Unity at the Lake is offering “Basics of Prayer” classes. The class will be taught by Stew Bittman, Unity’s co-spiritual leader, and will be offered March 25 from 11:30am-1pm and March 29 from 6:30-8pm. Classes will be in the annex at Unity’s spiritual center, 1195 Rufus Allen Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. For more info, call […]
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Construction on the Tahoe City Transit Center will resume this spring, with the opening set for fall. Site work is nearly complete and building construction is well under way. The opening of the transit center was delayed from its anticipated December 2011 opening due to contractor/supplier issues, combined with the short Lake Tahoe construction season. […]
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By Claire O’Neill, NPR I don’t know if I can directly answer the latter question. But certain curators like Joshua Chuang at the Yale University Art Gallery are determined to answer the former: Who is Robert Adams? Chuang, now probably the leading Adams expert, started asking that himself, back when he was a student of […]
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The 25th annual Booster Club Golf Tournament is May 5-6 at Edgewood Tahoe in Stateline. Edgewood donates the course so all funds raised benefit South Tahoe and Whittell high schools. Entry fee is $125, which includes 18 holes of golf, golf cart and lunch. Or play both days for $225. Each day is an individual […]
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By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal A petition drive to raise taxes on Nevada’s biggest casinos has met swift resistance from the gaming lobby through a lawsuit filed in Carson District Court. Advocates of the plan want to see the top rate in the multi-tiered tax on gross gaming revenue be raised from 6.75 percent to […]
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By Melanie Turner, Sacramento Business Journal Clean-energy markets continued to expand last year, even with a tough economic and political climate, increased industry consolidation and downward pricing pressures on manufacturers, according to a new report. Combined global revenue for solar, wind and biofuels rose 31 percent over the prior year, growing to $246 billion in […]
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The Tahoe Derby Dames flat track roller derby team is raising money by “Egg’n” people’s houses March 25 through April 7. For a $20 donation, the Dames will place 25 plastic eggs containing discounts and coupons from local businesses on lawns and porches throughout South Lake Tahoe. Some lucky houses will win gift certificates and […]
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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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Justin McCollum, 20, of Roseville, has been identified as the snowboarder who died March 19 at Sugar Bowl. He was an employee of the Lake Tahoe area resort. Placer county sheriff’s officials said McCollum was snowboarding with a group of friends on the double black diamond Strawberry Fields run. When he didn’t meet them at […]
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• A banner on the parking garage at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport has Emerald Bay spelled incorrectly. (See photo.) • The annual Douglas County lake schools fundraiser ‘Treasures of Zephyr Cove” is April 21 at 6pm at MontBleu in Stateline. For more information, click on the poster. • Tahoe Best Friends’ youth and adult dog […]
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