On Sept. 11 from 11am-4pm, the Horizon Casino-Resort in conjunction with JRW Group Entertainment will host a community event with 100 percent of the proceeds to be donated to the Tahoe Douglas Bomb Squad. Admission is free. Members of the bomb squad will put on a demonstration, along with K-9 units. The event on the […]
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Friends of the Library is sponsoring an autumn wreath-making workshop with Anna McLeod on Oct. 1 at noon. Bring the following supplies: Wreath frame: sturdy wire, grapevine or straw. 2 spools florists’ green paddle wire Wire cutters and scissors or garden clippers 2-3 grocery sacks of 6-8 inch pieces of plant materiel: sagebrush, laurel, dried […]
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On Sept. 11 from 11am-4pm, the Horizon Casino-Resort in conjunction with JRW Group Entertainment will host a community event with 100 percent of the proceeds to be donated to the Tahoe Douglas Bomb Squad. Admission is free. Members of the bomb squad will put on a demonstration, along with K-9 units. The event on the […]
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By Justin B. Phillips, Contra Costa Times It was 3:30am, and Brian McCarthy was fast asleep when a bear took his 2002 Toyota Prius for a test drive. The Pleasanton man’s car had been parked in the driveway of his west Lake Tahoe cabin. After wedging itself inside the car, the bear became stuck. Frustrated, […]
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By Kathryn Reed A South Lake Tahoe woman is one of the four people killed by a gunman Tuesday at IHOP in Carson City. Florence Donovan-Gunderson, 67, was at the restaurant having breakfast with her husband, Wally Gunderson, when shots rang out just before 9am. He was wounded, but his condition is unknown. Carson City […]
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By Yahoo Studios Mark Bingham died Sept. 11, 2001, while saving countless lives. Just how many will never be known. The openly gay rugby player was one of the heroic passengers who led a revolt against the terrorists on United Airlines Flight 93. The hijackers planned to slam the plane into the White House or […]
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Lake Tahoe News would like to thank all of our readers, advertisers, subscribers, financial backers, morale boosters, commenters, sources and tipsters for an incredible two years. Life in the Lake Tahoe Basin is never dull. That is reflected in the stories we have brought you about the issues and people who make this region what […]
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• Squaw Valley has entered a partnership with Snow Park Technologies with the intention of placing the resort’s terrain parks and half-pipe among the top in North America within the next few years. • The Tahoe Expo is Sept. 10. • A group of Incline Village residents is posting photos on Facebook of businesses with […]
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By Rick Daysog, Sacramento Bee Property assessments declined 2.9 percent in the four-county Sacramento area during the 2011-12 fiscal year, underscoring the continued weakness in the local real estate market. Figures released by the state Board of Equalization on Tuesday show that assessed values in Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer and Yolo counties fell by about […]
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