By Ella Lawrence, KQED On a steep hill above Marshall, a gorgeous rolling sheep ranch sits on 800 acres of land. Its owner Marcia Barinaga, a third-generation American Basque, bought it with her husband when she decided to “take a break” from her career as a science journalist and retire on the land they had […]
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Lake Tahoe weather historian Mark McLaughlin will talk about this winter’s wild and wacky weather and where it stands historically at a fundraiser for Tahoe City Cross Country Ski Area. McLaughlin will also be selling and autographing his two ski books, the double award-winning “Longboards to Olympics: A Century of Tahoe Winter Sports” and his […]
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Shortbread is a friendly, young tiger-striped tabby cat who was abandoned at the shelter. She is a sweet girl who seems to get along with everyone. Shortbread is spayed, microchipped, and vaccinated. She is at the El Dorado County Animal Services shelter in Meyers, along with many other dogs and cats who are waiting for […]
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By Richard J. Davidson and Sharon Begley, Newsweek If you believe most pop psychology, you probably assume that most of us react to life events in just about the same way—there is a grieving process, a sequence of events when we fall in love, a standard response to being jilted. But these one-size-fits-all assumptions are […]
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“The Royal Family”, a comedy by George S. Kaufman & Edna Ferber, opens March 23 in the Viking Theatre in the Tahoe Arts & Design Academy at South Tahoe High School. Show dates are March 23, 24, 30, 31 at 7pm and March 25 and April 1 at 2pm. Tickets are $5 for students and […]
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El Dorado County Fair officials are looking for people whose talents lie in art, baking, sewing, computers, dancing, floriculture, horticulture, literary arts, minerals and mining, needle art, photography, preserved food, quilts or wine making. This year’s fair in Placerville is June 14-17. Details about entering are in the guide. The following materials must be submitted, […]
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Originally a religious holiday to honor St. Patrick, who introduced Christianity to Ireland in the fifth century, St. Patrick’s Day has evolved into a celebration for all things Irish. The world’s first St. Patrick’s Day parade occurred on March 17, 1762, in New York City, featuring Irish soldiers serving in the English military. This parade […]
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By Kim Painter, USA Today When Kathryn DiPasqua, 51, started having bothersome menopausal hot flashes, she had a chat with her gynecologist: “I told her ‘I do not want to go on hormone replacement therapy. I’m a healthy person. I don’t want to put anything unnecessary inside my body.’” So DiPasqua, like many women, tried […]
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By Mandy Kendall We are all creatures of habit. It helps us to do myriad things everyday without having to actually think about it too much. Can you imagine if you still had to think about the act of driving to the same extent as you did when you first got behind the wheel of […]
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The Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association and the Poedunks are presenting “Pedal-Driven: a bike-umentary”, a documentary film from Howell at the Moon Productions. The screening will take place at Centric inside CommRow in Reno on March 22 at 7pm. It will be preceded by a social hour starting at 6pm. Tickets are $10 and the […]
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