To the community, After serving beef and salmon burgers with all of the fixings at Bread & Broth’s Aug. 11 dinner, several members of Heavenly Mountain Resort’s sponsor volunteer crew joined B&B’s dinner guests to enjoy the evening’s meal and engage in some lively conversation. “The dinner guests were thankful, very happy with the meal; […]
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By Ken Sweet and Ellen Knickmeyer, AP NAPA — Winemakers in Californias storied Napa Valley woke up to thousands of broken bottles and barrels as a result of Sunday’s earthquake. The earthquake couldn’t have come at a worse time for the region, which has just started harvesting the 2014 crop. “It’s devastating. I’ve never seen […]
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Heavenly Mountain Resort is taking the next step to expand its on-mountain summer offerings. Comments are being taken on the draft environmental documents for the Epic Discovery project. The project includes: · Mid-Station Zipline Canopy Tour: An interpretive zipline canopy tour in the area between the gondola mid-station and the top station to the east […]
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By Alicia Rancilio, AP NEW YORK — The ice bucket challenge’s phenomenal success is making other charitable organizations rethink how they connect with a younger generation of potential donors. Since the ALS Association began tracking the campaign’s progress on July 29, it has raised more than $53.3 million from 1.1 million new donors in what […]
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• South Shore’s fireworks will be launched about 8:30pm on Aug. 31. • Granlibakken Lodge is hosting Sierra Business Council’s 20th anniversary Conference, Peak Innovation: The Next 20 Years Oct. 8-10. To register and for more info, go online. • Truckee schools are back in session Aug. 28. • Here are the El Dorado-Tahoe and Sierra roadwork […]
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By Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times For years, we’ve heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But scientific support for that idea has been surprisingly meager, and a spate of new research at several different universities — published in multiple articles in the August issue of the American Journal of Clinical […]
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By Jessica Calefati, San Jose Mercury News SACRAMENTO — Lobbyists have launched a frenzied eleventh-hour effort to kill a bill that would make California the first state to outlaw flimsy plastic grocery bags, delaying a key vote and setting up one of the fiercest legislative battles of the year. Last week, the bill seemed in […]
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The annual community cleanup day is Sept. 20 from 9am-noon. Volunteers will fan out across the South Shore to clean up litter and debris from local beaches, rivers, and meadows. The event is part of a larger effort, the Great Sierra River Cleanup, where volunteers clean waterways in the Sierra Nevada from Mt. Whitney to […]
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Publisher’s note: The 6.0 American Canyon earthquake was felt by a woman who lives in the Angora burn area. “At about 3:20am I felt my couch shake a bit. Cat freaked out,” she emailed Lake Tahoe News. By Napa Register An earthquake measuring an estimated 6.0 struck southern Napa County early Sunday with widespread reports […]
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There will be a forum for the seven South Lake Tahoe City Council candidates on Sept. 10 from 5-7pm at Lake Tahoe Golf Course. Candidate questions will be moderated by representatives of Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce’s Candidate Endorsement Committee. Many of the questions will revolve around principles in the Tahoe Future 2020 […]
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