By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times Even before dawn breaks, workers at the lumberyard in Lynwood were bustling around, getting a move on the day. Men in yellow safety vests drove flatbed trucks stacked to the brim with planks of wood. Others were buzzing around in forklifts, ferrying more boards. It’s a scene that had […]
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A great spring day to enjoy winter conditions. Here is the March 22 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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A national report ranked El Dorado County the sixth healthiest county in California. The University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation published the report. Counties were ranked on key factors that affect health such as: smoking, obesity, binge drinking, access to primary health care providers, rates of high school graduation, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Maintaining its nearly 5,000 properties and paying the people to do so are the priorities of the California Tahoe Conservancy in this era of austerity. New projects, while important, are farther down the priority list. This was the bleak news delivered to the board on Thursday at its meeting at Lake Tahoe […]
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The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency will recognize recipients of the 2012 Best in the Basin Awards at its March 27 Governing Board meeting beginning at 9:30am in Stateline. This is the 23rd year TRPA’s Best in the Basin awards program has recognized projects that demonstrate exceptional planning, design, and compatibility with the Lake Tahoe environment. […]
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To the community, On March 4, members of the Heavenly Ski Patrol put aside their skis and put on Bread & Broth aprons to help feed local residents at the evening meal served at St. Theresa Church Grace Hall. The members of Heavenly Ski Patrol donated $250 to host the B&B Adopt A Day of […]
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By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times Judging by a new statewide poll, California lawmakers were smart to pull an $11.1-billion water bond off last fall’s ballot. The Legislature has twice postponed the bond measure’s day at the polls, worried that it would go down to defeat at a time of high unemployment and budget woes. […]
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Ready to get up close and personal with today’s best freeskiers? Then volunteer for the March 29-31 U.S. Freestyle Championships being hosted by Heavenly Mountain Resort. On snow and off snow help is needed. Volunteers are needed in mogul course and big air jump maintenance, banner set-up, food and beverage runners, registration, zero waste warriors […]
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By Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee It’s lean, local and literally a different animal. Today’s lamb has become the locavore’s sustainable meat of choice, grass-fed and sourced from family farms. “It’s quintessentially celebratory,” said butcher Ryan Harris of Napa’s The Fatted Calf. “It has so much flavor. If you get lamb from the right place, there’s […]
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Police officers still have not caught the man who on March 7 robbed the El Dorado Savings Bank at 3443 Lake Tahoe Blvd. in South Lake Tahoe. But they have released a sketch of the suspect. He is described as white, between 22- and 28-years-old, 5-foot-11inches, thin, wearing a dark colored sweat shirt with the […]
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