Jonathan Finnoff, medical director of Barton Health’s Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, will give a lecture on musculoskeletal ultrasound in sports medicine April 4, 6-7pm at Lake Tahoe Community College. Anyone who has an interest in musculoskeletal injuries (e.g., joint, tendon, ligament, bone, or muscle) is encouraged to attend. Topics include: how ultrasound works and the […]
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By Tom and Cheryl Millham Robins are a species that migrate to Lake Tahoe in the early spring to nest and raise their young. Then, they leave in the fall, back down to the lower elevations. So, what is the problem? Well, in February and early March, as you will remember, the Lake Tahoe Basin […]
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• While sports pages are filled with teams swapping quarterbacks, Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder is thinking about golf. He is one of the new players committed to the July 17-22 annual American Century Championship golf tournament in Stateline. Other “rookies” are New York Giants Super Bowl champion defensive-end Justin Tuck, Baltimore Ravens running back Ray […]
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Lake Tahoe’s inaugural state-of-the-art Digital Photography Institute will take place June 29, 30 and July 1 on the South Shore. After shooting the natural beauty of Emerald Bay, Taylor Creek, Hope Valley and Lake Tahoe, participants will have access to the newly constructed $65 million facilities at South Tahoe High School. The Tahoe Arts and […]
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By Dick Penniman Have you ever hit a tree while skiing? It doesn’t take much to imagine what it feels like. It hurts, but worse … it can kill you. That’s why most skiers and snowboarders stay on open, groomed trails. What about hitting a lift tower, a signpost or a snowmaking gun? Is it […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – If it’s true getting a step in the door is the hardest part to realizing a dream, then that step may have literally been taken this month by the Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care board of directors based on where they conducted their meeting. They met in a house at the […]
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The Truckee Tahoe Airport is soaring to new heights with the inaugural Truckee Tahoe Air Fair & Family Festival in July. The last air shows at the airport were from 1974-96. On July 7, from 7am to 4pm there will be periodic fly-bys; large static aircraft displays; pilot docents; hot air balloons (weather permitting); free […]
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A community meeting hosted by El Dorado County Supervisor Norma Santiago will take place April 4 from 6-8pm at the Lake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet School in Meyers. This meeting will be a first step toward implementing an update of the Meyers Community Plan. The agenda includes a presentation by Santiago in which she will […]
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By Kristin Luker I was a first-year graduate student at Yale in the late 1960s and had been called into the room of a faceless bureaucrat. What I mostly remember about the man was how gray he was: gray eyes, gray hair, garbed in the traditional Ivy League charcoal-gray suit. He told me that the […]
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The Truckee Donner Public Utility District is continuing efforts to help local business owners save on energy bills by covering part of a lighting upgrade cost. This includes a “last chance” opportunity to receive a rebate to replace old, inefficient T12 fluorescent lamps and magnetic ballast lighting with new, cost-effective fixtures. Fluorescent T12 lamps and […]
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