The inaugural Tahoe Fat Tire Festival will be Sept. 20-23 for a weekend of all things mountain bike at Squaw Valley. It will feature cross country, short track and gravity racing, rides, trail work, demos and vendor expo, and nightly antics with a beer garden, movie screenings and local bands. TAMBA and the Truckee Trails […]
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It’s one thing to take a life-saving class in a pool in a rather controlled environment. It’s another to train in the middle of winter, in icy water – outdoors. Dressed in odd looking wetsuits, South Lake Tahoe firefighters plunged into Lake Tahoe on Friday morning. It was all in the name of ice rescue […]
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On Feb. 4 at 6pm Squaw Valley, Dynafit, and Alpenglow Sports will host California’s first Nachtspektakel ski touring event. A Nachtspektakel (say-knocked-shpeck-tockle) is a traditional European-style ski event that bonds people through the sport of ski touring. A cultural norm in Europe, Nachtspektakel are new ways to combine skiing, beer and food that are sure […]
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By Jon Ortiz, Sacramento Bee Some of California’s rank-and-file firefighters earn so much money in overtime that the state has revived pay bonuses worth thousands of dollars to lure them into management. The problem at the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has grown over the last decade, as the state negotiated firefighter contracts that […]
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By Kathryn Reed BRENTWOOD – It was almost like the California State Park and Recreation commissioners had split personalities at the Jan. 27 meeting. The morning was jovial and jocular when it came to approving the general plan and EIR for a new state park in the Bay Area, as well as the naming of […]
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CASAblanca at the lake is a fundraiser for CASA El Dorado County honoring South Lake Tahoe juvenile panel attorneys Julie BAchman, John CAstellanos, William Cherry, Kimberly Hunt, Lori London, Rick Meyer and Paul Palant. The event is Feb. 3 at 6pm at Edgewood Tahoe in Stateline. RSVP to (530) 622.9882 or friends@casaeldorado.org. Tickets are $125 […]
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The Community Education department at Lake Tahoe Community College is having a Get Fresh and Healthy workshop series in February. Take one, all four or any combination. Cooking with Spices is Feb. 2 from 6-9pm. Winter Soup is Feb. 10 from 6-9pm. Food the Kids will Love too is Feb. 16 from 6-9pm. Gluten Free […]
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By Steve Green, Las Vegas Sun For many Nevadans, “international trade” might mean heading to Walmart in their import cars to buy Chinese-made computers as well as imported desks and chairs to outfit their offices. But trade is a two-way street, and economic development officials say Nevada companies sell billions of dollars of goods and […]
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CASAblanca at the lake is a fundraiser for CASA El Dorado County honoring South Lake Tahoe juvenile panel attorneys Julie BAchman, John CAstellanos, William Cherry, Kimberly Hunt, Lori London, Rick Meyer and Paul Palant. The event is Feb. 3 at 6pm at Edgewood Tahoe in Stateline. RSVP to (530) 622.9882 or friends@casaeldorado.org. Tickets are $125 […]
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Every Wednesday in February people can enjoy an Italian meal while saving animals. Order any item off Passaretti’s regular menu and ask the server for a Spay-ghetti and No Balls coupon. Fill it out, hand it back, and Passaretti’s will donate $5 to the Lake Tahoe Humane Society community low cost spay-neuter program at no […]
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