By Teri Mizuhara Keeping your vehicle up-to-date on its maintenance schedules can prevent wildfires. By making sure all your vehicles are in good working order you can help reduce the potential of wildland fires occurring in California. Recent examples of wild fires caused by vehicles are clearly visible in El Dorado County along Highway 50 […]
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A pressure cooker similar to what was used in the Boston Marathon bombing was blown up in South Lake Tahoe on Sunday night by the Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection Fire District bomb squad. South Lake Tahoe police officers wasted no time in calling in the neighboring agency to take care of the suspicious device after […]
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Publisher’s note: The Angora Peak crew from Lake Valley Fire Protection District is in Arizona on standby and the Lake Tahoe U.S. Forest Service crew is en route. By Jackee Coe and Laurie Merrill, Arizona Republic Arizona State forestry officials confirmed Sunday night that 19 firefighters have died in the Yarnell Hill Fire that has […]
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By Alexandra Sifferlin, Time Not all sunscreens are created equal. That’s the message being pushed by the Food and Drug Administration, which this summer will start requiring makers to say whether their products protect against both ultraviolet-A and ultraviolet-B rays. UVA rays are always present, even on cloudy days, and cause skin aging. UVB rays […]
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By Tracie Cone, AP SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST — In parts of California’s Sierra Nevada, marshy meadows are going dry, wildflowers are blooming earlier and glaciers are melting into ice fields. Scientists also are predicting the optimal temperature zone for giant sequoias will rise hundreds and hundreds of feet, leaving trees at risk of dying over […]
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Tahoe Maritime Museum is putting on a July 4th boat parade. Meet in front of Commons Beach in Tahoe City (don’t go in too close, it is shallow), just west of the Tahoe City Marina at 11:45am. The parade will start at noon and cruise down the West Shore, ending in front of Obexer’s Marina. […]
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• Bona Fide Books’ author Lexa Hillyer, who won the 2011 Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize, was just awarded gold in the national Foreword Book of the Year Award 2012 for Poetry for her collection “Acquainted with the Cold.” Bona Fide is a small press based in Meyers. • Looking for a grow house in […]
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By Carla Meyer, Sacramento Bee Filmmaker Tom Dolby started with a prime Lake Tahoe location and planned his debut feature from there. It’s his family’s house, already featured in a famous film: the 1951 Elizabeth Taylor-Montgomery Clift melodrama “A Place in the Sun” directed by George Stevens. “I had written the screenplay to fit the […]
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By Kathryn Reed California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah are sizzling, with record temps breaking all over the place – including the Lake Tahoe area. And the mercury is going to continue to climb for a couple more days. A heat advisory remains in effect until Wednesday at 10pm for much of Western Nevada. South Lake […]
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By Maria Godoy, NPR Being “born with a silver spoon in your mouth” has long been known to have advantages. Apparently, eating off a silver spoon also has its perks — it seems to make your food taste better. That’s the word from a group of researchers who’ve been studying how cutlery, dishes and other […]
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