To the community, I’m writing to show my gratitude for the recent strides being made toward making our town a better place to live. The free concerts at Lakeview Commons, the bike path improvements, and the modernization of our schools are examples of how our community is moving in the right direction. And by revamping […]
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Here’s a pairing of Highway 50 at Park Avenue — 1965 compared to 2012. Notice the 1965 stoplight islands in the center of the roadway, and all the ugly overhead wires. — Bill Kingman
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By Kathryn Reed Hiking is one thing, but staying overnight in the woods is a whole other experience. What to bring? How heavy should the pack be? Bring water or filter it? Sleeping pad or the ground? Tent or stars? Real food or that packaged stuff? Bear can or wing it? Permit or just go? […]
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By Laura Hibbard, Huffington Post The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a national vegan and physician group based out of D.C., has filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Agriculture asking for milk to be banned from school lunches, according parenting site BabyCenter. According to the report, PCRM claims that the beverage is “…high […]
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By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal Reno’s primary tourism agency has reached into the past to move into the future. A refurbished 1951 Willys Jeep station wagon, loaded with outdoor gear and bearing promotional slogans, is the Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority’s vehicle to get there. The freshly painted “Washoe Willys” was introduced Wednesday by the […]
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By Alex Kowalski, Bloomberg For Leon Goldberg, the used clothes piling up at the lost-and-found at the New York Marriott Marquis hotel on Times Square are the latest sign tourists are spending. “People come over with empty suitcases, and we see them leave with full suitcases,” while abandoning their older garments, said Goldberg, the director […]
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California State Parks and West Shore Sports team up for this unique full moon kayak at Ed Z’berg-Sugar Pine Point State Park on Aug. 2. Experience the magic of Lake Tahoe at dusk while learning about the area’s unique history. The atmosphere is peaceful and calming, yet spectacular. No experience is necessary and this activity […]
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By Joel Stein, Time I would not be hired by Chipotle because I’m not happy enough. This information was delivered to me — gently and kindly — by Joe Miranda, the chipper, plump, patient manager at the Los Angeles branch where I had spent the morning grilling pasture-raised steaks, peeling locally grown avocados and dicing […]
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Join the Tahoe Rim Trail Association for 2012’s first Backcountry Trails Camp on Aug. 10-12. Backcountry camps are a Tahoe Rim Trail Association tradition and your contribution to build and maintain the Tahoe Rim Trail builds on the work of 25 years of backcountry camp volunteers. Camp will be near Barker Pass on the west […]
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One South Lake Tahoe resident was arrested July 27 in connection with an alleged gang shooting and two other residents are being sought. The shooting was on June 27 in the area of Bonanza and B streets. During the investigation officers said they determined a shooting had occurred and there was an exchange of gunfire […]
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