By Kathryn Reed I’m guessing the last time I had a French dip sandwich was when I lived under the roof of my parents’ house. That’s what happens when you become a vegetarian. It’s amazing how portabella mushrooms can be such a wonderful substitute for beef. I’m not sure why it took so long to […]
Read moreSouth Shore author Todd Borg’s latest book in his Owen McKenna Mystery Thriller “Tahoe Skydrop” is out. After murderous thieves steal Tahoe Robotics’ software worth a billion dollars, they kidnap a child who reportedly knows the password. The child’s father contacts Tahoe Detective Owen McKenna. McKenna discovers that the child is being held at a […]
Read moreNow in its third year, Will’s Kids for the Arts is a free art fair for children on the South Shore, featuring arts and crafts booths and a performance by Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s D.G. Menchetti Young Shakespeare Program. It will be Aug. 3 from 11am-4pm at Valhalla. There will be an hourlong performance of […]
Read moreThe Fay-Luther trailhead in the Carson Valley will be closed Thursday and Friday. Hiking access will available by using the Jobs Peak Ranch trailhead. Qualcon Contractors will be fixing a 2,500-square-foot section area, including filling in potholes. Carson Valley Trails Association is paying for the work.
Read moreBy Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, Sacramento Bee In December 2014, Max Brown was picking through an Incline Village dumpster for a community service project when a collection of 1980s cassettes caught his eye. Fancying himself a collector, he pulled them out and inspected them. Then he noticed the substantial pile of worn books buried beneath them. Then […]
Read moreBy Larry Weitzman Now in its second model year, the 2018 Mazda CX-9 is a full-size SUV at 199-inches-long, a 115-inch wheelbase and almost 78-inches-wide. But it drives like a compact or mid-size SUV. Mazda creates this virtual illusion via a new for 2018 handling creation called G-Vectoring Control. It uses engine timing to control […]
Read moreBy Kathryn Reed Don’t be surprised to hear more Spanish than English at Lake Tahoe Community College this week. Monday begins the 25th year of ISSI – Intensive Spanish Summer Institute. What started with 150 students in three levels of grammar courses has evolved into 16 levels from low beginning to high superior. Hundreds of […]
Read moreBy Jeff Colombini and Mike Wade, San Francisco Chronicle The United States exports one out of every three apples it grows. California, Washington, New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan together produce 90 percent of the apples grown in America. Although we apple growers come from various places, we share one common concern: going out of business. […]
Read moreBy Jeffrey Miller, The Conversation In less than a decade, worldwide sales of tequila have doubled, while sales of premium and ultra-premium brands have shot up by 292 percent and 706 percent, respectively. In recent years, you may have heard of tequila tastings and walked by a new mezcal bar – and wondered about the […]
Read moreBy Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Four major clean energy advocacy groups announced Thursday that they oppose Question 3, the ballot initiative that would break up NV Energy’s monopoly and create an open energy market in Nevada. The Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, Southwest Energy Efficiency Project and Western Resource Advocates […]
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