Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus will present Mendelssohn in the Mountains featuring Elizabeth Pitcairn, violinist, performing Mendelssohn’s Concerto in E minor on the legendary Red Stradivarius Violin. The Symphony Chorus will be featured in Part 2 of Mendelssohn’s Elijah. Performances are: Jan. 19 at 7pm at the North Tahoe Hebrew Center in Tahoe Vista Jan. […]
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Tahoe Resource Conservation District has released a series of educational posters which identify some of the biggest threats to Lake Tahoe Basin, as well as what visitors, residents and even kids can do to help. Titled “Tahoe’s Most un-Wanted,” the first three posters feature aquatic invasive species, fine sediments from runoff and invasive weeds, and […]
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• “Ski Town Soups” is a cookbook that will be out in late 2012. Freshies of South Lake Tahoe has its vegetarian chili in it. • The 3D movie “Lake Tahoe in Depth” won the “Best of the Fest” award at the 2011 3D Film Festival in Los Angeles. • Christmas trees cause approximately 240 […]
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South Lake Tahoe’s Deb Howard has been named Resort and Second Home Property Specialists of the Year by the National Association of Realtors and its Resort and Second-Home Real Estate Committee. This award honors a person for her community involvement, innovative marketing techniques, and RSPS-related accomplishments. Howard has more than 25 years of experience in […]
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It’s that holiday time of year and the SLTFD would like to encourage everyone to think of those less fortunate members of our community. At all the city fire stations you can drop off any new or like-new condition used toys into the Christmas Cheer barrels. Any donations will be gratefully forwarded to needy households […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is looking for gift ideas that are less than $20. Find out how to make a suggestion. Stop by the Historical Museum of Lake Tahoe and the Tahoe Art League, which are side by side near the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center on Highway 50. There are great gifts at […]
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By Steve Jacobs I am extremely upset and frustrated with South Tahoe Public Utility District. As a consumer and full-time resident of this community, I believe many of us are being victimized by STPUD’s current water policy. I believe their current water rates are unfair, inequitable and should be illegal. If you do not yet […]
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Publisher’s note: John Matthews is a resident of Reno. By R.M. Schneiderman, Newsweek John Matthews had long been a shadowy presence in his son Dan’s life. Every six months it was a new city, a new state, a new apartment. Dan, who lived with his mother, suspected something illegal was going on. He was estranged […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – Nevada has made significant progress in the collection of the data needed to measure and help improve student achievement, but still has work to do in putting the information to work for parents, educators and policy makers, a national report says. The Data Quality Campaign’s (DQC) […]
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By Terry McDonell, Sports Illustrated In the fall of 1980, when SI senior writer Lars Anderson was nine years old and living in Lincoln, his father took him to the Florida State–Nebraska game. With less than a minute left in the fourth quarter, the highly favored Cornhuskers had the ball on the Seminoles’ three-yard line, […]
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