• South Lake Tahoe Police Department’s K9 Trials is Sept. 27 starting at 8am. The patrol dog competition will be at Lakeview Commons. • Bob Wheeler is now managing broker of the Incline Village office for Sierra Sotheby’s International Realty. • The next Tapping Tuesday class is Sept. 2 from 6-7pm at Rejuvenate, which is […]
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By Dave Nordstrand, Salinas Californian One morning when Salinas’ Billy Harvey was a boy of 5 and still asleep, his parents arose. Quietly as they could, they tiptoed to the front door and left the house. “I never saw them again,” Harvey said. Billy Harvey’s parents had put him and his two brothers in the […]
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By Anna Clark, Columbia Journalism Review DETROIT — Deceptive political ads are one thing. But how about deceptive ads that trade on the credibility of journalism? That’s what a Republican political group is trying out. This month, the National Republican Congressional Committee debuted at least 20 websites in key congressional districts—from Central Valley, California, to […]
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Lake Tahoe’s only curling club is hosting the World Curling Federation on Sept. 6 from 8-9:30pm. Lake Tahoe Epic Curling will then host a learn-to-curl session Sept. 7 from 5:30-8pm. Both events are open to the public and are at the South Lake Tahoe Ice Arena on Rufus Allen Boulevard. The World Curling Federation, headed […]
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In 1948, the Bijou Park Club boasted dancing. Harry Rose’s Bar hosted a community Easter Egg Hunt on Highway 50 not far from today’s Tahoe Meadows. Years later, a two-story white wooden building near that site housed Armstrong Realty and Rentals which had apartments in the back. I rented a studio unit there in 1961 […]
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By Kathryn Reed ALPINE MEADOWS – Small ripples float across the lake in the gentle breeze. A few ducks swim by to check out the four of us – five if you count AJ. She doesn’t faze them, even though she acts like they are intruding on our territory. But where did all […]
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To the community, Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe was the Adopt A Day of Nourishment sponsor for Bread & Broth’s dinner Aug. 25. On behalf of her fellow AAD sponsor volunteer crew members, Sue Novasel explained the organization’s support of the B&B program: “Soroptimists are concerned about hunger in our local community and will […]
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Placer County Board of Supervisors this week authorized funding for a section of the Martis Valley Trail. The proposed Class I bike path will be a corridor away from streets, roads and highways offering recreational opportunitie s not found on conventional roads. The 1.76-mile section of trail OK’d by the board will pass through areas […]
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By Erin Beresini, Outside In an 83-page call to action released last week, the Surgeon General declared war on skin cancer. Rates are on the rise faster than those of any other cancer, he says, though he doesn’t know exactly why. One thing is for certain: to avoid becoming one of his scary stats, you […]
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By Neela Banerjee and Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency staff said Friday that the nation should tighten smog rules significantly, a step that would improve air quality in California but force costly new requirements on government and industry. The EPA staff recommendation is the final step before the rule goes […]
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