Ten houses and seven outbuildings have been reduced to ash in the Sand Fire that is burning in rural El Dorado and Amador counties. The 3,800-acre blaze is 35 percent contained. The fire started July 25 when a vehicle drove onto dry vegetation. Highway 49 is open, but several roads in the Fair Play and […]
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By Berne Broudy, Outside Beets are so 2013. That’s right: maple syrup is the world’s newest super fuel, and it will soon be available in tear-top packets like the ones used by Honey Stinger and Gu. A new company — called UnTapped and backed by pro racer Ted King — plans to package the maple […]
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The Tahoe Fall Classic on Sept. 13–14 is the third and final race in The Tahoe Cup race series. This 22-mile point-to-point race from El Dorado Beach in South Lake Tahoe to Kings Beach State Beach is the longest inland distance paddleboard race in the world. It is expected to draw hundreds of competitors. SUP […]
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With beasts and steam power, Lake Tahoe was raided for wood from the 1850s to the 1890s to build booming Virginia City and its mines. Lumber from the mills at Glenbrook traversed upward by rail to Spooner Summit where a flume then floated it down Clear Creek Grade to roughly the area where today’s Carson […]
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By Susan Wood STATELINE – It didn’t take long to realize Americana rock band Train would transport its audience through time during Friday night’s outdoor summer concert series at Harveys. After a notable, guitar-driven opening act by Striking Matches – which with one album out already has songs featured on the show “Nashville,” a train […]
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By Larry Weitzman In late January 2013 an email was sent to many county employees by Kim Kerr who listed her title as ACAO (assistant chief administrative officer) and interim Department of Transportation director. The body of the email had three points, one about recruitment, a series of bullet points about training opportunities, but it […]
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Five houses and seven out buildings have been consumed by the fast moving Sand Fire that is burning in the wine region of El Dorado and Amador counties. Smoke from the 4,000-acre blaze is infiltrating the Truckee area, and the smell of smoke is strong through the American River canyon into Placerville from Lake Tahoe. […]
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The Tahoe Rim Trail Association’s annual backcountry camps at the Marlette Peak Campground are Aug. 1-3 and Aug. 16-17. At this year’s camp the TRTA aims to reconstruct the Marlette Peak Trail so it can be opened back up to equestrians and mountain bikers. Participants will camp out, work, be fed and get to experience […]
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An office suite in a Placer County owned building in Tahoe City was recently retrofitted to provide shared office space for 5th District Supervisor Jennifer Montgomery, County Executive Officer David Boesch, the Tahoe manager for the county executive office, and Tahoe field representative. The meeting room will be the ongoing site for the monthly “Coffee […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee At the Cielo Estate winery in Shingle Springs, political upheaval in El Dorado County seemed to drift away momentarily Wednesday evening as a gentle breeze faintly ruffled leaves of heritage oaks. Inside a reception room, as guests sipped Sierra foothills Pinot Grigio, five of the six special election candidates for […]
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