More than 40 people competed in the standup paddleboard race Wednesday night at El Dorado Beach. Some were hunched over as they paddled hard to the marker and back to the shore. Lake Tahoe was calm and the air warm as they competed. The May 30 race was close, with Julianne Brackett placing first and […]
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On June 12, Universal Music Enterprises releases “Dean Martin — Collected Cool”, the only four-disc box set that combines the artist’s biggest hits and signature tunes from his Capitol Records and Reprise years. Live rarities and spoken word intros are included on the CD. The rare and unreleased audio recording of his 1962 Lake Tahoe […]
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All the commotion May 30 at the Horizon casino was because a front desk clerk received a call from a man who said he was going to shoot himself because his girlfriend had discovered naked pictures of him with children. “Our deputies responded and checked all the occupied rooms at the hotel just to make […]
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The Real Nasty play at the Crystal Bay Red Room on June 30. They will be following Leftover Salmon. The show starts at 9pm.
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By Timothy Sandoval, Sacramento Bee Restaurant owner Sonny Mayugba was given an offer he almost could not refuse two weeks ago. Not by a local gangster, but by a user of a popular online review site, Yelp.com. Mayugba said the user threatened to blast the Red Rabbit Kitchen and Bar at 2718 J St., which […]
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Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus will begin its 21-concert summer series with A Taste of TOCCATA SummerFest Kickoff on June 21. This dinner concert will take place at the West Shore Café in Homewood with wine and cheese at 5pm, the concert beginning at 5:15pm, and a four-course gourmet dinner with Champagne and wine will […]
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By Ron Sylvester, Las Vegas Sun The cards may decide winner, but they can’t beat the bling. The World Series of Poker unveiled its championship bracelet for the main event winner Friday night with what the jeweler called the most expensive championship adornment to be offered in any professional sport. “Every jeweler gets to design […]
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By Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown tucked provisions into his budget that would limit payouts in wildfire liability cases, potentially saving timber companies and other major California landowners hundreds of millions of dollars as federal prosecutors pursue record-high damages in court. The Democratic governor also asked lawmakers to impose a 1 percent lumber […]
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By David Helvarg The U.S. economy remains in such dire straits that Congress barely has had time to introduce a bill to exclude sea otters from migrating into Southern California waters. And if you think they ought to take a more commonsense approach to our coastal economy, they just voted to defund that, too. Rep. […]
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May is 31 tidbits about Lake Tahoe News month. LTN tidbit No. 30: Lake Tahoe News is in the news business. That last word – business – is in many ways the unpleasant part of the whole process. If it were just about writing, editing, photographing and publishing – well, it would be all about […]
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