The 10th Tahoe Symphony Orchestra Winter Fest begins Feb. 8. There will be four performances with Elizabeth Pitcairn on the red Mendelssohn Stradivarius. The symphony will be playing Feb. 8 at 3pm at St. Theresa Church in South Lake Tahoe, Feb. 11 at 7pm at Shepherd of the Sierra in Carson City, Feb. 13 at […]
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JumpStart Lake Tahoe is offering an intensive crash course in entrepreneurship March 25-29 at Lake Tahoe Hard Rock. The program is comprised of a combination of lecture and peer-to-peer and group learning. The real-world curriculum consists of 60- to 90-minute segments that cover a multitude of topics including understanding the key characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, […]
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By Suzy Strutner, Huffington Post There’s something utterly delicious about hotel beds… and towels… and robes. They’re so decadently fluffy and epically cozy, we’d totally steal them if we could. And much of the time, we do. Towels are among the most-stolen items in hotels, The Telegraph reports. We could’ve guessed that. But we never […]
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By Susan Wood TWIN BRIDGES – Two guitars, skis, books, cards and pictures in an office that looks toward Grandview chairlift tell a colorful story of the leader of the band at Sierra-at-Tahoe. John Rice is a fixture in these parts – a quasi cross between a Tony Robbins and Deepak Chopra for the ski […]
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Sierra-at-Tahoe professional snowboarder and Olympic gold medalist Jamie Anderson is sponsoring three South Lake Tahoe students for her annual Give Back With Love sponsorship. This year’s recipients are Justice Ensign, 11, Jeremy Kornbeck, 14, and Jade Smith, 16. Through this event students have the opportunity to experience what it is like to be a sponsored […]
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June Denney, a registered dietician as well a fitness instructor at Lake Tahoe Community College, will give a talk Feb. 7 from 10am-noon in the board room of the college. She will discuss the three things people can all do to achieve ideal body weight, reduce risk factors for disease and increase longevity. The talk is put […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal If Gov. Brian Sandoval was not already busy enough with a state budget and myriad other duties, he will be now with his latest assignment. Sandoval and New York state Sen. Carl Marcellino have been named to lead the Council of State Governments in 2015 as the national president […]
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By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post Michael Bayne has done everything you’re supposed to do to avoid taking on too much debt for college. He lives off-campus to save money on housing. He’s always working at least one job — sometimes two. And he enrolled at an in-state public school, Arizona State University. But it’s not […]
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• Here is theEl Dorado-Tahoe roadwork schedule for this week. • Nic Abelow of South Lake Tahoe has been named partner at Abelow, Pratt & Associates financial investment firm. • Tahoe Truckee Unified School District is seeking members for the Citizens’ Oversight Committees that are being formed for Measures E and U. Applications are online […]
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By Mark Anderson, Sacramento Business Journal Wine-industry experts gathering in Sacramento on Wednesday said wine sales have been hurt by the growing popularity of craft beer, ciders and even mixed drinks. A panel of industry leaders at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium said the vintners face a number of challenges. One is that the […]
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