By KQED When you open that faucet, it’s more than water that’s flowing. A few years back, number crunchers at the California Energy Commission tried to add up how much electrical power (and other forms of energy) goes into using water in California. The bottom line number they came up with: 19 percent. That is, […]
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By Valerie Strauss, Washington Post This would be funny if it weren’t so, well, not funny. A biology textbook used by a Christian school in Louisiana that will be accepting students with publicly funded vouchers in the fall says that the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland is real. And it isn’t just any monster but […]
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Miraflores Winery in El Dorado County is offering “PAIRINGS” — four-course lunches, prepared by regional chefs and paired with award-winning Miraflores wines. Lunches are served on the terrace overlooking estate vineyards on weekends through Oct. 14. This is an opportunity for guests to visit with chefs and wine specialists to learn more about why these […]
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By Joe Mozingo, Los Angeles Times In the first raid, Orange County sheriff’s detectives hit a Dana Point marijuana storefront, the San Clemente home of its director and a “stash house” he allegedly maintained nearby. In the two homes, they found cash stuffed everywhere: in buckets in the garage and attic, in an Igloo cooler […]
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South Lake Tahoe’s newest park is slated to open July 14. On June 28 workers were putting up the fence behind the basketball court. The play structure is in, sod is laid and plants are in the ground. Bonanza Park is the result of Edgewood Companies buying a dilapidated hotel on Bonanza Avenue and turning […]
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Lake Tahoe Airport’s future could be decided this year when the 1992 Settlement Agreement expires in October. What is the Settlement Agreement? Why was there an agreement? Is commercial air service the answer? How can the environment and the economy be equally weighted when discussing this airport in South Lake Tahoe? Answers to those questions […]
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By Kathryn Reed Bringing a different food profile with a high level of service at an economical price to South Lake Tahoe are the goals of Himmel Haus owners and employees. German food with American and Californian twists will be coming out of the kitchen of the old Christiana Inn starting July 6. While schnitzel […]
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By Mandy Kendall In today’s fast-paced world circumstances arise in most of our lives that have our stress levels rising, along with our blood pressure. Although occasional increases in blood pressure are not dangerous, it does become an issue when the pressure levels don’t drop again. Unfortunately high blood pressure often has no detectable symptoms […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – With a history in Lake Tahoe that dates to 1896, the Park family’s Edgewood Companies is poised to build the first high-end lodging establishment on the South Shore. Thursday marked the final day people could comment on the draft environmental impact statement for the Edgewood Lodge. Testimony was taken during […]
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By Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee Nearly all of the 70 California state parks originally slated for closure Sunday will remain open for now, despite a line-item veto of parks funding by Gov. Jerry Brown, state parks officials said today. The Department of Parks and Recreation has already struck deals with private donors, foundations and non-profit […]
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