To the community, Genetically engineered foods are not safe. The funding of ads opposing Proposition 37 is from biotech companies, like Monsanto, who simply want to make money. Their biotech crops have had no independent testing prior to being released. For example, Monsanto’s corn DNA is blasted with a toxin like Bt, which will make […]
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TACCD is having two meet and greet opportunities for the South Lake Tahoe City Council candidates. The first is Oct. 23 at Steamers starting at 6pm. The second is at Taqueria Jalisco at 6pm Oct. 25 (3097 Harrison Ave. behind Rojo’s).
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All schools in the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District are closed today. Whittell High and Zephyr Cove Elementary schools will be starting an hour later than usual Oct. 22. About a half inch of snow fell overnight on the South Shore. The National Weather Service in Reno is calling for the brunt of the storm […]
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Simba is one of several beautiful, large Maine Coon cats at the shelter. He is 6-years-old and came to the shelter with his equally large friends Elmo and Princess. Their owner is too sick to look after them anymore. Simba likes other cats and has been an indoor-outdoor cat. He is a really sweet boy […]
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• Zephyr Lodge at Northstar has received LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. • George Alm is now president of the South Tahoe Chamber of Commerce. • Small World’s South Lake Tahoe City Council candidates’ forum on Oct. 22 has been canceled. • Sierra-at-Tahoe will host its annual job fair Nov. 3 from […]
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By Mike Rossi Recently it has become popular in some circles to blame California’s “business climate” when companies eliminate jobs. The inaccurate depiction of California as unfriendly toward business is a marketing narrative that was developed by other states trying to compete with our success. Now it has been adopted by partisan media commentators who […]
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By Katherine E. Hill KINGS BEACH – Working together to promote Tahoe as a region was the message at the annual North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce member lunch. “We need to have one message for the entire region,” said Julie Maurer, vice president of marketing for Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows ski resorts. Maurer […]
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The first winter storm warning of the season has been issued for Lake Tahoe from Monday at 6am through Tuesday at 11am. Expect 4 to 8 inches below 7,000 feet, while above that level could receive 10 to 18 inches. Rain is likely to be the first form of moisture before snow starts falling. Winds […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Oct. 21, 2012, Sacramento Bee. El Dorado County’s 3rd District Supervisorial District covers Placerville, Camino and the Diamond Springs areas. None of the six candidates on the ballot during the June primary garnered the margin of victory required to avoid a runoff. The top two vote getters, El […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee California’s annual medical marijuana harvest is just about done, but this year brings a new revelation sweeping the nascent industry: The feel-good herb may not, in fact, be so good for the environment. From golden Sierra foothills to forested coastal mountains, an explosion of pseudo-legal medical marijuana farms has dramatically […]
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