By Jeremy Miller Having destroyed the Hunger Games, Katniss must now move forward to her biggest challenge yet: bringing down the Capitol. “Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1” picks up right where “Catching Fire” left off. Katniss awakens in District 13, the once rebellious district that challenged the Capitol some years ago. She’s given a pretty […]
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By Katy Hall, Huffington Post Most Americans say phones don’t belong at the table during meals, though the vast majority of millennials admit to checking their phones during dinner. Concern over the practice has sparked some restaurants to encourage customers to put away their phones — with mixed results, depending on the tactic. Each Wednesday […]
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“Gertrude’s Tahoe Adventures in Time” is a new children’s book about the natural history of Lake Tahoe. With colorful and dramatic illustrations the book tells the story of Gertrude, a Tahoe girl who meets a magic maiden who takes her on a fast motion adventure through the history of Lake Tahoe. They watch glaciers march, […]
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By Karin Carrasco, Moonshine Ink More than five years has passed since Tahoe and the skiing world lost the legendary Shane McConkey to a BASE jumping accident in the Italian Alps. Friends of McConkey recently made a trip to the bottom of the cliff to set up a permanent memorial for the fallen skier. On March […]
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By Robin Marantz Henig, NPR Somehow we’re squeezing 16 people into our apartment for Thanksgiving this year, with relatives ranging in age from my 30-year-old nephew to my 90-year-old mother. I love them all, but in a way the one I know best is the middle-aged man across the table whose blue eyes look just […]
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By Melinda Myers Liven up your holiday décor with lights, a bit of glitz and some colorful blossoms this season. Start by gathering greenery from your landscape. Use needled evergreens like pines and firs, broadleaf evergreens like boxwood, holly and evergreen magnolia as well as junipers and arborvitaes to create wreaths, swags, centerpieces and garland. […]
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By Chris Mooney, Washington Post Maybe this scene sounds familiar: It’s Thanksgiving, you’re sitting and watching the football game, and you want a beer. So what do you do? If you’re like many Americans, you won’t go over to the kitchen fridge, which is now crammed with leftovers. Rather, you’ll trek down to the basement […]
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By Larry Weitzman Mitsubishi isn’t the biggest player in the automobile market, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t deserve a hard look when choosing a small car or an SUV. The Lancer SE AWC is a solid reason why. AWC is another way of saying all wheel drive as AWC means all wheel control. It’s […]
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Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and partner jurisdictions are offering rebates to people who replace older, heavily polluting wood burning stoves and fireplaces. According to the TRPA, inefficient wood stoves and open fireplaces are a substantial source of air pollution in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Their incomplete combustion of fuels results in elevated emissions of particulate matter, […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – A half eaten muffin and near empty coffee cup sit in front her. She pauses to excuse herself to take a phone call. She steps into the cold where others can’t hear her. This is Sue Novasel’s life. She is transitioning from candidate to supervisor of El Dorado County. On […]
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