By Nancy Shute, NPR Think that freezing food kills E. coli and other nasty microbes? Think again. That’s the lesson from the new E. coli caused by frozen chicken quesadillas and other snacks that has sickened 24 people in 15 states. Freezing does slow down the microbes that cause food to spoil, but it’s pretty […]
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By John Miller and Todd Dvorka, AP BOISE, Idaho — A federal judge in Idaho says the U.S. Forest Service broke the law when it didn’t craft rules to govern snowmobile travel, handing powder-loving backcountry skiers and snowshoe enthusiasts a victory that could extend to national forests nationwide. U.S. District Magistrate Judge Ronald Bush ruled […]
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By Lauren Schuker Blum, Atthew Dolan and Candace Jackson, Wall Street Journal The hottest new tech-industry accessory? A house in Tahoe. Venture capitalist Steven Stull recently paid $11.875 million for a 10,000-square-foot waterfront estate on Lake Tahoe in Incline Village. David Duffield, co-founder of Workday, paid $25.5 million for another Incline Village estate, according to […]
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By Devin Leonard, Bloomberg Businessweek There wasn’t much in the beer aisle back in the 1970s when Jack McAuliffe went to the local supermarket, just the usual Budweiser, Miller, Coors, Falstaff and maybe some Pabst Blue Ribbon. The limited selection didn’t seem to bother the typical American drinker. But it wasn’t enough to suit McAuliffe. […]
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• The Tahoe Fund received a $28,351 check from Vail Resorts courtesy of donations from guests at Northstar, Heavenly and Kirkwood who added a dollar donation while purchasing online lift tickets, season passes, lodging and rounds of golf. • The South Shore Area Plan staff report for the April 9 Douglas County Planning Commission is […]
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Virginia City 30th annual Chili on the Comstock returns May 11-12. Taking place along C St., the historic town’s main drive, the event includes a new Fireball Crawl. The two-day event from 10am-5pm includes about 40 of the best chili cookers in the West competing for a spot in the International Chili Society World Finals […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe this week revised its policy for how contracts are awarded, and then later revised the lease with the restaurateur at Lake Tahoe Airport. The overall contract issue keeps rearing its head. There are multiple multi-decade agreements in place or ones done decades ago that have not been enforced. The […]
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Many Nevada schoolchildren will take part in organized events to walk or bicycle to school on April 24, which has been proclaimed the fourth annual Nevada Moves Day by Gov. Brian Sandoval. Walking and bicycling to school events are planned for Douglas, Washoe, Clark, Lyon, Lincoln, Elko and other counties, with more than 110 schools […]
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These are the last three days of the season to ski at Diamond Peak and Homewood Mountain Resort. Here is the April 5 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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Kindergarten registration for Lake Tahoe Unified School District is from April 29-May 10. Children must be 5 on or before Oct. 1, 2013. Transitional kindergarten is available for those who will turn 5 between Oct. 1-Dec. 2. California Law requires: 1. You bring child’s birth certificate; 2. You bring proof of immunizations, which includes the […]
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