· Tahoe National Forest updated its road closures related to winter storm damage. Further details and maps of the closures are available . · Saxophonist Frank Benvenuto will be playing Mondays from 9pm-midnight at The Loft in South Lake Tahoe. · Blues guitarist Mike Schermer will be putting on a clinic at the Tahoe Truckee […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – It was hard to walk 10 feet Thursday at the American Century Championship and not see a Steph Curry article of clothing on someone or some Warriors emblem. He is back at the celebrity golf tournament at Edgewood Tahoe. Also returning is his dad, Dell, who beat him last year. […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected efforts by Sierra Pacific Industries to back out of a $100 million settlement over the massive Moonlight Fire that it claims was based on fraud and deception by government prosecutors in Sacramento. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]
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Whittell High School standout student athlete Nic Buccholz was honored July 12 at the American Century Championship with the 8th annual Gene Upshaw scholarship. Buccholz, a five-sport athlete, graduated this year with a 4.09 grade point average. He plans to study biology at UNR in the fall, complete the pre-med course of study and continue […]
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By Wes Siler, Outside It’s summer. Like every other summer, we humans enter the woods and are shocked to find that bears live there. Forewarned should be forearmed. Simply by carrying a can of bear spray with you when you go into the woods and following other commonsense advice, you will never need to fear […]
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Tahoe Art League’s 11th annual Artist Studio Tour will be July 28, 29, 30 and Au. 4, 5 and 6. This year 49 local artists will be showing and selling their inspired creations at 24 studios located all around the South Shore. The free, self-guided tour will include works of fine art including oil, watercolor, […]
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Forget the masterpiece, celebrate the disasterpiece. The Douglas County Public Library is hosting two bad art events for adults as part of the adult summer reading program. The Zephyr Cove Library will have a Bad Art Night on July 26 at 5pm. The Minden Library Bad Art program will be July 29 at 10am. Each […]
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Homicide investigators with the El Dorado County Cold Case Task Force are trying to solve the nearly 4-year-old murder of Manpreet Singh at the USA gas station on Highway 50 and Lodi Avenue in South Lake Tahoe. Singh, 27, was gunned down Aug. 6, 2013, while working at the station. Video surveillance taken at 10:40pm […]
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The Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association is stepping up efforts to educate more local business about water quality. In an effort to reach out and educate business that provide services in the Tahoe Keys is hosting a lunch and learn on July 18 from noon-1pm to educate businesses that provide services to this South Lake […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County Superior Court is about to be down three judges. Steve Bailey this week made it known he would be resigning effective Aug. 31. Jim Wagoner is retiring effective Sept. 1. Nelson Brooks left earlier this year. The biggest surprise is the departure of Bailey, whose six-year term doesn’t expire […]
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