We would like to encourage everyone buying costumes for Halloween to check the labels and make sure they are made of flame retardant materials. Materials made of 100 percent polyester are best suited for a Halloween costume. The use of commercial flame retardant sprays is not recommended. Avoid Halloween costumes that are loose or baggy […]
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Tickets are on sale now for the anti-social event of the season – the Truckee Public Arts Commission’s No-Go Gala. Each ticket, which raises funds for public art and education in Truckee, enters purchasers in a raffle to win prizes. The ticket itself is a limited edition piece of art. The ticket for the inaugural […]
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Truckee officials are in the process of ensuring the Church of the Mountains in downtown Truckee operates as a warming shelter this winter. Truckee Town Council next week is expected to approve the second reading of an an amendment to allow the temporary shelter to operate. It could then open 30 days later. The permit […]
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By Seth Borenstein, AP Federal forecasters predict this winter may paint the U.S. in stripes of different weather: Warmer and drier than normal in the south, and colder and wetter than usual in the far north. The National Weather Service winter outlook , issued Thursday, gets murky in the nation’s middle belt, with no particular […]
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To the community, As the election race for the two available City Council seats approaches I wanted to send out my support for candidate Jason Collin. I met Jason in 2010 when we were both serving on the city of South Lake Tahoe Sustainability Commission. At the time, the commission’s mission was “to create a […]
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Lake Tahoe area ski resorts didn’t fare well in the annual readers’ poll by Ski magazine. The October issue talks about the top 50 ski resorts. It’s divided between the West and East coasts. Whistler-Blackcomb took top honors for the West, while Tremblant in Quebec was the East’s best. Mammoth – which clearly isn’t a […]
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· The Bush show originally scheduled for Nov. 3 at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe has been canceled due to a scheduling conflict with lead singer Gavin Rossdale’s upcoming role as a coach on the TV program “The Voice UK.” · On Oct. 21 from 9pm-2am Cold Water Brewery in South Lake Tahoe will be hosting a benefit and asking […]
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By Kathryn Reed By the end of the 2020 construction season motorists should be driving over a new bridge near the top of Echo Summit and through a roundabout in Meyers. Caltrans on Thursday night spent a couple hours telling the more than 30 people at an informational meeting about the two projects. The bridge […]
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By Joanne Marchetta Like many communities that are highly-desirable places to vacation and live, Lake Tahoe has affordable housing problems. Two recent studies commissioned by the Tahoe Prosperity Center and Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation clearly illustrate the housing challenges our region faces. Median home prices of more than $500,000 on the North Shore and nearly […]
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By Blair Braverman, Outside Champion skier Lindsey Vonn’s new book, “Strong Is the New Beautiful”, is all about healthy body image, but you wouldn’t know it from the trailer, which features a mostly naked Lindsey wrapping herself in cloth, posing with ski poles, and smiling coyly in black heels under bright studio lights. It seems […]
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