Join Best Barbeque Catering Co. and select Sierra foothill wineries this summer at one or more events featuring specialty BBQ food and wine pairings, with live entertainment. Story Winery is featured July 20. All events are at the Grand Hall on the Tallac Site on the South Shore from 6-9pm. Cost is $35 at the […]
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Various faiths are coming together to have a picnic in Carson City. Christians (various denominations), Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, Baha’is, and others will share food, music, games, prayers, a “Peace Cake” and more. The idea to find similarities between the diverse traditions. The second annual Heal the World Interfaith Picnic of Nevada is July 31 […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 10, 2012, Reno Gazette-Journal. As Jaycee Lee Dugard, the young girl kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe and held captive for nearly 20 years, promotes a memoir of her ordeal, a federal judge in San Francisco has admitted what was obvious to most observers: Federal agents failed in […]
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By Kathryn Reed Reconfiguring the three sections of the Camp Richardson Campground, making the road leading to the Beacon Restaurant more efficient, reducing congestion in the area, and removing parking from dirt areas along Highway 89 are the major components of a multi-million dollar, multi-year project the U.S. Forest Service wants to undertake. The federal […]
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By Martha Groves, Los Angeles Times As 14-year-old Jaycee Dugard struggled in a crude backyard shed to deliver her baby daughter, the serial predator who had abducted and raped her stepped in to unwrap the umbilical cord that trapped the infant. “She was beautiful,” Dugard said of the child she birthed three years into her […]
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The Animal Coalition of Tahoe has been working hard since the Mutt Strut in October — raising funds raffling several snowboards during the long winter, issuing more than 40 spay-neuter vouchers to bring the total in the past seven years to more than 1,500. The next fundraiser (dinner and drinks) is July 19 from 6-9pm […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Police Department will be continuing its Neighborhood Traffic Enforcement Program for the next two weeks in the Tahoe Keys. Last week officers concentrated their enforcement efforts in the Sierra Tract; with 41 traffic related traffic stops were made. Officers wrote three speeding citations, 11 stop sign violation citations, 11 citations for […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority will continue its public hearing regarding the possibility of turning the 2000 voter approved Measure S into Measure R on July 13 at 1pm in the Creekside Room (near the cafeteria) at Lake Tahoe Community College.
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Experience the energy of a drum circle, traditional dancing and the time-honored hand games at one of Nevada’s many American Indian cultural events this summer. Nevada’s American Indian tribes work together to promote and market themselves through the Nevada Indian Territory, a nonprofit arm of the Nevada Commission on Tourism. Here’s a look at some […]
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By Elizabeth Maimon A favorite summer pastime for many of us is relaxing by a pool or a lake while unwinding from the day or — better yet — even spending the whole day poolside blissfully relaxed. If your dog is in tow, however, it is essential to stay alert. Contrary to popular belief, not […]
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