SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. Mike Vollmer has been named the new executive director of the Tahoe Resource Conservation District. Vollmer’s work in the Tahoe Basin began over 20 years ago. His extensive background and passion for protecting the basin will help further the mission of the Tahoe RCD.
Have you ever noticed how things change slowly until they don t? That same kind of change is happening to many tourist destinations, South Shore included. Many destinations have felt the impact of climate change, the…
In the futuristic cartoon show from the 1960s, George Jetson, of the Jetsons, commutes to work in a flying car and has a robot housekeeper named Rosie to take care of the cooking and cleaning.…
Last week, Carl Ribaudo discussed the potential long-term impacts of chronic workforce housing shortages in destination resort communities. When workforce housing is sold to become primary or secondary residences or vacation rentals, the impact on…