A wildfire evacuation drill involving Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District and Skyland Fire Adapted Community will take place June 8 from 10am-2pm. The drill will give residents the opportunity to practice evacuating from their homes and getting to the designated safe zone. The event will begin with an all agency briefing then Douglas County sheriff’s deputies drive […]
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By Jon Ortiz, Sacramento Bee For the third time in four years, advocates for altering public pensions have a plan they want to put to a statewide vote. But this time the proposal by pension-change advocates Chuck Reed and Carl DeMaio has a new twist: Pensions and other retirement benefits would automatically become a matter […]
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Truckee will host the nation’s top amateur and junior cyclists at the 2015 USA Cycling Amateur Road National Championships, June 24-28. The race is five consecutive days, consisting of three distinct courses and distances. The 9-14 age category competes on a 5K course that loops around Serene Lakes, while the 15-18 age category race on a […]
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· There will be a free bike tune up workshop on June 6 from 11am-1pm at Crow’s Auto Care and Bike Repair, 931 3rd St., South Lake Tahoe. All ages are welcome. · Wine on the Water, a fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe, is June 28 from 1-5pm at […]
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By Brian Fung, Washington Post Hitting a seven-year low, Internet providers and pay-TV companies were literally just ranked as the least popular industries in America. Those businesses come tied in last place in the latest update to the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, which ranks 43 industries on a 0-to-100 scale. The country’s most hated industries, each […]
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By Patrick McGreevy and Phil Wilson, Los Angeles Times The state Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would raise the minimum legal age for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products from 18 to 21 as part of an effort to reduce smoking by young people. Sen. Ed Hernandez, D-West Covina, said he introduced the bill, […]
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Discover Nevada State Parks day is June 13. Park visitors will receive free day use admission and free fishing (no license required) at all of Nevada’s 23 State Parks. The free day is open to non-Nevada residents as well. For more information or to find a list of state parks, go online.
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The UCCE Master Gardeners of Lake Tahoe’s June Day Jamboree and Plant Sale is June 13 from 9am-2pm at the Lake Tahoe Community College Demonstration Garden. Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer questions about gardening at Tahoe. Whether it be growing vegetables, learning which plants attracts butterflies and bees, finding out how to keep a garden growing with less […]
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“Pippin” is coming to Lake Tahoe Community College’s theater starting June 12. With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, the composer of the hit Broadway musicals “Wicked” and “Godspell”, and book by Roger O. Hirson, the Tony Award-winning show will be in South Lake Tahoe from June 12-20. This high-energy musical follows the story of Pippin, […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – Without the work of Charles Goldman, the scientific debate about issues concerning Lake Tahoe might be much different. The limnologist started studying this area in 1958 when he began teaching at UC Davis. His research is the basis for much of the work that is being done today to […]
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