To the community, Thanks to the generous Vail EpicPromise Grant program funds awarded to Bread & Broth, 12 Monday evening meals are served annually through B&B’s Adopt A Day of Nourishment program. On a monthly basis, Heavenly Mountain Resort and Kirkwood Mountain Resort alternate hosting a dinner and sending a sponsor volunteer crew to work […]
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Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus kicks off its 11th annual WinterFest with the “Brrroque Masters” concert series Jan. 3, 6, 8 and 10. The concert series is dedicated to the memory of Mark Lord, TOCCATA’s principal trumpet player 2007-14. The program opens with Mouret’s famous “Suite de Sinfonie” fanfare, which is better known as the […]
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By Charles Kenny, Atlantic From Paris to Syria through San Bernardino to Afghanistan, the world witnessed obscene and unsufferable tragedy in 2015. That was on top of the ongoing misery of hundreds of millions who are literally stunted by poverty, living lives shortened by preventable disease and malnutrition. But for all of that, 2015 also […]
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San Francisco-based hotel chain Joie de Vivre has taken over Park 968 in South Lake Tahoe. With the addition of Park 968 and Monterey Tides, Joie de Vivre now operates 22 hotels in California. The boutique hotel chain also has properties in Chicago, Miami, Scottsdale and Washington, D.C., and soon will be in New Orleans […]
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· Tahoe National Forest’s Truckee Ranger District has been named District of the Year by the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Region. · Caltrans District 3 employees provided more than $16,200 in cash donations and 747 pounds of food for local charities throughout the Sacramento Valley and Sierra regions as well as the Yuba-Sutter Chapter of […]
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Defining the markers in the photo: A = Steve Myers’s original Tahoe Drive-In Theatre which moved to Bijou in the mid-1950s. Its curvy driveway leading from Cecil’s (C) ultimately became an extension of Park Avenue entering the Crescent V Center. Today that leg is renamed Heavenly Village Way. B = Jack VanSickle’s Crescent V Ranch […]
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By Kathryn Reed ROUND HILL – Flat and scenic – the perfect combo for a cross country ski trek for those who are not super proficient at this sport. While gliding is a large component of getting anywhere on these skis, many of us were having trouble on this particular Saturday. The snow at times […]
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By Larry Weitzman At the last Board of Supervisors meeting on Dec. 15 item 40 on the calendar was to correct an error made by the CAO’s office in the annexation by El Dorado Hills Fire Department, the wealthiest district in the county, of Latrobe Fire, one of the poorest. The annexation was performed […]
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By Christopher Ingraham and Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post For the first time on record, Americans are as likely to die by a gunshot as in a traffic accident, according to federal data. Gun deaths now outnumber vehicle deaths in 21 states and the District of Columbia. That was true in just two states a […]
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By Gerry Smith, BloombergNews While facing a growing number of consumers who drop pay-TV for cheaper online alternatives, Time Warner Cable Inc., Comcast Corp., Dish Network Corp. and AT&T Inc. are all planning to increase their prices early next year — at the risk of turning off more subscribers fed up with the rising cost […]
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