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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By Scott Sonner, AP U.S. Forest Service officials have agreed to move post-Angora Fire logging operations farther away from nests with rare, black-backed woodpecker chicks at the request of conservationists who’ve been fighting the overall project for years. But John Muir Project members — who have documented one nest in the path of the logging […]
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By David Bienick, KCRA-TV SACRAMENTO — The California Assembly has approved a bill that would ban cities and counties from asking about criminal history on initial job applications. The bill, known as AB 1831, passed the Assembly Tuesday by a vote of 41-31. The bill’s author is Roger Dickinson, a Democrat from Sacramento. “Employment is […]
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Sugar Bowl’s Lake Mary Cabin Dinner Series returns to Donner Summit this summer featuring Chef Alan Davis’ French-inspired California cuisine. Dining will be offered most Saturday and Sunday evenings from July 22-Sept. 16, with seating offered from 5:30 to 9pm. In addition, each Sunday evening will showcase a different local nonprofit partner from the Truckee-Tahoe […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – Two years ago it was the metric system. Now it’s communists. The Legislative Commission this week took the first step toward repealing several antiquated statutes, including a provision of state law dating to the “Red Scare” days of the 1950s directed at the Communist Party. The […]
Read moreThe third annual El Dorado County Search and Rescue Appreciation Day is June 20. The benefit is at Riva Grill in South Lake Tahoe from 5-9pm. Proceeds benefit the El Dorado County Volunteer Search and Rescue Tahoe Team. More information is on the flyer.
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The Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe has joined forces with area restaurants to create an adventure in dining. For $10 people have the opportunity to win 10 $100 gift certificates to restaurants in the Truckee-Tahoe region. The winner will receive $100 gift certificates to: Campo in Reno Chocolate Bar at Northstar Graham’s Jakes on the Lake […]
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America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride participants will be riding clockwise around Lake Tahoe and from Tahoe City to Truckee and back to Tahoe City, starting and finishing at the Horizon Casino Resort at Stateline on June 3. Traffic will be delayed on northbound Highway 89 from 6:30am to 8:30am at Spring Creek Road. Southbound Highway […]
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By Cheryl Millham Living in Lake Tahoe gives us the opportunity to witness the changing bird habitats and to take part in helping the Steller’s Jays, the most dominant songbird in the Sierra. A gentleman called, totally confused, so I am going to share his story with you. He and his wife keep their garage […]
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