Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is looking for gift ideas that are less than $20. Find out how to make a suggestion. The Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe has two ways that you can impact the lives of many young people in our community this holiday season. The first is our Holiday Angel […]
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By Suzanne Bohan, Contra Costa Times SACRAMENTO — The succulent cherries and juicy ripe peaches that Californians enjoy every summer could disappear in some regions as climate change warms the cold winters that trees need to bear fruit in the spring. In the past century, the state’s winter lows have warmed by 2 degrees Fahrenheit, […]
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The 12th annual Learn to Ski and Board Weekend is Dec. 10-11. It is geared for beginners, costs $30 and includes an all-day beginner lift ticket, group lesson and gear rental. First-timers have their choice of seven resorts to learn at including Alpine Meadows, Boreal Mountain Resort, Granlibakken Resort, Homewood Mountain Resort, Northstar, Squaw Valley […]
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By Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee No complaints from these farmers; this should be a Christmas season to remember. “It’s the best crop we’ve had in years – truly tremendous,” said Geri Hyder of Indian Rock Tree Farm in Camino. “The mild weather we had this year made a beautiful crop of trees.” At tree farms […]
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By Katherine K. Evatt I spent a recent Monday on a Sierra Pacific Industries’ forest tour outside the rural Calaveras County town of West Point. Sierra Pacific has clear-cut thousands of acres in Calaveras. It has removed nearly every tree on each site, scraped off and burned the surface vegetation, deep-ripped the soil and sprayed […]
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By Kathryn Reed No white coats, no stethoscopes around their necks. One could easily mistake this threesome for just an ordinary group of friends. But they aren’t. Paul Rork, Greg Bergner and Brooks Martin are the reason the Barton Community Clinic exists. In 1989, they were the doctors who made up Tahoe Family Physicians. That […]
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To the community, The Brotherhood Motorcycle Club wishes to thank local businesses and community members in South Lake Tahoe and Stateline for their generous donations to our annual fundraiser, HOGG WILD XVI. Because of our community’s generosity we were able to provide 50 complete turkey dinners to families in need this Thanksgiving. The giveaway at […]
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“’Twas the Night Before Christmas” is a special holiday production by Lake Tahoe’s Shining Stars of the Marcia Sarosik Dance Studio. It returns to Harrah’s Lake Tahoe on Dec. 4 at 1pm and 4pm. The production, based on the classic holiday poem, made its debut in 2006. The dancers range in age from 2½ to […]
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By Hollywood Reporter An original, autographed drawing by Walt Disney, believed to have been made around 1920, will go up for auction this week in Reno. The whimsical drawing of a cigar-chomping man wearing a derby hat will be among 1,400 items up for sale at the two-day auction set to begin Tuesday at the […]
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“’Twas the Night Before Christmas” is a special holiday production by Lake Tahoe’s Shining Stars of the Marcia Sarosik Dance Studio. It returns to Harrah’s Lake Tahoe on Dec. 4 at 1pm and 4pm. The production, based on the classic holiday poem, made its debut in 2006. The dancers range in age from 2½ to […]
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