Network among local business leaders in the tourism industry at the Hard Rock Café. Join the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority and Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce staff, community members and students from CSU Chico’s Recreation and Hospitality Program on April 26 from 5-7pm. Cost is $10 for members, $20 for non-members. Tickets will […]
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This year’s annual spring South Shore tourism forum is titled Trends in Tourism. On April 26 from 3-5pm Ralf Garrison and Emilyn Sheffield will present current statistics and trends to inform tourism and hospitality operations for the future. Among the topics to be presented are differences in how the younger “wired” and ethnic visitors will […]
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On March 31 at the American Legion in South Lake Tahoe dance into spring with Bison and the Smugglin Hooch Jug Band. This is a benefit for the Sierra Nevada Alliance. Suggested donation is $10. Event starts at 7:30pm. For more information, email Carissa@sierranevadaalliance.org.
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The study of climate change through Earth history has produced a wealth of information on the operation of the ocean-atmosphere system during climate transitions as well as the feedbacks that impact the magnitude and rate of climate change on the planet. Although the understanding of the science of climate is built on a firm foundation, […]
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By Linda Perlstein, Newsweek In the beginning, your kids need you—a lot. They’re attached to your hip, all the time. It might be a month. It might be five years. Then suddenly you are expected to send them off to school for seven hours a day, where they’ll have to cope with life in ways […]
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Mother Goose on the Loose Storytime is every Thursday through April 26 at the South Lake Tahoe library. The 11am and 3:30pm lap sit storytime is for ages up to 2. Mother Goose on the Loose is an award winning program that combines music, movement, visual literacy and language development to help children get ready […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval said today he will propose to extend a package of taxes now set to expire in June 2013 into the next budget to avoid further cuts to education, which he said cannot withstand further reductions. To maintain a basically flat spending plan for […]
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South Lake Tahoe has grant funding to make local homes healthier by reducing lead paint hazards from the federal government. Was your home built before 1978? Did you know the city has federal grant funding to test homes built before 1978 for potential lead-based paint hazards? The grant covers 100 percent of the costs of […]
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Award-winning poet and editor Ravi Shankar will be in Meyers on March 31 to give a poetry workshop from 3-6pm at Bona Fide HQ. The cost is $25. Interested participants should bring 10 copies of a poem to the workshop. Advance reservation is necessary, as space is limited. To sign up, call or email Suzanne […]
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By Denis Cuff, Contra Costa Times Christopher Rudolph was skiing his mountain turf with other expert skiers. It was a route he knew well on an ungroomed slope near the Washington ski resort where he worked. They had avalanche rescue gear, avalanche safety training, and their group included a professional ski racer, a former ski […]
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