Publisher’s note: This letter was sent to El Dorado County CAO Terri Daly on June 15. It is reprinted with permission. Dear Ms. Daly: I am writing to you on behalf of California’s South Tahoe Chamber of Commerce President George Alm and the board of directors and residents and business owners in Meyers. I learned […]
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By News10/KXTV The family whose golden retriever disappeared in the Tahoe National Forest 20 months ago says it has proof the dog recovered in a Sierra campground last weekend is theirs. “It’s just an unbelievable story and we’re still in shock,” said Erin Braun, who said she never doubted the dog they brought home on […]
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Squaw Valley is offering a new series of farm to table dinners this summer. Dinners will be hosted at Cushing Pond, located just next to KT-22, as well as in the resort’s newly landscaped garden setting at Olympic Valley Lodge. Thehe family-style dinners will take place at 6pm on Aug. 2, Aug. 16 and Aug. […]
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By Las Vegas Sun The Obama administration is launching an effort to accelerate protection of sage grouse along the Nevada-California line with $31 million in spending commitments through 2024 to help ranchers and others improve grouse habitat. A top official in the Agriculture Department told the Associated Press that Friday’s announcement may represent the best, […]
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By Caroline Barichievich Whether you are a water skier, paddleboarder, mountain biker, or hiker, you may engage your hip and core muscles more than you know. Experiencing pain in your lower back, hip, knee, or foot? Perhaps it’s your gluteus medius, a significant, but lesser known muscle. The gluteus medius muscle supports humans to walk […]
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The Food Bank of El Dorado County will be in South Lake Tahoe on June 25 from 10-11am to host a free farmers market. It will be at the American Legion Hall on Highway 50. People struggling to make ends meet and live in the South Lake Tahoe area may receive the free fresh produce. […]
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While retail was supposed to open at the Chateau on July 1, that date has been pushed back to at least mid-July. Construction is still going on and all the storefronts have not been leased. So far, the tenants are the same as what’s across the street at Heavenly Village. Powder House and Up Shirt […]
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By Constantine von Hoffman, Money Watch More than half of all U.S. homes are located in areas prone to tornadoes, earthquakes or hurricanes. About 71 million housing units, or 55 percent of the nation’s total, fall into the high risk category, with 10.6 million of these, or 8 percent of the total, classified as very […]
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Placer County Library is part of a drive to create an online exhibit of tattoo art displayed by California veterans who served in Iraq or Afghanistan. War Ink is a proposed multimedia exhibit that will feature 30 veterans from throughout the state. The stories surrounding their tattoos will be recorded by the StoryCorps Military Voices […]
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Reservations are being taken for the 21st annual Sierra Nevada Alliance conference, Sept. 6-8. Tim Palmer, award winning author of 24 books, conservationist and landscape photographer, will be the keynote speaker. The conference is at the North Tahoe Event Center in Kings Beach. For more info and to register, go online.
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