By Kathryn Reed Rice is usually my go-to accompaniment for Asian foods. I suppose it’s because that is what I grew up with. It wasn’t until I was an adult that I ordered dishes with noodles. But it took even longer for me to cook with them. I don’t have a good explanation for why, […]
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Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board is looking to find ways to contain the aquatic weeds that are so prolific in the Tahoe Keys. The state agency this week released a draft permit for public review, which aims to reduce and prevent the aquatic weed infestation in the 372-acre waterway in South Lake Tahoe. Milfoil […]
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By Lesia Witkowsky Water and sewer bills for South Tahoe Public Utility District customers will be going up July 1. The board on a 5-0 vote made it official June 5. Water rates will increase 6.5 percent for each of the next four years, with the fifth year being 5 percent. The base pay for […]
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Joseph Nissensohn was sentenced to death June 5 for the murder of a South Lake Tahoe teenager and two others. El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Suzanne Kingsbury upheld the December recommendation of the jury. Nissensohn, 62, was convicted in October in the first-degree murders of Kathy Graves, 15, of South Lake Tahoe in 1989, […]
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By Becky Grunewald, Sacramento Bee UC Davis professor of viticulture and enology, David Mills, knew that he was firing a shot across the bow when he recently presented a scientific paper addressing one of wine-making’s most beloved mysteries. That mystery is the somewhat ineffable concept known as “terroir” – a French word with no English […]
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• It’s now possible to get a tree removal permit from Tahoe Regional Planning Agency online. Payments can be made at the same time. • South Tahoe High grad Sean Pawling has released “Eye for an Eiger” – more info on the album is online. • Hannah Sullivan and Cliff Lambson, authors of “Wildflowers of […]
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By Christopher S. Rugaber, AP NEW YORK — Private elevators, personal shopping assistants, six-bedroom suites with their own postal codes. Even helipads. This is what the super-rich have come to expect from hotels. For others, vacation now means renting someone’s apartment, a spare room, maybe just a couch — anything to save on the cost […]
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By Lisa Huard and Wendy David Ask any volunteer and they’ll tell you they get much more than they give. It’s one of the best jobs you could ever have. You pick your interest, the time and days you want to work, and you get to do things you’ve waited a long time to do. […]
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Author Mark McLaughlin will present a multimedia presentation on his newest book “The Donner Party: Weathering the Storm” on June 18 at 6pm at the South Lake Tahoe Library. This well-illustrated book chronicles weather conditions and storm events in Northern California and the mountains during the winter of 1847. All books will be available for […]
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By Sandra Chereb, AP CARSON CITY — Don Quilici has snookered a few Carson City newcomers with bets that it would snow the week of his birthday in early May. Unsuspecting gamblers often don’t know that a sliver of the western Nevada city’s boundaries extend to Lake Tahoe and encompass Snow Valley Peak at a […]
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