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11/13/2024

Learn how you can help the Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe provide Thanksgiving family meals in the community.

20 Years of Voting Data Finds Growing Turnout Gap Between Salinas Valley, Rest of County

10/30/2024

THE SALINAS VALLEY is the setting for fecund soil, labor rights movements and John Steinbeck novels.Squeezed into one 90-mile-long wedge between the Gabilan and Santa Lucia mountains, the valley’s residents constitute less than 1% of Californians but have shaped the identity of the whole state.

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Folsom’s Twin Lakes Food Bank Raises $237K Amid Increasing Need

A group of 250 guests at Twin Lakes Food Bank’s annual gala, hosted last Friday at Lakeside Church, raised more than $237,000 to help feed the hungry throughout the holiday season and into the new year.

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Marcella Foundation Launches FeedTahoe App to Fight Hunger, Reduce Waste in South Lake Tahoe

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The Marcella Foundation recently launched FeedTahoe, an innovative food recovery initiative that rescues quality surplus food from local businesses and delivers it to nonprofits like Christmas Cheer, Family Resource Center, Phoenix Food Pantry, Tahoe Coalition …

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Bread & Broth Seeks Donations for Thanksgiving Dinner

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Bread & Broth will be hosting its annual Thanksgiving dinner on Monday, November 25. This event will be held at St. Theresa Catholic Church, Grace Hall at 1041 Lyons Avenue, South Lake Tahoe, from 4-6 …

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Parasol Foundation Grants Funds to St. Theresa’s Bread & Broth Organization

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Recently, St. Theresa's Bread & Broth organization was awarded a very generous $16,000 grant to address food insecurity in the Lake Tahoe South Shore community. $15,000 was awarded from the Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation Impact …

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Bread & Broth Celebrates 35 Years of Feeding Those in Need

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Over 35 years ago, Father John Grace, St. Theresa's Pastor, envisioned serving food to the local community when many were struggling, faced with job layoffs and a lack of food on the table. His efforts, …

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Azul Latin Kitchen Partners With Bread & Broth

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Bread & Broth is extremely grateful to be the non-profit charity organization selected by the Azul Latin Kitchen teams members to be its charity fundraising partner for 2024.

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Lake Tahoe Basin Christmas Tree Program Pause

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit's (LTBMU) announced last year that the Christmas Tree Permit Program will pause, starting this fall of 2024, for several years due to limited cutting areas suitable …

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Critical Reforestation Efforts Underway in Eldorado National Forest

American Forests is working around the clock to rebuild forests ravaged by fires. On Sept. 5, American Forests, in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service, launched a significant reforestation initiative in Eldorado National Forest, located in Peavine Ridge, California. This …

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Bread & Broth Seeking Community Volunteers

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Bread & Broth (B&B), a charitable, all-volunteer organization whose mission is to ease hunger in the Lake Tahoe South Shore community, is looking for service-minded community members who are interested in joining our dedicated team …

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From its earliest days as a state, California has been trying to turn marshes into productive land.
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More than half of California farmland is under contracts that prevent its development.
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