April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and the Truckee Police Department, in cooperation with the California Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies nationwide, is participating in educational and enforcement activities related to distracted driving. The overall goal of the increased enforcement is to convince drivers of the dangers of distracted driving and reduce […]
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By Nancy Trejos, USA Today When Colleen Hurley travels for work, she’s often rushing to a meeting as soon as she gets off the plane. A dietitian from California, she’s got to be in top form when she visits clients, even if she’s been on a plane for hours. “It can be both physically and […]
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By Verne Kopytoff, CNN-Money Spotting a tourist used to be easy. Just look for someone toting around a travel guide. Today, vacationers are organizing their trips entirely online. All they need to carry with them is a smartphone to occasionally look up tourist attractions and navigate around town. Travel guide publishers are in upheaval amid […]
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Bon Appétit magazine has a section where readers may write in about a restaurant recipe they would like the publication to track down. The April issue features one from Kalani’s in South Lake Tahoe. Betty Magan of Bass Lake wrote the magazine saying, “We’re just back from Lake Tahoe, where we had the wonderful miso […]
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The snow is melting, the lower trails are starting to be ridden, it’s time for mountain bike riders to get to work. The first TAMBA Trail Day of the season is April 6 on the Whites Creek Trail in Galena. Workers will be fixing some damage from the winter storms, rerouting an eroding section of […]
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To the community, Bread & Broth would like to thank Hard Rock Cafe for sponsoring the March 18 evening $250 Adopt A Day dinner served at St. Theresa Church’s Grace Hall. Hard Rock Cafe sent seven ambassador volunteers to help with all of the activities necessary to feed over 80 guests who attended the evening’s […]
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Kirkwood and Heavenly are reporting fresh snow at higher elevations. Here is the March 30 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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• The town of Truckee incorporated 20 years ago this month, but was founded 150 years ago. • If you think Lake Tahoe is a pet friendly destination, then vote online. • Dave Curry, Tahoe Truckee Unified School District executive director of Educational Services, was recognized by the Association of California School Administrators as Placer […]
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Publisher’s note: This is the first of a few stories about road construction planned for the Lake Tahoe Basin this summer. By Kathryn Reed Advice – set the alarm clock even earlier. That may be necessary to make it to your destination on time with the projected delays throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin from roadwork […]
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By Mandy Kendall I’ve never been one to complain about sunshine, but recently I have been none too happy with the brilliant rays beaming through our windows highlighting all the dust that I have been ignoring throughout the winter. So I started doing some cleaning and that made me look at the spare bedroom that […]
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