Put on your Glad Rags for the Great Gatsby Gala on Aug. 13 at MontBleu in Stateline. Attire is 1920s. Free Charleston lessons will be given. Cocktails are at 6:30pm, dinner 7pm, dancing at 8pm. Dinner and dancing is $60; just dancing is$20. Tickets are available at both Tahoe Youth & Family Services offices, 1021 […]
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Contractors for Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board expect this to be a record summer for treatment of acid mine drainage at the Leviathan Mine superfund site in Alpine County. Treatment prevents toxic discharges from the mine to Leviathan Creek, Bryant Creek, and the East Fork Carson River. As a result of the highest amount […]
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• South Lake Tahoe Mayor Hal Cole will give a state of the city address Oct. 20 at 6pm at Lake Tahoe Airport. • Chase International real estate agents Joshua Talayka and Edee Campbell were the only two from their profession to be selected to serve on the Nevada Foreclosure Mediation Program’s advisory committee. Selected […]
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Avalon Lodge in South Lake Tahoe has partnered with Clean the World Foundation to recycle amenities to be redistributed to impoverished and disaster stricken areas in need. This is just one of the ways it is promoting sustainability. Hotel amenities will be collected, recycled, sanitized, and distributed worldwide to reduce the risk of pneumonia, diarrhea, […]
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By Ben Schenkel, Sacramento Bee Jaycee Lee Dugard’s memoir, “A Stolen Life,” has been zipping off bookstore shelves since its release two Tuesdays ago. Orders for new copies from Amazon.com are taking up to two months to fill. If that wait is too long, resellers at the website will sell you the tell-all – for […]
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The Lake Tahoe Humane Society and S.P.C.A. are presenting a weeklong Art and Animals workshop Aug. 15-19. Designed for youth ages 11 to 13, the class is an introduction to drawing and painting in all media. Instructor Matt Kauffmann is a professional artist and the mentor for the community graffiti project. Basic drawing techniques, watercolors […]
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By Vicki Barber A friend said to me recently, “I didn’t know being on a school board would be so difficult. I thought I would just try to help out. This is work.” I imagine most people have similar thoughts. It’s a school board. How hard can that be? These days, with the kinds of […]
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By Kathryn Reed What’s another two hours of discussion about South Lake Tahoe’s sign ordinance when it’s been on the books for the past 15 years? The problem is the issue wasn’t resolved at 9:15pm Tuesday when the talking ended. The council directed staff to come back with revisions to the law. It may be […]
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The 4th annual Tahoe Art League’s Artist Studio Tour is July 29, 30 and 31 and Aug. 5, 6 and 7 from 10am-5pm each day. Maps are available at tour headquarters at 3062 Lake Tahoe Blvd. in South Lake Tahoe or by download. For more information, call (530) 544.2313. This year’s tour features 26 artists […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee Pattie Chelseth thinks she has the right to sell you a fraction of a cow. Chelseth, operator of My Sisters’ Farm in Shingle Springs, keeps two cows owned by 15 people. A cow’s owner can legally drink its milk filtered but unpasteurized, so she believes each of those 15 owners […]
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