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El Dorado Co. Sheriff's Department in South Lake Tahoe sponsors and supports activities of Sheriff's Team of Active Retirees. In a recent election held during the S.T.A.R. Station Meeting at South Lake Tahoe's Senior Center,
retiring 3 year term Station Leader Dick Young was replaced by Richard Thomson of Thomson's Insurance. Assisting Thomson are past Station Leaders Dick Young and George Schultz.

Other members, each holding specific job titles include Barbara Aragon, Jan and Ernie Claudio, Susan Kidwell, Mary Magana, Bill Sluka, Kay Taylor and Joan Young.

With so few days left of October, it's time to savor sweet fudge. There is a wide variety of fudge flavors and deciding to make traditional bittersweet chocolate or Halloween-ish pumpkin was a toug...

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This week's report is for the week of Oct. 24-30.

October is a month of some favorite foods that are like forever friends. Autumn foods include apples - a versatile fruit that can be used to make pie, tarts, cake and crisp, an old-fashioned fav...

In support of its new album, "Cabin By The Sea," the Dirty Heads near the finish line of a summerlong tour as it hits Lake Tahoe for a show Thursday, Sept. 27, in the MontBleu Theatre. The album...

It's pre-autumn and I'm sensing a sweet Indian summer is in the air. The combination of chilly nights and warm days makes it a challenge for baking cookies - my fantasy fare for the week. I've b...

Firefighters responded Sunday to a cabin fire off of Juniper Lane and Fallen Leaf Lake Road.
The call came to South Lake Tahoe dispatch shortly after noon. Light smoke was coming out of the kitchen area of the cabin, believed to be owned by the U.S Forest Service. The fire was knocked down at around 12:30 p.m. and was not a threat to surrounding trees in the area.

Our cabin in South Lake Tahoe although a beautiful home has its unique oddities making it the right sell for someone who can appreciate it. Over the past three years we have had it listed with Cent...

I simply love summer fruit pies - strawberry, blueberry, and cherry. While cream pies aren't my first choice, there is one exception: Key Lime Pie, a tropical-type American dessert created with ...

The famed 3,000-acre Royal Gorge property on Donner Summit in the Sierra Nevada will be bought and protected from development under an agreement announced today by The Trust for Public Land, the Truckee Donner Land Trust (TDLT), and the Northern Sierra Partnership (NSP).
The agreement is a big change for a property that, as recently as 2007, had been slated for major resort development. That proposal stalled in the face of overwhelming opposition and an unfavorable economic climate – opening the way for conservationists to buy the land when the bank foreclosed on the loan.

On the South Shore, I've ordered a chef's salad at many restaurants. This popular salad is touted for its hard-boiled eggs, variety of meats - including chicken, turkey, and ham - tomatoes and d...

We're having a heat wave in the Sierra. To me that spells it's not the time to hit the kitchen. It's more fun to take a dip in the pool or Lake. Still, I have to eat; so a homemade stir-fry with...

Traditional Fourth of July foods include grilled foods, noodle salad, lemonade and strawberry shortcake. This fare can be fun and tasty. But I'm passing on these conventional goodies. Instead, w...

Shellfish, potatoes, and sorbet are three of my favorite foods in the summertime. I could have slaved in a hot kitchen and created fried jumbo shrimp, scalloped potatoes and home-made sorbet, bu...

Welcome to an off-season apple pie chock-full of apples. The glitch is, three weeks before summer apples (a fall delight) aren't the choice fruit on the South Shore. So, to enjoy a semi-homemade...

On Wednesday morning I woke up to a day full of springtime happenings. One email from a fellow author greeted me. He described his travels on a train in the countryside of England. At first, the...

It’s that time of the year to pick up your copy of a widely-distributed and widely-read annual publication known as “Fishing The California Alps.”
That outdoor newspaper is your personal guide to the fishing, camping, sightseeing and vacationing world in our general area and it has many, many pages of in-depth information provided by lots of experts in their specific areas of knowledge and experience.
Be sure to use this 2012 edition as your handy and ready-to-use guide on what, when, where and how to enjoy the Great Outdoors.

Today at Lake Tahoe spring is in the air - sort of. It's raining at lake level, not snowing. The changes in temperature, warm and cold, are confusing to me, my dogs, fish and taste buds. One min...

Chocolate pasta? No, I'm not kidding. Actually, cocoa and spices goes way, way back thousands of years ago. The Mayans in Mexico often combined cocoa beans, the "food of the gods" with a variety...

Here is the fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, Lake Tahoe and the Sierra. This report is for the week of April 18-25. The opening day for all California fishing is on April 28.

This week's news touted superfoods. These functional foods are nutrient-dense and promise to help you stay lean and healthy. As a health author, this is nothing new to me. My fridge contains ple...

Food and pets are good for you. This week during Easter break I get it. There is a common thread between what we eat and our four-leggers. They are constant. We have control on what we feed ours...

Spring has sprung. I'm still on a health kick, especially now with the season of renewal. Instead of a deep dish apple pie with a thick crust, I opted to whip up a lighter apple-blueberry crisp. I ...

This weekend, during "hump month" on Sunday, daylight-saving time will welcome us on the South Shore. It's a time when we get another hour of light and a time when folks feel more energetic and mor...