South Lake Tahoe will have a March Against Monsanto event on May 25 to coincide with the worldwide demonstration. Mike Herron is organizing the protest. It will start at 11am at the Raley’s near Stateline. “It may not be huge like some events will be, but it will help to raise awareness to further progress […]
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By Kathryn Reed While the South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission on Thursday spent hours listening to testimony about the parceled down Chateau project, it will ultimately be up to the City Council on June 11 to decide what happens. Much of the dialogue had nothing to do with what the commissioners were asked to take […]
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UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center’s open house at the Tahoe City Field Station (Historic Hatchery) is June 15 from 10am-2pm. Visitors may tour the historic building, talk to TERC scientists about their work, and learn something about Lake Tahoe. Local garden clubs will be on hand to give plant selection and gardening advice, and […]
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Efforts to re-establish Lahontan cutthroat trout in Fallen Leaf Lake have resulted in a native, lacustrine strain of LCT to spawn in the Lake Tahoe Basin for the first time since their extirpation in the 1930. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with partners began stocking Fallen Leaf in 2002 with Pilot Peak Lahontan cutthroat […]
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Late spring is a great time of year to check out the waterfalls around Lake Tahoe. Showcased here are: Eagle Falls, Cascade Falls, Horsetail Falls, Hawley Grade and Van Sickle State Park. The video is produced by FirstTracks Productions in South Lake Tahoe. Waterfall Season in Tahoe South from First Tracks Productions on Vimeo.
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By Paul Fain, Inside Higher Education Economic and racial stratification is increasing in American higher education, with growing concentrations of needy students at community colleges. Meanwhile, government funding skews toward universities with more advantaged students, due in part to research support and tax breaks. Those are the findings of a new report from a panel […]
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Barton Health has partnered with the Gene Upshaw Memorial Tahoe Forest Cancer Center, a service of Tahoe Forest Health System in Truckee and an affiliate of the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, to expand its oncology services for cancer patients who reside in the South Lake Tahoe area. Using advanced technology through Barton’s Telehealth for […]
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By Roxanne Khamsi, Scientific American Marijuana is more popular and accessible in the U.S. than any other street drug. In national surveys, 48 percent of Americans say they have tried it, and 6.5 percent of high school seniors admit to daily use. So it was not too surprising when two states, Washington and Colorado, became […]
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A Truckee resident was arrested May 22 on multiple counts of check fraud, forgery, theft, burglary and financial related elder abuse. Richard Copeland, 48, had allegedly been stealing money and other items from his family members for several months. Once discovered by other family members, they reported their suspicions to law enforcement. Copeland’s bail was […]
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By Mike Crowley Have you ever asked yourself while passing by some stores in May, why are these men and women in military dress handing out red poppies made of paper? Yes, it’s to commemorate and remember the loss of men and women who died in wartime for our freedom. But why a red poppy? […]
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