By Susan Stellin, New York Times Travelers hitting the road with their mobile electronic devices have three questions about staying connected away from home: will there be Wi-Fi, how much will it cost and how well will it work? Increasingly, it is that last question that matters most. Hotels, airports and airlines are struggling to […]
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Now there’s a lighter and more convenient way to view National Forest maps. All U.S. Forest Service visitor maps and quad maps covering portions of California are available for purchase through the Avenza PDF maps application. This app is free and available for most Apple products through the iTunes store. The Avenza website has a […]
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Two Lake Tahoe youth will be performing in this month’s stage production of “Oliver” in Carson City. Logan Chapman will star as Oliver, and his sister, Drue Chapman, will play a member of Fagin’s gang. The Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company’s production of “Oliver” plays at the Carson City Community Center the weekends of May […]
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By Ted Long The SWAT team gave its presentation this week and it was impressive. That is to say if you are impressed by firepower. Once again the presenters were young, friendly and obviously love their job. Both of them said so repeatedly. I guess it takes a certain sort to do it, with all […]
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By Jane L. Levere, New York Times Len Markidan, a 26-year-old marketing consultant based in San Francisco, is the type of business traveler who forced LodgeNet, the hotel guest-room entertainment provider, to file recently for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Markidan, who spends 40 percent of his time traveling on business and is an elite participant […]
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May is Foster Parent Appreciation Month. There are currently 42 licensed foster family homes in El Dorado County. Foster parents provide temporary, loving homes for children, ensuring that each child’s physical and emotional needs are met. The foster parent makes sure the child is clothed, fed, taken to school and to medical and counseling appointments, […]
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Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, award-winning author of “Farewell to Manzanar”, will be in South Lake Tahoe to speak about how the story of her family’s life in an internment camp became a cautionary tale about civil rights violations. She is one of five authors selected for the Cal Humanities Searching for Democracy California Reads Program. A […]
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Five high school students garnered top awards in the Congressional Art Competition sponsored by members of Congress. The five winners for the Fourth Congressional District competition will be recognized by Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Granite Bay, at a reception on May 1 at 5pm at BI Design Studio in El Dorado Hills. Their art will be […]
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By Robert Schimmel A funny thing happened on the way to the reception. The good news is that “funny” things are happening all the time, right, especially when we are willing to notice? Wanting to see the latest (three) exhibits opening at South Lake Tahoe’s Lake Tahoe Community College on April 18, I hustled but […]
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We all know the face of stress: the clenched jaw, the furrowed brow, the intense stare. And, really, it’s not a bad look. We all do some of our best work under pressure. Adrenaline and other stress hormones give us the kick start we need to meet deadlines and generally get ahead in life. But […]
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