The 19th annual Lake Tahoe Environmental Summit at Round Hill Pines brings out a cadre of elected officials to talk about how to protect the basin.

Landscaper Brian Hirdman talks about how he took sod out of a yard in South Lake Tahoe and transformed it to be a parcel that needs very little water.

Elton John in his second appearance at Harveys in Stateline on Aug. 8 plays hit after hit.

South Lake Tahoe firefighters demonstrate what it takes to extricate someone after a vehicle accident.

Helen Smith, who spent her first 14 summers at Vikingsholm, is the centerpiece of an effort to raise funds for the castle at Emerald Bay. The house is now part of a state park in Lake Tahoe.

Brad Paisley opened the 2015 Harveys Outdoor Concert Series on June 11.

The first stage of the women’s Amgen Tour of California on May 8 — 74.5 miles around Lake Tahoe — starting and ending at Heavenly Mountain Resort’s California Lodge.

San Francisco Giants on Opening Day — April 13, 2015 — at AT&T Park raise the 2014 World Series flag.

South Lake Tahoe turns 50 this year in November.

The Woodwind II is being destroyed Jan. 8 at Cave Rock boat launch. It will then be hauled off to the Carson City Landfill. It broke free from its mooring at Zephyr Cove on Dec. 11. The insurance company deemed it not salvageable.