Zephyr Cove Resort, Great Basin Brewing Co. and Nancy’s Green Barn Farm won the Best Tasting Experience based on votes from attendees of Sample the Sierra. Zephyr Cove Resort prepared gourmet grilled cheese with a cold tomato basil soup served with brews from Reno-based Great Basin Brewing Co. The fifth annual farm-to-fork festival was at […]
Read morePeople will be out in force today picking up debris from Sunday’s annual fireworks show. The Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority is organizing trash pick up today through Sept. 5 from 9am-noon each day. The beaches include: 4H Beach, Tahoe Shores, Nevada Beach, Round Hill Pines. The fireworks on the South Shore are now shot off […]
Read moreYazzy is a 2-year-old Australian shepherd mix who is house trained and very affectionate with her people. She walks nicely on her leash, and has lived with teenagers. Yazzy does well with large dogs, but cannot be trusted with cats and small animals. She has a lot of energy and would make a great hiking […]
Read moreBy Susan Wood STATELINE – I was 12 years old when the Eagles’ debut album came out. I spent so many hours in my room listening to it that my mom would occasionally feel the need to check on me. I loved the melodic harmony and kickback California style so much that it set the […]
Read moreBy Larry Weitzman Item No. 3 on the consent calendar at the Aug. 26 El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meeting demonstrates why the county needs new top management. It was a small item asking for three $20,000 checks, one to the city of Placerville, one to the Cameron Park CSD and a third to […]
Read moreBy Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Drive across city limits in virtually any part of California, and you will also cross another kind of frontier, one gaining more attention during the worst drought in a generation: The borders between cities also define different ideas about water. One city may have gutters coursing with wasted water, while […]
Read moreBy Josh Dawsey, Wall Street Journal ATLANTIC CITY — Early Tuesday morning, gamblers at the Revel Casino Hotel will be asked to leave, and security guards will take over at the gleaming, 47-story building on the north end of the boardwalk. The sudden closing of the two-year-old Revel, plus two other casinos shutting their doors […]
Read moreBy Matt Egan, CNN Money NEW YORK — Sports gamblers have lots in common with stock market investors. They both believe they can predict the future, and they sometimes fall into the trap of making decisions with their hearts instead of their brains. And of course, they both hate to lose. But don’t let those […]
Read moreThe Sugar Pine Foundation and Explore Tahoe: An Urban Trailhead Visitor Center, and the Tahoe Rim Trail Association are teaming up for a morning of discovery and fun in the Van Sickle Bi-State Park in South Lake Tahoe. During the free 1.5-mile trek people will explore forest management of this area, while visiting panoramic vistas […]
Read moreBy Associated Press ELKO — A state panel has approved regulations guiding oil and gas exploration companies’ use of hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, in Nevada. The Commission on Mineral Resources’ unanimous decision Thursday in Elko drew criticism from opponents, who say fracking could lead to water contamination, excessive water consumption and earthquake activity. […]
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