Chaco is one of two young purebred Labradors at the shelter right now. He is a great chocolate Lab who is about 10 months old. He is a little shy at first, but with a bit of attention and training his confidence will grow quickly. He likes other dogs and didn’t chase the cats that […]
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By Linda Conaboy Maybe you’re among the millions who no longer believe in Santa Claus. But think about those vivid memories of all those years your parents persuaded you to be nice instead of naughty, ensuring a visit from the man in red at Christmastime – and you, being good little girls and boys, did […]
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By Geoff Dornan, Northern Nevada Business Weekly Broadcasters in Nevada, who found a lifeline with advertising by attorneys during the recession, aren’t worried about new rules that tighten the standards on commercials from law firms. “I don’t think there is much angst,” said Bob Fisher, president of the Nevada Association of Broadcasters, who said broadcasters […]
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• The Office of Public School Construction named South Tahoe High the school of the month for December. • Unity at the Lake’s New Year’s Eve Meditation is from 7-8pm, 1195 Rufus Allen Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. For more info, call (530) 544. 2266. • Four companies seeking permits to harvest crayfish from Lake Tahoe […]
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By Kathy Escobar, News-10 An avalanche was triggered Sunday morning at Squaw Valley. Amelia Richmond a spokesperson for Squaw Valley said an inbounds, post-control avalanche was triggered by three snowboarders on a portion of the KT-22 peak at 9:50am. Several witnesses, including a ski patroller riding the lift line reported the avalanche. Richmond said ski […]
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By Adam Nagourney, New York Times LOS ANGELES — Let Colorado and Washington be the marijuana trailblazers. Let them struggle with the messy details of what it means to actually legalize the drug. Marijuana is, as a practical matter, already legal in much of California. No matter that its recreational use remains technically against the […]
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South Lake Tahoe’s “live” snow removal route interactive map is online. This tells people where snow removal operators are clearing the roadways. Updates to the snow removal route map are provided as streets are plowed every eight, 16, and 24 hours. The street superintendent is reminding residents to park all vehicles out of the city […]
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By Mike Rosenwald, Bloomberg Businessweek In 2008, Gustavo Reveles, a Navy veteran deep into his two-decade career at the U.S. Border Patrol, got an email from a colleague. He shot off a reply that happened to contain the words “kiss” and “ass”- in that order. He was soon fired for sending an “offensive and against […]
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By Jeffrey Weidel, Examiner Theodore Stanley Sorensen of Auburn died while doing what he loved – skiing. Sorensen, who was reportedly an expert skier, died on Friday when he hit a tree at Squaw Valley ski resort. According to a report from Squaw, the fatal incident occurred at 11am on the West Face of KT-22 […]
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By Sarah Zielinski, NPR It’s no surprise that how much a person eats determines how full they feel right after a meal. But it’s the memory of that meal, and not the meal itself, that matters a couple of hours later. So does this mean you trick yourself into thinness? Probably not. But it does […]
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