By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe Community Services Director Stan Sherer was fired Monday. “It’s kind of a shocker. I really can’t talk about it,” Sherer told Lake Tahoe News the night of July 23. Sherer came on board with the city in January 2011 to lead the Parks and Recreation Department. During consolidation because […]
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Cancer survivors are invited to a free lunch during Relay for Life on Aug. 11. Lunch will be served after the opening ceremony; at which survivors are encouraged to walk a lap. The entire event is from 11am-11pm that Saturday at Kahle Community Park in Stateline. Call Maryon Tilley with your name and phone number […]
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By Asher Price, Austin American Statesman In 2010, having successfully pressed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consider listing as endangered six colorfully named freshwater mussels, at least one in Central Texas, Houston lawyer Peter Thompson set about getting paid. Eventually, Thompson and an attorney for WildEarth Guardians, the New Mexico-based environmental group that […]
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Lake Valley and Meeks Bay fire protection districts have money from a grant to replace wood roofs in their jurisdictions. The Hazardous Wood Roof Replacement Grant program is designed to encourage homeowners with hazardous wood roofs to replace them with a full Class A Assembly, non-combustible, non-wood roof. This grant program will provide eligible, participating […]
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By Jessica Bruder, New York Times No one would touch it. The offending object? A footlong loaf of bread, stuffed with savory cheese, purchased at a beloved Italian bakery and presented with pride at a recent potluck meal. “This bread is delicious,” I crowed. The kitchen went quiet. You’d think I had offered up a […]
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By San Diego Union-Tribune Historically, lung cancer has been viewed as a disease of men. Over the past 50 years, however, there has been a dramatic increase in the incidence of lung cancer in women – even as lung cancer rates in men have declined. Lung cancer is now the most common cause of cancer […]
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The 27th Lake Tahoe Autumn Food and Wine Festival, long considered one of the region’s premier gourmet events, has increased the number of its programs – now offering nine days of festivities. Another noticeable change to this year’s festival is the expansion of the event to every corner of North Lake Tahoe. Visitors can literally […]
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By Andrew Becker, California Watch Toxic chemicals used to rid rodents from illicit marijuana gardens in the Sierra Nevada range and elsewhere in California may have inadvertently poisoned dozens of vulnerable weasel-like mammals called fishers, according to a new study released this month. Biologists from UC Davis, the nonprofit Integral Ecology Research Center, and state […]
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By Allison Aubrey, NPR It’s well-known that exercise is good for our bones, even as we age, but how about that nightly glass of wine? A new study of women in their 50s and early 60s finds that moderate alcohol consumption may help prevent bone loss. The women in the study consumed about one-and-a-half drinks […]
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Expect thunderstorms in the greater Lake Tahoe area to remain through Monday. Rain started to fall in South Lake Tahoe about 4am, and will continue on an off throughout today. However, the National Weather Service is saying no flash flooding is expected. “There was lightning all across the Sierra last night,” Alex Hoon, meteorologist with […]
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