By Cynthia H. Craft, Sacramento Bee If you leapt out of bed Jan. 1 bubbling with resolve to greet the new year with a rigorous fitness routine, get ready for a bonus. Research has long established what exercise can do for heart and muscle development. Now, according to an expanding body of research, it could […]
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The North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association kicks off its free First Fridays with Getting to Know the Basin Better. The Sierra Avalanche Center will discuss how employees evaluate avalanche danger, how to use their website to assist those planning to ski and board in the backcountry, and how the public can support the center’s efforts. […]
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Gigi is a pretty and friendly 4-year-old orange cat who ended up at the shelter because her owner became allergic to her. Gigi is a great mouser, but she still enjoys sitting on laps and being petted. Gigi is spayed, microchipped, and vaccinated. She is at the El Dorado County Animal Services shelter in Meyers, […]
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For most people, SnowGlobe is going on and they don’t even know it. Snow on the ground to help absorb the sound, turning the stage 180 degrees, lowering the maximum decibel level and enforcing the maximum level allowed, and not allowing bands to play past the designated ending time are contributing to a better experience […]
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SnowGlobe is under way in South Lake Tahoe. The gates opened at 3pm. The music is slated to go to 10 tonight. This is the first of three days of the music festival on the ball fields next to Lake Tahoe Community College. Traffic is backed up on Al Tahoe Boulevard, so those not needing […]
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By Kathryn Reed With temperatures below freezing, musicians were blowing on their hands to get their fingers working and the main stage of SnowGlobe included two heaters. But for those in the audience Dec. 29, dancing and disrobing seemed like a good idea. People were looking for the coat check and others were showing skin […]
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By Rene Lynch, Los Angeles Times This is the year you will resolve to ditch the diets, the “all or nothing” mentality and the “no-pain, no-gain” fitness goals. This is the year you will resolve to use common sense to eat less junk food, move more — and have fun doing it. Remember what it […]
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By Matt Richtel, New York Times It’s dinnertime, and 6-year-old Joaquin Hurtado is staying in his seat. He hasn’t stood up, run around the table or wrestled with his little brother. Good thing. It wouldn’t take much unruly behavior to shatter the dishware or the mood in this upscale restaurant. “This is a place where […]
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Tahoe Snowcial, slated for Feb. 27–March 2, will bring top minds from the worlds of digital storytelling, snowsports and social media to Heavenly Mountain Resort. The fifth annual Tahoe Snowcial is a winter social media and technology festival that celebrates a common passion for snow and provides attendees with insights from some of the most […]
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Local resident Byron Stamate has just passed away and will be remembered as the key figure in a landmark case that helped upend California’s asset forfeiture laws. In 1994, when he was 74, Stamate was charged with cultivating marijuana in his El Dorado County home. He said that the marijuana was used by his live-in […]
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