By Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle A white Christmas at Tahoe and across the High Sierra has set off a rush for holiday lodging and driven up prices across the board. Even the 1-star hotels are getting in on it. For New Year’s weekend at South Lake Tahoe, a 2-star hotel on Hotels.com is going […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Casinos and gambling have been on the minds of presidential candidates at several key moments during the 2016 campaign. Even when not debating at a big Las Vegas casino-resort, which Republican contenders will do Tuesday night, gambling references have worked their way into the campaign rhetoric multiple times. And […]
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By Kathryn Reed By mid-January South Lake Tahoe is expected to initiate eminent domain proceedings in order to build the El Dorado Beach to Ski Run bike trail. The city doesn’t want to take the property, but instead is seeking the right-of-way to build the multi-use path. Based on some of the funding coming with […]
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By John C. Heil III Joy Barney has dedicated her life to connecting youth to the land. In the process she has touched many lives. The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit’s conservation education program specialist since 2007, Barney received regional and national recognition this fall with the Gifford Pinchot Pacific Southwest Region and the National Interpreter and Conservation […]
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By Howie Nave I admit it; I escape by watching movies and sometimes wish I were actually in the movie, in the time period that was taking place. I could see myself in glorious black and white just observing Jimmy Stewart as George Baily in that classic 1946 flick “It’s A Wonderful Life.” Given the state […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt PLACERVILLE — “What the hell are you doing? Why would you make El Dorado County like Los Angeles … Are you all crazy? What is your vision? More big-box stores, more dense housing, more people, more traffic? You are supposed to take care of the people who live in your county.” — […]
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By Kathryn Reed A group of residents is trying to recall El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson and Auditor-Controller Joe Harn. The county elections department on Dec. 14 expects to give the petitioners approval to move forward with the process. To start the process 20 valid signatures from registered voters had to be obtained for […]
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By Vernon Felton, Outside Since 1984, mountain bikes have been banned from all Wilderness areas. That, however, might change soon. The Human-Powered Wildlands Travel Management Act of 2015, a potential piece of legislation seeking to reverse that prohibition, has begun its journey on Capitol Hill, and, although the draft has yet to gain an official […]
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By Kathryn Reed Christmas trees are big business in El Dorado County and the drought is not drying out the money train. While the number of trees harvested in El Dorado County is going up, that is not true of the whole state. According to the National Christmas Tree Association, California harvested 383,940 trees in […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal The dream of biking from Reno to the shores of Lake Tahoe just got about 2 million steps closer to reality. That’s thanks to more than $2 million in funding from the Federal Highway Administration is being directed to complete a segment of the Tahoe-Pyramid Bikeway between Reno and Truckee. The […]
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