• The 5th annual South Tahoe Wooden Boat Classic is July 27-28 at the Tahoe Keys Marina and Yacht Club in South Lake Tahoe. • Truckee Pump Track and will be having a grand opening party on June 10 from noon to 4pm. • Here are the Caltrans roadwork schedules for this week in the Sierra […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the April 27, 2012, Sacramento Bee. Republican attorney Andrew Pugno is challenging Assemblywoman Beth Gaines in the June primary to represent one of the most heavily Republican districts in California – Assembly District 6, which includes parts of Sacramento, El Dorado and Placer counties. Pugno also is the author […]
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By Daniel Gross, Newsweek On Aug. 5, 2011, when Standard & Poor’s stripped the United States of its AAA credit rating, it was the latest in a string of economic humiliations for the U.S. After the failure of Lehman Brothers in the fall of 2008, the globe’s longtime economic leader suffered its deepest and longest […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – Express delivery of mail was probably slowed down a bit this time of year as men on horseback crossed the Hawley Grade Falls. Also called the Upper Truckee Falls, this trek in Meyers used to be part of the Pony Express route. It was used from April-November 1860 after which […]
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Tahoe Transportation District is hosting a forum May 16 to discuss the Highway 28 corridor safety and congestion issues. The forum will introduce the East Shore Express, a proposed shuttle from Incline Village to Sand Harbor Beach State Recreation Area this summer as well as updates on the North Demonstration Bikeway, a 3-mile off-road path […]
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By Richard Perez-Pena, Washington Post American eighth graders have made modest gains in national science testing, with Hispanic and black students narrowing the gap between them and their white and Asian peers, the federal government reported Thursday. Students tested last year scored an average of 152 out of a possible 300, up from 150 in […]
Read moreThe third annual Lake Tahoe Basin Wildfire Awareness Week is May 26-June 3. The theme this year is “Wildfire Survival: Your Home, Your Responsibility” at Explore Tahoe in South Lake Tahoe will be presenting a series of films that week. Here is the film schedule. Smokey Bear will make an appearance May 29 at 1:30pm.
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Truckee-based film production company Eureka Productions won 14 awards this month at the 45th annual Worldfest-Houston International Film festival. Eureka Productions awards include “how-to” instructional videos, and documentaries about world peace, “breaking news”, sports, fitness and healing, the integration of spiritual teachings in Indian government policies and more. Eureka has previously won awards for its […]
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Volunteers are key to the success of Camp Sunrise, a free bereavement camp for children, and are needed for the camp June 17-19. The Barton Foundation’s annual Camp Sunrise is at Galilee Camp & Conference Center in Glenbrook. Camp Sunrise is founded on the understanding that every child deserves the opportunity to grieve in a […]
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California naturalist is a new certification program developed by the UC Cooperative Extension to foster a committed corps of volunteer naturalists and citizen scientists trained and ready to take an active role in natural resource conservation, education, and restoration. From June 8-Aug. 10, UC Berkeley’s Sagehen Creek Field Station near Truckee will be providing one […]
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