daylight savings time
Importance of keeping smoke detectors up to date
Submitted by paula on Sat, 01/16/2021 - 11:08am
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Time is of the essence when fire hits your home. Things can rapidly change from smoke to flames, sometimes giving those inside very little time to get outside to safety.
Even though smoke detectors have been required in new construction and in homes undergoing a remodel for decades, not all homes have working detectors. They are broken, have a dead battery, or missing completely.
Turn back the clocks on Sunday morning...don't forget!
Submitted by paula on Fri, 11/02/2018 - 11:25pm
The end of daylight saving time is on Sunday, November 4, but could it be the last one in California?
On Tuesday voters in the state will be deciding the fate of Prop. 7, the advisory measure that, if passed, encourages the legislature to consider instituting year-round Daylight Saving Time. The country has had the March-November Daylight Saving time since World War II, and it was voter-approved in California in 1949.
Letter: Wendy David offers 100% committment to South Lake Tahoe community
Submitted by paula on Tue, 10/30/2018 - 11:27am
Our community has less than one week before November 6th, election day, arrives. There are many important issues on the ballot. My husband and I just mailed ours in on Monday and I was reminded again of how fortunate we are to live in a nation where the voters decide on such topics as daylight savings time, on new laws preventing cruelty to farm animals, allowing rent controls to stop spiraling costs that are eliminating housing options, and many other state and local topics.
Daylight saving time begins Sunday, time to spring forward!
Submitted by paula on Fri, 03/09/2018 - 11:42pm
One sure sign of spring is the annual changing of the clock as Daylight Saving Time begins. On Sunday, March 11, 2018 at 2:00 a.m., most states will move their clocks forward one hour, the 100th anniversary of the Spring time change.
The state of Florida just voted to keep Daylight Saving Time year round, and Arizona and Hawaii don't move clocks forward at all.
CNN researchers came up with the following timeline for the clock change:
1784 - The idea of daylight saving is first conceived by Benjamin Franklin.
1914-1918 - Britain goes on DLS during World War I.
Daylight Savings Time begins Sunday, don't forget to move clocks forward!
Submitted by paula on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 5:18pm
Ben Franklin was only kidding when he suggested 232 years ago that towns should employ the use of church bells or cannon blasts, if necessary, to wake citizens at sunrise so they could take full advantage of sunlight – a thrifty alternative to pricey candle power.
More than two centuries later, the joke's still on us. This Sunday is the annual ritual of moving our clocks ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. (of course, nobody will know if you do it a little early like when you head off to bed ).
Daylight savings time - Don't forget to change your clocks
Submitted by paula on Sat, 03/12/2016 - 11:35pm
Spring forward, fall back.
But why?
The reason the United States and many other countries, mostly in the West, shift to daylight saving time is contentious and confusing, and some of the more popular explanations are not grounded in reality. (It isn’t for farmers, as you may have learned in school.)
The general concept is to move an hour of sunlight from the early morning, when many would sleep through it, to the evening, when you could most likely do more with the light.
End of daylight saving time; Myths and Truths of why we change our clocks
Submitted by paula on Fri, 10/30/2015 - 5:38pm
Daylight saving time comes to an end on Sunday morning, November 1, at 2 a.m.
This is from CNN:
Ready or not, Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday.
Loved by some, loathed by many, our biannual clock twirling ritual has wide-ranging and often surprising implications.
From energy use to our very health, here's a look at some of the mythology and facts surrounding DST.
It doesn't seem to be a huge energy saver
Daylight savings time - Tips for springing forward
Submitted by paula on Sat, 03/07/2015 - 12:33am
Daylight saving time 2015 will begin on Sunday, March 8 at 2:00 a.m. That means it's time to spring forward, but the sweet act of moving the clocks an hour ahead can deliver a blow to your sleeping schedule
For most, daylight saving time is an exciting sign of spring that comes with a slightly sleepy Monday. But if you're not a morning person to begin with, your mood and productivity can take a dive. Daylight saving time has been blamed for car accidents, workplace injuries and stock market dips in the past.
Set your clocks back one hour Sunday, November 2
Submitted by paula on Sun, 11/02/2014 - 6:55am
Daylight savings time ends Sunday, November 2 so don't forget to move your clocks back one hour. This means brighter mornings and the evenings will get darker sooner.
Don't Forget to Move Clocks Forward
Submitted by paula on Sat, 03/08/2014 - 2:21pm
Even though winter hasn't made much of a presence in Lake Tahoe this year, it's time once again for the annual spring ritual of daylight savings time. Sunday, March 9 at 2 a.m. is the official time charge where people are to move their clocks forward one hour.
Time to Turn Clocks Back One Hour Tonight
Submitted by paula on Fri, 11/01/2013 - 11:00pm
Most in the United States do this twice a year, but do many know why? We're talking daylight savings time beginning and ending, each resulting in the turn of the hour hand. 70 other countries also participate in daylight savings time though Hawaii and Arizona have opted out.
Mac the Naw: Area fishing has picked up
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 1:58pmHello fellow anglers, some good news: Fishing has picked up a little and we get to turn our clocks ahead in three weeks. On March 11th we go to daylight savings time. I call it more fishing time. T...
