El Dorado County through the HERO Property Assessed Clean Energy Program has money for residents to help finance energy- and water-efficiency improvements. The money is paid back over time through property tax bills. Interest may be tax-deductible, and homeowners may see immediate savings on utility bills. Residents of the unincorporated areas of El Dorado County […]
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South Tahoe Public Utility District is putting on a poster contest for Lake Tahoe Unified School District students in grades K-5. The purpose is to highlight new and creative ways to save water inside the home. The theme of the poster contest is Promoting Indoor Water Conservation. K-2 are asked to create a poster demonstrating or promoting […]
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By Joe Jackson, Outside The emergency we’re most likely to encounter this winter has nothing to do with a superstorm, nuclear attack, or apocalyptic volcanic eruption. It’s more likely to take place in your car. And when you slide off the road or your ride breaks down, the right gear can mean the difference between […]
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On Dec. 17 local hero and extreme snowboarding icon Jeremy Jones will present “An Extreme Snowboarding Retrospective,” which captures his two decades as a premier big mountain rider, and contains readings from his new book and a tribute to the role that the Lake Tahoe mountain community has had on his snowboarding. This will be […]
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NevadaGrown celebrates the launch of the cookbook “NevadaGrown A Year in Local Food” on Dec. 12 from 10am-4pm at Reno Provisions, 100 N. Sierra St., Reno. The launch party will include recipe demonstrations and samples from featured chefs and farmers, complementary wine and coffee, a local produce giveaway and raffle prizes. Cookbooks will be available for […]
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Cyrus is a sweet, happy, mellow 9-year-old pit bull. At his age, he’s a bit confused about being at the shelter, but he is adapting well. He walks nicely on the leash, and is even a bit playful with some encouragement. We would expect that he will be more playful when he’s settled into his […]
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By Kathryn Reed GENOA – In the Old West justice was often swift and outside the legal system – especially in the more unruly mining towns. Places like Bodie were accustomed to recording a killing a day. But Genoa was different. It was a civilized trading post in the late 1800s. So when a mob […]
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By Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee Up the hill at Placerville’s Snowline Hospice, employees know Marianne Rosenfeld as “The Ski Lady” because she picks up old skis that people donate to the nonprofit’s processing center and refashions them into chairs. Rosenfeld hauls the skis farther up the mountain to South Lake Tahoe where, at some point […]
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By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun It’s the season of drones, with experts estimating that shoppers will purchase as many as 400,000 small unmanned aerial vehicles during the 2015 holiday season. In the past year, retail drones have become increasingly available to consumers. But if you’re thinking about buying one for a family member or […]
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South Lake Tahoe Police Department is one of many law enforcement agencies across the U.S. that is planning to actively search for and arrest drunken drivers from Dec. 18 to Jan. 3. As part of the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement campaign period police, sheriff’s departments and the CHP will be deploying DUI […]
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