Cooperating across state lines to protect Tahoe

Nevada Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources News   Cooperating across state lines to protect Tahoe Posted: 15 Dec 2008 05:08 PM CST Backyard conservation can have far-reaching effects, as homeowners in two states of the Lake Tahoe Basin learn from cooperating conservation read more

Rick Gunn, the man who bicycled around the world.

  Rick Gunn came back home to Lake Tahoe a while ago after cycling the world and being away for over 3 years. His story will be told as soon as he collects his thoughts and gets it to print but from the brief talk he gave it’s a story filled with hope, discovery, fear and wonder at the read more

More Nevadans Apply For Renewable Energy Rebates

  More Nevadans Apply For Renewable Energy Rebates   In difficult economic times people look at ways to save money and one of the ways and not always so obvious, is to look at going green. This ends up being both good for you and for the environment. It seems that Northern Nevadans grasp this read more

Energy Efficient Off Site Storage

When emphasis on energy efficiency and waste management begin setting policy in IT departments it’s time to look at what to do about document and data storage. In a survey of IT professionals one of the telling points was more concern over how documents and information is stored as well as read more

Kings Beach…

Last night, Tuesday July 22nd 2008, the Placer County Board voted 4 - 1 for the 3 lane roundabout alternative in the Kings Beach Commercial Core. The single no vote was Supervisor Bruce Kranz. Are we surprised? No, not really. The fact that Mr. Kranz has been on the side of indifference for read more

Lake Tahoe and the TRPA II

The King’s Beach residents have a huge choice to make. Decide, again, by an overwhelming amount that alternative 2, the 3-lane option with larger sidewalks and traffic circle at Coon Ave, is a better decision for them. Wow, the more we dig into this, the more disheveled it gets. An example read more

Lake Tahoe and the TRPA I

We are privileged to live in a place that is considered one of the premier destinations in the world. Snow capped mountains sending torrents of snow melt down rippling streams. Falls colors blinding. Spring, a profusion of flowers, an endless pallet of colors and then summer, a place on this read more

History of Vikingsholm

Vikingsholm is located at the head of Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe, California. This magnificent “castle” is a unique blend of Nature’s spectacular beauty and man’s architectural ingenuity. This history of Vikingsholm is quite interesting. Vikingsholm provided a calm, quiet, read more

The Washoe Tribe, Cave Rock

On the eastern shore of Lake Tahoe, between what is now Glenbrook and Zephyr Cove, stands a natural monument of great spiritual significance to the Washoe people. Among the Washoe, Cave Rock is known as De-ek Wadapush (Standing Rock). It’s caves were frequented by the powerful supernatural read more