By Kathryn Reed What is wrong with Lake Tahoe? Plenty. What is right with Lake Tahoe? A few things. What can be done so the answers are reversed? Every time I leave town I contemplate the above questions because the negatives of Tahoe become crystal clear when other locations seem to have their stuff together. […]
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By Susan Wood LONDON – It’s only fitting England’s largest city hosts the 204 nations that make up the family of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. London is a city of vast diversity – given its multicultural atmosphere. The many languages and ethnicities heard and seen on the streets and in the “tube” are as […]
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A life-long advocate for social change, Joy Rothschild never stopped fighting for what she believed in. In her 63 years she inspired others to be part of the change she sought. She was not one who just talked a good game, but instead spent time and money supporting the issues that were important to her […]
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By Kathryn Reed With Mt. Rose proposing a $23.5 million expansion to the ski resort over 10 years, it could be in the position to be a player if Lake Tahoe-Reno ever gets the Winter Olympics. In 1960 the resort was the alternate for the women’s downhill when Squaw Valley hosted the Games. Today, it […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s over. That would be the temporary dog ban in the Upper Truckee Marsh. This popular meadow area that leads to a beach along Lake Tahoe and to the edge of Trout Creek had a three-month (May 1-July 31) dog ban imposed for the last two years. The reason is so many […]
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By Kathryn Reed Going 50 on 50 has been a mantra of locals for years. But what isn’t known is if the phrase or song came first. Dave Hamilton says he’d like to think he coined the phrase, “but I imagine that term was around before the song.” This is in reference to the song […]
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By Kathryn Reed TAHOMA – Lost Lake is appropriately named. We never found it. Still, the trek along General Creek provided stunning scenery and a chance to explore some terrain that was new to us. Two winters ago Sue and I cross country skied on the trails at Sugar Pine Point State Park on the […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – A communal approach to BMPs may save individual property owners money and angst, while also keeping more sediment from reaching Lake Tahoe. While the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is not doing away with best management practices, it is headed toward being less focused on what individuals (those 43,000 parcels) are […]
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By Kathryn Reed Hiking is one thing, but staying overnight in the woods is a whole other experience. What to bring? How heavy should the pack be? Bring water or filter it? Sleeping pad or the ground? Tent or stars? Real food or that packaged stuff? Bear can or wing it? Permit or just go? […]
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Ball fields group sitting on half a million bucks By Kathryn Reed Cyclists in South Lake Tahoe will soon have a less bumpy ride across two bridges. The old Douglas fir planks on the structures spanning Trout Creek and Upper Truckee River will be replaced with a material similar to what is on the 15th […]
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