By Robert Rupp Most of us live an active lifestyle. But sometimes we forget about the long-term effects of our exercise programs or sports. We may pay attention to our backs, knees and shoulders, but the hip is a vital bone that sometimes gets ignored. Hip pressure and pinching of the ball and socket through […]
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Publisher’s note: This is the second of three stories looking at the past, present and future of Lake Tahoe Airport. By Joann Eisenbrandt In the mid-1800s, white trappers and settlers spilled over from the gold mining encampments of the California Mother Lode and changed Lake Tahoe forever. Attempts to designate the lake as a national […]
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By Sarah Kagan and Megan O. Steintrager, Epicurious In the eyes of some hard-core backpackers, car camping is “camping lite.” But to car campers, that so-called wimp factor lies at the heart of what we love about our hobby. Because you don’t have to worry about dragging all your equipment to the site on your […]
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By Laura Hambleton, Washington Post Maureen Michael likes food. Most days, she has three or four meals, and on occasion she eats yet another in the middle of the night. But she rarely worries about her weight, and at 5-foot-8 and 155 pounds, she looks quite trim. “I eat anything, and I eat a lot,” […]
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By Frank Partnoy, Salon Our society is obsessed with productivity and efficiency, and we despise procrastination. The early Americans imported the Earl of Chesterfield’s admonition: “No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.” They read Jonathan Edwards’s sermon “Procrastination, or The Sin and Folly of Depending on […]
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By Anne Knowles El Dorado County is considering a cloud-based reverse 911 system to replace its seriously flawed existing system. Brian Uhler, South Lake Tahoe Police-Fire Chief, told the South Lake Tahoe City Council on Tuesday that the new system would be paid for with federal Homeland Security monies and will soon be presented to […]
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Several people were arrested or cited after the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the South Lake Tahoe Police Department responded to a crowd control incident on the Stateline Avenue sidewalk between Harrah’s Casino and Embassy Suites Hotel after the Fourth of July fireworks display. DCSO took the original call and said they were assisting a […]
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By Leticia Ordaz, KCRA-TV SACRAMENTO – Effective Sunday, California has more than a dozen new laws, including an anti-bullying law and a new law requiring insurance companies to cover maternity care. Individual health insurance plans are now required to provide coverage to women who are pregnant. Currently, in California more than 200,000 women of child-bearing […]
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Beaches and boats were packed for South Lake Tahoe’s “Lights on the Lake” Fourth of July firework display last evening. Starting just before 10pm, the 24-minute display was set to digitized streamed music by KRLT 93.9 and KOWL1490. The annual fireworks display received a lot of national attention this year, being recommended by several travel […]
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By Claudia Buck, Sacramento Bee For some, summer travel means going no farther than the backyard with a blanket and a book. For others, it’s a whole lot more complicated, involving planes, trains and automobiles – and a lot more gear. Whether you’re heading on a road trip or flying to your desired destination this […]
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