• The old Royal Valhalla sign is being given away by the owners who have transformed the South Lake Tahoe property into the Landing Resort & Spa. Inquiries should be directed to information@thelandingresortandspa.com. • The annual League to Save Lake Tahoe fashion show fundraiser is Aug. 3 at a private Incline Village home. For tickets, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Changing how a desk faces, putting a defensive item on a teacher’s desk, playing over worst-case scenarios in one’s head to know what to do just in case – those are some of the basic security measures being taken in Lake Tahoe Unified School District. More substantive things are being done as […]
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To the community, The applicant should include the Forest Flyer coaster amenity in the Northstar Mountain Master Plan EIR, and not as a separate mitigated negative declaration. When individually considered, this amenity will not be subjected to potential cumulative effects as an additional recreational activity along with several new ski lifts, additional residential housing, etc., […]
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By Gary Richards, San Jose Mercury News In the first crackdown of its kind, highway patrol officers from the Bay Area to New Jersey will join forces in an effort to prevent any fatalities on the 2,909 miles of Interstate 80 from Wednesday though July 31. “For an entire week, that would be amazing,” said […]
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Twenty-two students from the University of Illinois called the Illini 4000 Bike America Team will be in South Lake Tahoe this week. The team has been cycling from New York City to San Francisco each summer since 2007 raising hope, funds, and awareness for cancer research. The 2013 Bike America Team aims to raise more […]
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By Mary MacVean, Los Angeles Times Even Elmo knows that breakfast is the most important meal of the day in his world, but there hasn’t been enough scientific evidence for the federal government to recommend it for grownups. Still, it sounds like it might be a wise move to stock up on oatmeal and the […]
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Get Wild in Your Garden: Native Plants and Beneficial Insects is the name of the lecture being hosted by the Lake Tahoe Master Gardeners. The free event is July 29 at 5:30pm at Lake Tahoe Community College’s demonstration garden. Learn how to welcome wildlife and beneficial insects through the use of native plants. Novice and […]
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The man accused of killing 28-year-old South Lake Tahoe resident Julian Acevedo Salvador remains at large. South Tahoe officers now say the fight early July 20 was just between the two men. It started with an argument, escalated to a fistfight and ended with Salvador being killed. Detectives are continuing to collect evidence and information. […]
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By Elizabeth Lopatto, Bloomberg A genetic mutation linked to obesity in mice can cause weight gain without overeating, a discovery researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital say suggests the gene may govern how the body uses energy. Mice altered to silence the gene, called Mrap2, had to be underfed by 10 percent to 15 percent to […]
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By Venessa Wong, Bloomberg Businessweek In 1995, John Wiley & Sons first published “Wine for Dummies,” an instructional book for aspiring oenophiles produced in the same format as the rest of the books in the popular yellow-and-black-jacketed reference series. Other titles include “Personal Finance for Dummies,” “Auto Repair for Dummies,” and (a personal favorite) “Raising […]
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