By Sacramento Bee Firefighters were kept busy Sunday battling three fires in the Eldorado National Forest. The Kentucky Fire started at 11:45am Sunday off Blacksmith Flat Road. Five engines, one helicopter and one hand crew or roughly 40-plus firefighters have been working on the blaze, which had consumed 2 acres by mid-day Sunday. “It is […]
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By Tracie Cone, AP SACRAMENTO — Across the West, early miners digging for gold, silver and copper had no idea that one day something else very valuable would be buried in the piles of dirt and rocks they tossed aside. There’s a rush in the U.S. to find key components of cellphones, televisions, weapons systems, […]
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By Mary Ladd, KQED-TV School is almost back in session, and the consumption and purchase of milk will rise predictably, according to Mike Griffin, the California Pool Manager for Organic Valley. The company is the country’s largest dairy cooperative headquartered in Wisconsin and it recently marked its 25th anniversary. Organic Valley has a substantial number […]
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By Elise Hu, NPR It’s finally happening, folks. This year, the average time Americans spend with digital media each day will surpass traditional TV viewing time. That’s according to eMarketer’s latest estimates of media consumption among adults. The average adult will spend more than five hours per day online and on non-voice mobile activities (read: […]
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By Hudson Sangree, Sacramento Bee The first six months of 2013 brought a remarkably fast recovery to the regional real estate market. Figures from DataQuick, a San Diego real estate information firm, show median single-family home prices jumping anywhere from 15 percent to 50 percent across much of the four-county Sacramento region. There were a […]
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Former backcountry ranger and amateur historian Cheryl Surface will lead a tour of Spooner’s backcountry on Aug. 9. She will share accounts of the people involved with the Comstock’s critical water source, the Marlette Water System, and histories of Red House, Hobart Reservoir, Marlette Lake and the Flume Trail. Space is limited to 12 people. […]
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Children are invited to spend Aug. 10 with scientists to learn about the unique ecology, function, restoration and preservation of Lake Tahoe. Children’s Environmental Science Day will be at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences in Incline Village. The 14th annual Children’s Environmental Science Day is a free event sponsored by the UC Davis Tahoe […]
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The Kiwanis Aktion Club community spaghetti feed is Aug. 8 from 6-8pm. The fundraiser benefits the Kiwanis Aktion Club, the only community-service club for adults living with disabilities. It provides members an opportunity to develop initiative and leadership skills in serving their communities, while enabling their integration into society. The event is at the South […]
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The top of the 1960’s local map (courtesy of Theresa and Darrell Eymann) depicts a pier and breakwater extending zigzag on the lake from the end of Sacramento Avenue in Al Tahoe. This is where Frank Globin built an overwater chalet and dance pavilion in the summer of 1929 on the Lake Shore Park Pier […]
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By Kathryn Reed A new bike trail is going in at Carnelian Bay. Trees are being felled, berms created and gap jumps installed. And whoever is creating this trail on U.S. Forest Service property could wind up in jail and having to pay a fine. “When we have to obliterate unauthorized trails, it takes crews […]
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