By Kathryn Reed Tony Russo is prepared to unleash another round of robo calls targeting El Dorado County supervisors if they don’t start funding roads. “If the supervisors address the road fund and maintenance issues, I won’t do it again. If they don’t, I will,” the El Dorado Hills resident told Lake Tahoe News. For one […]
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By Meredith Carey, Conde Nast Traveler Life isn’t a walk in the park, but according to a handful of recent studies, hiking may make it at least a little easier. We’ve all experienced how time outdoors can clear your mind and ease stress, but there’s new evidence that taking a hike can do much more: […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of several stories about mental health issues in the Lake Tahoe Basin that will be running through October. By Kathryn Reed Recovery is possible. That is the overriding message from parents of a mentally ill son. Jeanne Nelson cried in the shower every day for a year grieving for the loss of […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Four bear cubs orphaned near Stateline will have a chance to grow up near Reno, at least until next winter. That’s according to the Nevada Department of Wildlife which rescued the cubs last week after discovering their mother died, apparently of natural causes. The cubs had been living under a […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal When Devin Price and Tyler Joersz craft a ukulele, they don’t see it as just making an instrument. They see it as breathing life back into nature. On a warm spring morning in their company studio, they admire one of the ukuleles in the works. The front of it is […]
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By Kathryn Reed PLACERVILLE – Wine has often been described as its own food group, and yet, most people will agree that all wine tastes better with food. This theory was put to the test last weekend during the annual El Dorado County Passport event. (The two-weekend shindig continues this Saturday and Sunday.) “It’s like […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Community College President Kindred Murillo is a finalist for the presidency job at Santa Barbara City College. The announcement came Thursday during the Southern California college’s board meeting. “Santa Barbara has a lot of the same characteristics as Lake Tahoe Community College. There is a strong sense of academic excellence, […]
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By Lake Tahoe News Vail Resorts today said its ski mountain division is doing much better than a year ago. The figures released April 14 from the Broomfield, Colo.-based company do not include the urban ski areas of Afton Alps, Mt. Brighton and Wilmot Mountain. Results released Thursday: · Season-to-date total lift ticket revenue is up 19.3 […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Providing more recreation access is the overriding reason to improve and extend the pier at Kings Beach, according to the landowners. While State Parks and California Tahoe Conservancy are about to embark on the environmental process for this project, tied into it is creating an updated general plan for the […]
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By Tori Richards, U.S. News & World Report LOS ANGELES — People have long predicted that California could eventually collapse into the ocean following a mega earthquake. Now, an eerily similar true-life scenario is playing out — but it’s thanks to the weather. The Gold Rush State has sunk more than 45 feet since 1935 […]
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