By Larry Weitzman When Hyundai introduced its first upscale luxury sedan in 2008 as a 2009 model, the Hyundai Genesis, it took a few months before the public realized that a car company that started selling cars in the U.S. with the $4,995 Hyundai Excel in 1986, could build a luxury car. The original Genesis […]
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By Michelle Castillo, CBS News The obesity epidemic is affecting not only people but their pets as well. More than half the dogs and cats in the U.S. are at least overweight, and one out of five is obese, according to the Association for Pet Obesity and Prevention. Just like their human companions, excess weight […]
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Several outdoor art shows will be staged throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin this summer. Pacific Fine Arts Festivals, the producer these art festivals, is putting on a variety of two- and three-day shows. The are designed to be family-oriented events. The 2015 festivals include: July Homewood, July 3-5 — The 4th of July Fine Arts and Crafts […]
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The Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe has taken in three dogs rescued in Thailand. Soi Dog, a Thai rescue organization saved the animals from an illegal dog-meat trade then worked with HSTT to shelter the trio and find them homes. They arrived in Truckee Jan. 18. This is the first time HSTT has taken in animals […]
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By Kathryn Reed Listen closely. Hear that harp? It’s the delicate hands of Anne Roos making sweet sounds on those fine strings. While this South Lake Tahoe resident has been playing the harp for more than 30 years, this is the first year she has been invited to the Grammy’s. Roos contributed to one track […]
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String Cheese Incident is returning to the High Sierra Music Festival this summer where the band will headline two shows. The 25th annual event is July 2-5 at the Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds in Quincy. The festival’s silver anniversary will celebrate the festival’s history and those who has helped create and sustain the legendary family-friendly, laid-back, Northern California […]
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Jill has been overlooked among the playful kittens and more glamorous orange cats at the shelter. She has beautiful dark gray fur, but she is rather shy and hangs back a bit with new visitors. She does like to be held once she has a few minutes to get used to visitors, and would probably […]
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By Carly Ledbetter, Huffington Post Every time Girl Scout cookie season comes around, we can pretty much count on losing money and gaining a few inches on our waist lines. And even when the season’s over, we can still satisfy our hankering for the delicious cookies by drinking them as milk, ordering them online, and, […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee In 1865, an immigrant from Goteberg, Sweden, with a grand vision for music opened a modest cabinet-making shop at 24th and Mission streets in San Francisco. John Bergstrom wouldn’t be long known for cabinets. He became renowned as a designer and manufacturer of exquisite pipe organs. They were towering creations […]
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By Maanvi Singh, NPR Young women these days are encouraged to lean in, to want and have it all. And national polls show the idea that a woman’s place is in the home has been losing traction among young people since the 1960s. Given the option, the majority of young men and women say they […]
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