burns performed in the whole West that would stop fires created by random lightning strikes. Controlled burns/wildfires […]
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Kapilananda Mondal has been promoting microfinance and community development in villages through West Bengal since 1983. He will speak Sept. 12 at 5pm at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village. Moving beyond traditional approaches to microfinance, Mondal has introduced microbanking to villagers based on his belief that rural areas can generate investment capital from within […]
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The El Dorado County Commission on Aging, in collaboration with the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency, is offering a free training series for seniors entitled Boomer Ed 101. The training will be held on three Monday nights (Sept. 16, 23 and 30) from 5:30 to 7:30pm at the El Dorado Hills Senior […]
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By Alastair Bland, NPR A week without water can easily kill the average person. But a garden that goes unwatered for months may produce sweeter, more flavorful fruits than anything available in most mainstream supermarkets — even in the scorching heat of a California summer. Commercial growers call it “dry farming,” and throughout the state, […]
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The annual Tahoe Geotourism Expo is designed to showcase the treasures of Tahoe. Activities throughout the region include native ceremonies, drumming dancing to physical challenges, water yoga, nature and wildlife tours, historical enactments, hand-crafted music, interactive adventures, native twinning and beading, sand castles crawls and fitness classes. The two-day event is Sept. 7-8. For more […]
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By Chris Taylor, Reuters Kelly Bird Pierre knew the world had changed when she heard what the Tooth Fairy was giving out these days. The 39-year-old educator from South Orange, New Jersey used to get a quarter whenever she lost one of her own baby teeth. But when her daughter Oona and son Jacques went […]
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