By Kathryn Reed Just as businesses were getting accustomed to recycling and using recycled products, compostable is a word and practice that is being thrown at them. C&M Food Distributors in Reno is helping Lake Tahoe businesses make the switch. “We show small businesses they can do what big businesses do. It can be done […]
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By Kathryn Reed By separating out food waste for composting, Embassy Suites in South Lake Tahoe last year reduced the amount of trash it produced by 33 percent. Yes, the hotel’s occupancy was down in 2009, but only by 8 percent. David Hansen, director of engineering for the property, has been spearheading all things green […]
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By Kathryn Reed Rep. Tom McClintock rattled off a slew of statistics about how bad the national debt is going to be in the next five and 10 years – mostly because of government bailouts and the week-old national health care plan. The Republican whose district office is in Granite Bay, but who got elected […]
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By Kathryn Reed One month ago today, Marty and Leslie DeTarr’s vacation plans got shaken up a bit in a way that could never have been predicted. The South Lake Tahoe couple was in Chile when the deadly and devastating 8.8 earthquake struck the South American country. They were supposed to fly back to the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Money is so often touted as the difference between high and low academic performing schools. Bijou Community School might get to test that theory. Bijou expects to receive a nearly $300,000 grant in May that must be spent by Sept. 30. The grant may prove money does make a difference when it […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Cal Neva, the legendary but faded Lake Tahoe resort once owned by Frank Sinatra, is closing its casino temporarily. Canyon Capital Realty Advisors, the firm that has owned the Cal Neva since last spring, said Wednesday that the casino will close Wednesday. Canyon said it is in discussions with several […]
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By Kathryn Reed When the 2010 season opens for the Tahoe Tallac Association in five weeks, it will be under the direction of new leadership. Steve Farnsley, who had been executive director for a little more than two years, was let go earlier this month. In his place on an interim basis is Lori Cramer. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Life-changing. That is how students describe their visit to the Museum of Tolerance in Southern California. For the second year, Tisha Seims took her seventh-grade language arts students from South Tahoe Middle School to the museum. It wasn’t just the students who came away changed. Seims said she got more out of […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Transportation planners realize not everyone wants to abandon their vehicle. Easing congestion through better driving routes, providing alternatives to passenger vehicles, and creating better connections for walkers and cyclists are the goals. The idea is the infrastructure improvements will also make walking and cycling a more pleasant experience in the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Nearly $1 million was allocated by the California Tahoe Conservancy board to reduce forest fuels, improve habitat and forest restoration. In that dollar amount is $200,000 to finish work in the Angora Fire area on CTC land. This includes the urban lots as well as 30 acres the state owns. Many of […]
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