The Gold Rush created a demand for crossings of the seemingly impassable Sierra Nevada range so Americans could reach the gold field. John Calhoun Johnson surveyed and opened the route to traffic in spring 1852. Learn about this man whose name is on Johnson’s cut-off near Echo Summit on Sept. 18 at 7pm. The full […]
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By Holly Epstein Ojalvo, New York Times It’s Day 2 of Student Journalism Week here on The Learning Network. On Monday, Frank LoMonte, executive director of the Student Press Law Center (SPLC), explained student journalists’ First Amendment rights and the context in which student publications operate. Today he provides some reasons, in the big picture, […]
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By Victor Davis Hanson Driving across California is like going from Mississippi to Massachusetts without ever crossing a state line. Consider the disconnects: California’s combined income and sales taxes are among the nation’s highest, but the state’s deficit is still about $16 billion. It’s estimated that more than 2,000 upper-income Californians are leaving per week […]
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By Kathryn Reed While the goals are the same – to restore the river channel to what it was before man first messed with it, improve habitat and enhance the entire ecosystem – the approach the U.S. Forest Service is taking on two projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin is drastically different. Cold Creek runs […]
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By Alyx Sacks, KRNV-TV The Nevada Department of Wildlife had to euthanize four bears this year in Incline Village and all of those cases started with bears getting into people’s garbage. Community members want to find out how to stop that from happening. One point that was made loud and clear in a bear subcommittee […]
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Christine Whalen, the South Lake Tahoe woman accused of severely injuring a cyclist while driving under the influence, remains behind bars. The 53-year-old was being held at the El Dorado County jail in Tahoe on $203,000 bail. She faces charges of driving under the influence resulting in bodily injury, hit and run involving bodily injury, […]
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By Naomi Lubick, Science If you spent time at the beach this summer, you probably encountered seagulls screeching overhead and eating trash. You probably also encountered their poop. Seagull droppings can carry disease-causing microbes like Escherichia coli and Enterococcus, which can contaminate beaches and water. Now scientists have found a way to fight back: Release […]
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Bob Fleischer is going to the Sept. 13 Cocktail Contest put on by the Barton Health Foundation. This was his winning entry, “A long time ago I did some experimenting with vodka drinks for two huge punch bowls at a family affair. It was a toss-up as to which was better,of the two recipes I […]
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A motorcyclist from Ben Lomond died Sept. 10 in Meeks Bay after being struck by an unlicensed driver. John McCabe, 52, was on his Yamaha going south on Highway 89 when Maria Cabrera, 35, of Tahoe City made a left from Mountain Drive in front of McCabe, according to the California Highway Patrol. She was […]
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