Updated 7:45pm: The voluntary evacuation area for the Bison Fire has grown to parts of Lyon County. Sheriff’s deputies were going door to door this evening asking residents to leave Pipeline Canyon. The fire that is predominately in Douglas County has consumed 25,773 acres and is 25 percent contained. Full containment is still slated for […]
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By Aron Chilewich, New Republic A study from the Pew Research Center on young Americans’ library habits defies the conventional narrative of today’s youth as a generation who has abandoned print. Despite being heavy Internet users, the press release states that “Americans under age 30 are strong supporters of traditional library services,” including in-person assistance […]
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By AP Julia Mancuso is holding her breath for the Sochi Olympics. So far, she can stay under water for more than a minute. The Squaw Valley skier incorporated freediving into her training program this summer in Maui, plunging under the ocean’s surface to collect shells and gaze at aquatic life. Mancuso usually spends her […]
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By CBS News Exercise can lower anxiety, but how it does so remains a mystery. Now, a new study conducted at Princeton University, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, may offer clues as to what happens in the brain. Conducted on mice, the study was done on two groups of the animals. The first group […]
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• Fallen Leaf Lake Fire Department’s annual wine tasting is July 27 at 5pm at Fire Station No. 9. • Greensky Bluegrass will be playing the Phish after-party on July 30 at Blu Nightclub at MontBleu in Stateline. • The Bicycle Advisory Committee of the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority will meet […]
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By K. Kaufmann, Desert Sun It’s now official. The decade of 2001-2010 was the warmest on record, causing almost a 2,300 percent spike worldwide in heat-related deaths. That shocking figure is one of many contained in the report, “The Global Climate 2001-2010, A Decade of Climate Extremes,” released last week in Geneva by the World […]
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Auto thieves in South Lake Tahoe are targeting vans. In three days five vehicles have been stolen or thieves tried to steal them. No arrests have been made. Thefts include: • July 4: 1992 Dodge van stolen from 2111 South Ave. This van was located and recovered locally. • July 7: 1993 dark Green Ford […]
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In partnership with the Tahoe Rim Trail Association, TAMBA has adopted the segment of the TRT from Tahoe Meadows to Hobart Road. This segment gets the highest bike use of any section of the Tahoe Rim Trail. Last week a group did a trail assessment to plan out what is needed to bring the trail […]
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TAMBA is putting on a camp-build-ride weekend July 19-21. Camping provided Friday and Saturday at Campground by the Lake, TAMBA Trail Day on Saturday building the new Monument Pass connector, and rides of varying difficulty on Sunday. Rebecca Rusch, who recently completed a world-record ride on the 142-mile Kokopelli Trail, will be giving a presentation […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – Should a manmade lake at Lake Tahoe be restored? Or should the acreage be returned to what it was pre-1930s? Those are some of the basic questions being asked by the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. The answers aren’t as simple. A handful of people showed up Monday night […]
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