• North Lake Tahoe Resort Association’s latest ad campaign is all about how to enjoy the outdoors; in particular how to participate in human-powered sports. The campaign is strictly on social media. • Dennis Cocking is coming out of retirement to do legislative affairs work for South Tahoe Public Utility District. • Professional snowboarder Elena […]
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Human remains were discovered in a field Sunday on the West Slope. El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies said an autopsy will be conducted to determine the identity of the woman and cause of death. A person walking by the field southeast of Missouri Flat Road near Highway 50 in Placerville found the remains Aug. 17 […]
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Two Bay Area brothers were in the plane that crashed just short of the Swansboro Airport near Placerville on Saturday night. Killed on impact was Perry Nieland, 52, of San Jose. Richard Nieland, 55, of San Jose was injured when the Starduster biplane went down Aug. 16 about 7pm. It is unknown who was piloting […]
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Shay is a pretty silver lynx point Snowshoe Siamese cat. She is about 2 years old. She is a friendly cat who came into the shelter with her equally handsome brother, Liam. We would prefer that they go to the same home. They are most happy when together. Shay is spayed, microchipped, tested for FIV […]
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By Susan Wood With a mere 3 inches of snowmelt adding to the level of Lake Tahoe this year, the dire trickle-down effect of the drought on recreational outlets like Lake Tahoe Balloons has not been overinflated. By the time the anticipated lake level for Tahoe reaches its natural rim of 6,223 feet by mid-October, […]
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By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal The combined $11.5 billion in lottery company-slot machine company mergers in the past few weeks has the investment community relieved. The gaming equipment sector, in the eyes of some analysts, has been bloated. A soft replacement market for new games left slot machine manufacturers with a backlog. In the […]
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By Brian R. Fitzgerald, Wall Street Journal How addicted are you to your devices? In a recent survey by CivicScience that was charted by Statista, 70 percent of U.S. respondents said they unplug from their gadgets once or week or less. Some 43 percent said they don’t unplug from personal electronics at all. That makes […]
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By Associated Press A black-bear cub burned in a devastating Washington state wildfire is making a slow recovery at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care. The cub, named Cinder, still has third-degree burns on her paws that require new bandages every other day, and she’s still on pain medications and antibiotics, the Wenatchee World reported But Denise […]
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By Kathryn Reed I went a little overboard with buying bell peppers at the farmers’ market. And there was goat cheese in the fridge that needed to be used. Surely, there must be something I could do with the two of them. I had Sue roast the peppers on the barbecue. It is important to […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee An argument blisters amid the weathered storefronts of old Placerville. It boils down to this: When is a traffic circle just a circle? And when is it a conspiracy? Voters in the town of 10,500 residents are going to the polls in November to decide on a local initiative that […]
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