By Blair Anthony Robertson, Sacramento Bee If you’re one of the 50,000 spectators expected to turn out for the Amgen Tour of California’s Sacramento stage on Sunday, you’ll notice that pro road racing amounts to very lean athletes riding bikes with very skinny tires. But those tires are not as skinny as they used to […]
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By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times For half a century, George Flint has toiled on behalf of legal brothels in Nevada Nevada lawmakers declare ‘George Flint Day’ to celebrate the work of the brothel lobbyist Most lawmakers in this state capital simply call him “Georgie,” a soft-spoken old opinion-swayer with a cane who revels […]
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· South Lake Tahoe is looking for participants for the Sept. 19 50th anniversary parade. The theme is Past, Present and Future. Applications are due Sept. 1. · Commons Beach in Tahoe City received 80 cubic yards of sand last week. · Thomas Cook Airlines won’t be flying nonstop between London and Reno. The airline cited staffing […]
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TTC&P — the Tahoe,Trout Creek & Pacific Railroad — was a narrow-gauge endeavor in South Lake Tahoe, existing only from 1970 to 1971. Its short-lived route traversed the Trout Creek meadow from the corner next to where now stands U.S. Bank and then went toward the South Tahoe Public Utility District treatment plant. The Baldwin Locomotive […]
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By Darryl Fears, Washington Post For the giant kangaroo rat, death by nature is normally swift and dramatic: a hopeless dash for safety followed by a blood-curdling squeak as their bellies are torn open by eagles, foxes, bobcats and owls. They’re not supposed to die the way they are today — emaciated and starved, their […]
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To the community, The Barton Health public relations department enjoyed hosting the fourth annual Mom’s Morning Out on May 2. Thank you to all the women who attended and to our business vendors and Zen room specialists for making the event a success. The Studio Lake Tahoe and Jazzercise kicked off the event with free morning […]
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Zephyr Cove Tennis Club kicks off its season May 23 at noon with the second annual Viva La Tennis mixer. The doubles tennis event is for current, new and perspective players of all levels. The kickoff party is free for 2015 club members, $10 for others. It includes a barbecue and lots of tennis. Membership is $80 […]
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High blood pressure is the topic of Barton Health’s June 4 lecture. Steve Brooks with Barton Family Practice will talk about preventing high blood pressure and understanding the scope of the problem, causes of high blood pressure, and treatment options. The free talk is from 6-7pm in the board room at Lake Tahoe Community College.
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By Susan Wood With cowbells clanking and a Kentucky-Derbyish announcer yelling in the background, history was made Saturday in South Lake Tahoe with the Women’s Amgen Tour of California wrapping up its second day. Leah Kirchmann of Canada, riding for Optum Pro Cycling, won the stage of the largest and first tour in the United States […]
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By Associated Press Established wineries and ones that want to expand to Nevada have reached an agreement on repealing the state’s partial winery ban. Witnesses who testified on opposite sides of AB4 earlier in the session lined up in support of the bill Wednesday in a Senate Commerce and Labor Committee hearing. The bill would […]
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