By Jessie Marchesseau KIRKWOOD – By the time Kirkwood closes its lifts for the season, the new townhome building under construction near the Timber Creek Village should be completed. This building, the first in the development, houses two townhomes in what is slated to become a 21-unit complex. Situated right at the base of Timber […]
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By Jeri Clausing, Travel Weekly At Blackberry Farm, a resort in Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains, a new “Wellhouse” offers Japanese forest bathing and other “deep healing woods” activities, including in-forest yoga, meditation and endurance hikes. At the Fairmont Princess in Scottsdale, Ariz., guests can do a whole lot more than keep up with their usual workout […]
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By Andrew Denning, Atlantic Triple gold-medalist Alpine skier Jean-Claude Killy of France, O.J. Simpson, and Chevrolet executive John Z. DeLorean sit at a table, while Hunter S. Thompson takes notes from the side of the stage. This might read as the tortuous setup to a particularly hackneyed joke, but it’s the punchline. Such was the […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories Lake Tahoe News will be running leading up to the 50th anniversary of South Lake Tahoe on Nov. 30. By Laurel Ames Despite the grumbling by South Tahoe residents about the county seat located in Placerville, 60 miles away, and the difficulty of getting to […]
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By Lance Williams, Reveal In the final months of 2014, the nation’s plastic bag manufacturers spent $3.1 million to sidetrack a California law that sought to ban throwaway bags. But that political spending spree may be a small down payment on what could be a hugely expensive environmental fight on the state ballot in 2016 […]
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By Kim Smuga-Ottoksmugaotto, San Jose Mercury News FOLSOM — California’s electrical grid has a problem — a nice problem, but a problem nonetheless: The state often has too much power. Nearly 23 percent of California’s energy now comes from renewable sources such as wind and solar, and the state is on track to reach its […]
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By Kathryn Reed KIRKWOOD – Destination – unknown. Trail – none. Wow factor – off the charts. Some of my most memorable moments have been when I had no idea where I was going. The journey, the discovery, the not knowing what lies ahead – it can be adrenaline pumping, mesmerizing and almost always comes […]
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By Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle The abominable snowpack in the Sierra Nevada reached an unprecedented low this week, dipping below the historic lows in 1977 and 2014 for the driest winter in 65 years of record-keeping. Electronic surveys show the water content of the snow throughout the Sierra is a shocking 8 percent of […]
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By Michael R. Blood and Kimberly Pierceall, AP Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid’s decision to retire next year leaves no clear successor in his home state of Nevada, where a popular Republican governor appears reluctant to change jobs and the pending loss of Reid’s clout in Washington is causing anxiety over who might replace him. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Another winter has gone by and still there is no place for the homeless in South Lake Tahoe to seek shelter. Frustration is beginning to show among those who keep meeting to talk about establishing a warming room in South Lake Tahoe. Without nonprofit status, it is impossible to apply for grants […]
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