Publisher’s note: This is the fourth of five Q&A profiles of a South Lake Tahoe City Council candidate running in the Nov. 6 election. Name: JoAnn Conner Age: Old enough to have an AARP card; young enough to play hopscotch with my grandgirls. How long have you lived in South Lake Tahoe?: 31 years. Work/volunteer […]
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By Andrew Becker, California Watch As California’s outdoor marijuana growing season nears its end for 2012, drug officials are reporting a sharp decline in crop seizures for the second year in a row. The latest figures show that local, state and federal law enforcement agencies are on track to eradicate an estimated 1.5 million plants […]
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The Tahoe Transportation District is hosting four public workshops to provide information and gather questions and opinions regarding Highway 28. This corridor stretches from Crystal Bay to Sand Harbor to Spooner Lake – creating a ridge-to-shoreline plan that will help keep Lake Tahoe’s waters clear, improve safety and offer convenient access to outdoor recreation. Local […]
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Renowned climatologist Benjamin D. Santer will be speaking Oct. 16 at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences in Incline Village. Santer — who has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences and is considered one of the world’s pre-eminient climatologists — has said he would give all his awards […]
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By Peter Savodnik, Bloomberg The first time Ben Jenkins met Billy Gibbons, the guitarist and lead singer for the rock band ZZ Top, they sat in Jenkins’ 1958 Airstream trailer in the parking lot of the Four Seasons Hotel outside Dallas. “The meeting was supposed to be at the hotel bar, but once he heard […]
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The month of October is fire prevention and awareness month. Throughout October, South Lake Tahoe fire crews will be visiting all the elementary schools to provide kids with hands-on practice of what to do if their clothes catch on fire, how to escape a burning building, dialing 911 for emergencies, and an introduction to some […]
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By Kevin McCoy, USA Today While most Americans worry about gas and heating oil prices, water rates have surged in the past dozen years, according to a USA Today study of 100 municipalities. Prices at least doubled in more than a quarter of the locations and even tripled in a few. Consumers could easily overlook […]
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By Suzy Khimm, Washington Post The first presidential debate hasn’t even happened, but voters have already started to cast their ballots this week in Iowa. Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia allow early voting in person without any excuse required, and over the course of October, polls will beginning opening in Ohio, North Carolina, […]
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By Sarah Handel, NPR This fall, the more than 38 million kids who get their lunches through the National School Lunch Program are seeing big changes on their trays. Generally, “it’s more fruits, more vegetables, more whole grains, low-fat, no-fat dairy,” Jessica Donze Black of the Pew Trust’s Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project told […]
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The privately-owned Bay View Resort was located on Highway 89 at the south side of Emerald Bay. It offered lodging, dining, groceries, souvenirs, and gasoline. This was all very similar to the early nearby Camp Richardson, except it had no beach. I had dinner there in 1961. This black and white photo is no later […]
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