Driving by Sierra-at-Tahoe on Monday at dusk it looked like there was enough snow to ski on. A bitter cold storm blew through Northern California and Northern Nevada on June 4, dumping measurable snow on Echo Summit, which at times necessitated Caltrans to post chain control requirements. The commute Monday night over Spooner Summit into […]
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By Susan Wood In the second nightclub incident in a few weeks, South Lake Tahoe police were trying Monday to piece together reasons why a 48-year-old local man pulled a gun on another resident at Whiskey Dick’s Saloon in a sudden fight this weekend that resulted in his arrest on charges of attempted murder. Scott […]
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The Sierra Nevada Amateur Radio Society invites the community to learn about Amateur Radio on Field Day 2012 at Sky Tavern on June 23 from 11am-6pm. Meet and talk with Reno’s ham radio community, check out their radio equipment, and see what Amateur Radio is all about. A special “Get-On-The-Air” station will be set up […]
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Tahoe Maritime Museum is celebrating the ’20s in Tahoe. On June 30, the Homewood museum becomes the Swinging Summer Night Dinner and Dance place. Cost of the 5:30-8:30pm event is $65 per person. RSVP to katena@tahoemaritime.org or (530) 525.9253, ext. 103 by June 25.
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The Rotary Club of Tahoe Douglas is looking for young professionals who want to travel to India during January and February 2013. Each year Rotarians throughout the world sponsor Group Study Exchange Teams made up of four young professionals and an experienced Rotarian team leader who travel to another country to learn about the culture […]
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The Truckee River Watershed Council’s Weed Warriors will be leading two weed walks and three weed pulls. The walks are June 30 and Aug. 11, and the pulls are June 20, June 23 and July 14. The Weed Warriors are hoping to bring awareness to the public about invasive weeds in the area and the […]
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The West Shore Cafe in Homewood is looking for mixologists. Recipes for the new signature Moonlight Mojito cocktail recipe are being accepted online through June 5. The top 10 cocktails will be voted on during a contest June 9, 2-5pm. Cost is $20. For more info, call (530) 525.5200.
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The draft Relocation Study pertaining to the loop road project will be available June 5. People will have until 5pm July 6 to comment on the proposal. The overall projects involved realigning the highway on the Nevada side from the intersection at Lake Parkway on the mountain side behind MontBleu and Harrah’s, then into California […]
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Placer County Supervisor Jim Holmes testified last week at a regulatory hearing before the California Board of Forestry in Redding. The hearing was held to receive public comment on the implementation of a “fire fee” on structures located in State Responsibility Areas — areas where the state has firefighting responsibilities. The annual fee would be […]
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• Lake Tahoe Chocolate Shop now has a store inside MontBleu casino in Stateline. • The conference sales staff of the North Lake Tahoe Convention & Visitors Bureau was recently honored with the 2012 Successful Meetings magazine’s Pinnacle Award. • Pacific Union International, a luxury real estate brand in the Bay Area, has opened an […]
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