Tahoe Talk - 8/3/20

Quick Hits:
- Third Hurricane in 2 weeks to threaten the US - Isaas hit Bahamas over the weekend and making landfall today
- Astronauts Bob and Doug safely splash down after two months aboard ISS
- Mystery seeds from China identified as cabbage, hibiscus, lavender, and mint
- Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. bout slated for Sept 12th
- Apple Fire in LA started by arsonist spreads to 20k acres, 5% contained (10 active wildfires in CA)
- London has a fix for its public transit woes: Use open-air tour buses
- Apple announces release of iPhone 12 will be Oct. 2nd

In Other News:
- You no longer have to wait 90 days after a film’s theatrical release to catch it on a streaming service. A new agreement between AMC and Universal shortened the window to 17 days
- World’s largest tech trade show, CES, will be all-digital in January 2021 - Will return to Vegas 2022!
- The mystery origin of the largest stones used to build Stonehenge has been solved once and for all
- Attention mustard lovers! Available beginning August 1st, mustard brand French's is releasing a beer concocted in collaboration with craft beer brewery Oskar Blues

 

Local News:
- 13-year old becomes youngest to complete Lake Tahoe’s ‘Godfather’ swim
- Tahoe East Shore Trail to temporarily close next week
- NDOT finishing project near Spooner Summit, travel delays expected on US 50
- Best of Tahoe & Truckee nominations are now open!

 

Celebrate:
- Fri. Aug. 7 = International Beer Day!

 

Fact Check:
- Viral social posts claims C19 has infected far fewer people than 2009 H1N1 Swine flu… Not True!