Huffington Post We were sure that by this point, everybody knew what quinoa was. You can find it in most grocery stores and it has been written about again and again. But when we saw that The Bachelorette and her two contestants were not familiar with this popular ingredient, we realized that there might still […]
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• Truckee River Winery’s Cask as Canvas provides 10 retired wine barrels to be painted by local artists, with five being auctioned off at the end of the summer and the proceeds going to local charities. To participate, email katy@truckeeriverwinery.com for a registration form due by July 20. • Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association is holding […]
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Placer County is seeking information about a robbery that took place early July 10 at a construction site in the 1400 block of River Road in Tahoe City. The police said unknown suspects broke into a shared construction yard at the location and stole gas lawn mowers, gas-powered earth compactors, power hand tools, a chop saw, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Who are Rockhopper, Peachy Keen, Green Bean and Numbnut? They are much more than characters in a book. These are trail names for some of the people who were hiking the Appalachian Trail when Jared Manninen was making the through hike in 1999. In 2011, Manninen published a graphic novel of his […]
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By Stuart Leavenworth, Sacramento Bee They go by several different names: Crayfish, crawfish, crawdads, yabbies, mudbugs. Whatever you call them, there are about 220 million of these crustaceans bathing in Lake Tahoe, where they apparently are adding to the algae growth that clouds North America’s largest alpine lake. Some scientists want to reduce these numbers, […]
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Nevada State Parks is hosting a day of free historical talks at Mormon Station State Historic Park on July 14. The outdoor presentations begin at 10am and and each lasts approximately 30 to 45 minutes. The schedule is as follows: • 10am – Stanley Paher, Western Nevada Ghosts and Ghost Trail • 11:30am – Laurie Hickey, The […]
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By Anne Knowles Cynthea Preston, long-time Lake Tahoe Community College faculty member and administrator, is retiring. Preston, who has been with LTCC for 20 years, first as a professor of English then as dean of instruction for the last dozen years, is taking an early retirement package offered by the school and leaving LTCC Sept. […]
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By Karoun Demirijan, Las Vegas Sun Nevada Rep. Shelley Berkley was always going to have to face some tough music on the Senate campaign trail over allegations she used her seat in Congress to push for policies and programs that benefited her family’s bottom line. But the inquiry that stood at least a chance of […]
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By Paul McHugh, Sacramento Bee Each fall, California ski areas hop to a big list of tasks – bringing in supplies, hiring “lifties,” spraying a base of manmade snow. But many resorts become almost as busy as they prepare to devote resources to summer recreation. They’re also getting creative. The 2012 menu of summer activities […]
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