By Mandy Kendall I met a lady the other day who, from all appearances, looked very healthy. What’s so unusual about that you say? Well, two weeks prior to our meeting she had suffered a fairly major stroke. Fortunately for her she had received prompt medical treatment and made a full recovery. So what is […]
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South Lake Tahoe is soliciting for applications for the Airport Land Use Commission, Building-ADA Board of Appeals and Planning Commission. Applications may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office at 1901 Airport Road, South Lake Tahoe between 8am and 5pm Monday through Friday. They are due Dec. 14. The City Council will be making the […]
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By Joanne Marchetta How humans reckon the passage of time stands in stark contrast to Lake Tahoe’s timescale. Standing on the lake’s shore, most of us have pondered at one time or another the incredible age of these prehistoric waters and scoured peaks. This is an ecosystem that prefers to respond in centuries, ages and […]
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Publisher’s note: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. People are affected by cancer in all sorts of ways and communities do various things to shine a spotlight on various cancers. This is the second of four stories about cancer. By Kelly Shanahan You have breast cancer. Four small words that can change a life. Usually […]
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The deadline to submit entries to the 2013 Nevada radon poster contest has been extended to Oct. 30. It is open to all children ages 9-14 who are enrolled in a public, private, territorial, tribal, Department of Defense, and home school. Children can also enter through a sponsoring club, such as an art, computer, reading, […]
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By Alexander Nazaryan, New York Daily News Banning books is a dumb idea, but that hasn’t stopped people from trying. On the heels of Banned Books Week comes the news that a high school in Rocklin is considering a ban on a Stephen King book because it contains a passage in which a woman is […]
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By Kathryn Reed The man involved in a South Lake Tahoe bar fight in May has died and still there has never been a single arrest stemming from the now fatal incident. “Zippy passed away last night. His gramma Rose, my wife Debbie and myself were with him,” Wayne Penaranda told Lake Tahoe News. He […]
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Live Violence Free’s 35th Sunset Gala is Oct. 21 from 5-8pm at Edgewood Tahoe in Stateline. The event will feature dishes from the Harrah’s/Harveys, MontBleu and Lakeside Inn chefs as well as wines from El Dorado County and desserts from Cakes by Grace and Lake Tahoe Chocolate Factory. There will be silent and live auctions. […]
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TAMBA will be finishing off the season Oct. 20 with a trail day on Whites Creek. This is the first organized trail day on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. Meet at 9am at the Whites Creek Day Use parking lot off of Timberline Drive. Lunch will be provided for all those who RSVP. There will also […]
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By Loretta Kalb, Sacramento Bee As judicial races go, the contest in El Dorado County is remarkable – particularly because a sitting judge’s competency has been called into question by a colleague on the bench. Superior Court Judge Warren C. Stracener was appointed to the bench in December 2010 and is campaigning in the Nov. […]
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