By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee When it comes to camping, there are generally two types – car campers, who cling to modern conveniences, and backpackers, who sacrifice convenience to reach secluded destinations. Jeepers insist on having the best of both worlds. For 61 years, off-road enthusiasts have sandwiched a two-day campout and party at a […]
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A 64-year-old South Lake Tahoe man has been arrested on attempted robbery charges in the aborted heist at El Dorado Savings Bank. According to officers, Robert Allen Larson confessed that he wrote a note demanding money from a teller, handed it to the employee on July 25, but then took it back. Larson allegedly said […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is putting on a field trip Aug. 2 for people to see the work that is being done the Upper Truckee River. The project will replace the existing stream channel with a new one that is more stable and is connected to the adjacent floodplain, which […]
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By Nancy Shute, NPR The misery of low back pain often drives people to the doctor to seek relief. But doctors are doing a pretty miserable job of treating back pain, a study finds. Physicians are increasingly prescribing expensive scans, narcotic painkillers and other treatments that don’t help in most cases, and can make things […]
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By Allison Aubrey, NPR This is not a detox diet. Nor is it an extreme version of calorie restriction. Nope, the strategy of so-called 5-2 diets is to endure two days a week of mini-fasting. This doesn’t mean starving yourself. Rather, it entails reducing your calorie intake during two days of the week down to […]
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By Hannah Dreier, AP LAS VEGAS — Casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corp. posted a smaller loss for its fiscal second quarter on Monday, but results still missed expectations, as slots and tables drew fewer gamblers. Caesars runs more than 50 casinos, most of them in the U.S. and Britain. This includes Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and […]
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Astronomy experts Jay Lawson and Adam Kremers will set up their high-powered telescopes to view Saturn, the Milky Way galaxy and many other objects in the night sky. The Aug. 10 event is at Washoe Lake State Park from 8-10:30pm. Meet at the overflow boat parking area which is next to the group reservation area. […]
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South Lake Tahoe Community Services Department is extending the deadline for the “Parks Make Life Better” photo contest until Aug. 10. Photo submissions are to include yourself, family or friends enjoying a recreation activity in South Lake Tahoe such as Bijou Park, Regan Beach, Lakeview Commons, STAR Camp, youth or adult sport program or favorite […]
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By Kathryn Reed Two El Dorado County elected officials are accusing the other of improprieties in their respective offices. District Attorney Vern Pierson says Supervisor Ray Nutting may have more conflicts of interest than what a grand jury indicted him on. Nutting believes Pierson is on a witch-hunt and is wasting taxpayer money in a […]
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Bona Fide Books is seeking literary essays for a collection about life and work in U.S. national parks. In Volume 1 were tales of grizzly encounters and streaking through Denali, personal relationships with temperamental elk and the dirty truth behind housekeeping in Yellowstone. Now, the Meyers publishing house wants stories from parks east of the […]
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