By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE – Lake Tahoe history is best delivered by one who lived it. So it was appropriate that Mark Twain greeted us as we boarded the M.S. Dixie II. Twain’s roots in the area run at least as deep as the lake itself – 1,645 feet. This outing on Lake Tahoe […]
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By Corey G. Johnson, Center for Investigative Reporting Doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010 without required state approvals, the Center for Investigative Reporting has found. The women received tubal ligations in violation of prison rules during those five years – and […]
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By Kathryn Reed U.S. Forest Service officials are defending their approach to the July 4 melee at Ski Beach. A fight broke out between two guys that ended with five law enforcement agencies being called to the South Shore beach, three people receiving citations for fighting, and one person going to the hospital. “A subject […]
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By Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times On a hot July day last summer, I was lying on the beach at Coney Island with my younger brother when he noticed a dark mole on the back of my arm. “You should really get that checked at the dermatologist,” he said in a worried tone. It […]
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By Mary Meehan, Lexington Herald-Leader Author Jeff Alt didn’t have to look far for inspiration for his book about hiking with children. He has two kids and started hiking with daughter Madison, 8, “right out of the gate.” Son William, 5, also takes to the trail. His hiking philosophy? If you start hiking with kids […]
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By Kathryn Reed Small stage, older audience, limited talent pool, not a ton of money. Community theater can be limiting. But those factors were not noticeable to those who on Friday night attended the debut of the summer theater season at the Boathouse Theatre. “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” will be staged at […]
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By Elyce Kirchner, Kevin Nious and Felipe Escamilla, NBC-Bay Area In California, boat operators can be as young as 12 years old, have no boater education, no license, and still be legally allowed to operate a boat. The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit has also discovered the Golden State is the second worst in the […]
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By Claire O’Neill, NPR It’s hard to say where the the 287-mile stretch of Nevada’s Highway 50 got its nickname “the loneliest road in America.” Photographer Ty Wright thinks some writer got clever in a Life article once upon a time — and that it just stuck. But when he set out on a road […]
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By Kathryn Reed “No vacancy” signs, traffic on the roads midweek, parking lots full. All of these are indicators of an economy that is on the rebound. There are days, construction aside, when one cannot drive as fast they would like. Even the increase in bikes and pedestrians is slowing down the normal pace. It […]
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Red, white and blue were everywhere – in the parade, on the vehicles, as decorations and definitely the color of choice for attire. About 35 vehicles participated in the second annual South Lake Tahoe Fourth of July parade. Golden Bear Events organized the parade that was dominated by military veterans and city public safety vehicles. […]
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