By Melinda Myers Make your next gathering one to remember by including a few unique vegetables on the relish tray, as a side dish or for dessert. Your guests will be “wowed” not only because you grew your own ingredients, but because of the unique shape, color or flavor of the vegetables you serve. Create […]
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“Permanent Vacation II: Eighteen Writers on Work and Life in Our National Parks” will launch June 13 at 7pm in the Aspen Room at Lake Tahoe Community College. The second volume of this popular collection features writers from national parks all over the country, including locales like Cape Cod and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The […]
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By Larry Weitzman Most people will think from the headline that the new 2018 Elantra Eco is a battery hybrid, but it’s not. It goes about its business combining a small, 1.4L DOHC 16 valve four-cylinder engine with turbocharging and direct injection. It connects the engine to the front drive wheels via a slick, extremely […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sobering. Scary. Eye-opening. Educational. Thought-provoking. Those are just a few of the ways to describe “The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner” (Bloomsbury 2017) by Daniel Ellsberg. If the author’s name sounds familiar, it’s because he is the person who released the Pentagon Papers, which were the subject of the […]
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After a one-year hiatus, the Truckee Duckee Derbee returns to the River Ranch Lodge on June 24. Billed as the “most unpredictable two minutes in Tahoe,” this year’s event will mark the official summer opening of River Ranch’s popular outdoor patio. The rubber duck races, which were canceled last year because of high water conditions, […]
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El Dorado County poet laureate Taylor Graham will be joined by local poets and Poetry Out Loud students for an evening of poetry readings and an open mic session on June 15 at the South Lake Tahoe Library. Joining Graham at this final stop will be local poet, essayist, and travel writer from the South […]
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The El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency, Family Caregiver Support Program is presenting a free Aging & Caregiver Mini Series on the West Slope. The educational, three-part series will be on July 24, July 31 and August 7 from 2:30-4pm at the Greenwood Community Center located at 4401 Highway 193 in Greenwood. The […]
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Lake Tahoe Historical Society is celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer with a Chautauqua on Aug. 18. Icons from Lake Tahoe will perform, like D.L. Bliss, George Whittell and Lillian Virgin Finnegan. The show will be at the Duke Theatre at Lake Tahoe Community College. Doors open at 5:30pm. There will be food, drink and […]
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Brian William Boyer of South Lake Tahoe passed away unexpectedly at home on May 9, 2018. He was 49. Brian was born on July 4, 1968, in Van Nuys to Brian and Pamela Boyer. The family moved to South Lake Tahoe in the summer of 1971. Brian attended Meyers Elementary School, South Tahoe Middle School […]
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By Mark Geil, The Conversation In 1905, an Ohio farmer survived a railroad accident that cost him both of his legs. Two years later, he founded the Ohio Willow Wood company, using the namesake timber to hand-carve prosthetic limbs. The company grew, surviving the Great Depression and a fire that destroyed the plant, and still […]
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