The Village at Squaw Valley and Sons of Norway, Snowshoe Thompson Lodge 6-078, are hosting a dedication celebration honoring the Sierra legend Snowshoe Thompson at Squaw Valley at 1pm June 25 in the Events Plaza of The Village at Squaw Valley. The dedication is for the 13-foot copper sculpture of Snowshoe Thompson created by artist […]
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During the 2010-11 school year, students at Bijou Community School, Lake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet, Sierra House, Tahoe Valley and Zephyr Cove Elementary schools were provided a special dental kit and given a lesson on the importance of good dental hygiene and dental care. This was the result of a partnership between Lake Tahoe Unified […]
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By Anne Knowles CARSON CITY – The bill to pull Nevada out of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency unless the body implements certain reforms passed out of the Assembly’s Government Affairs committee Saturday evening. The bill passed with a vote of 10-1, with the lone no vote cast by Assemblywoman Teresa Benitez-Thompson, D-Reno, who had […]
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The Lake Tahoe Paddle Festival is a solstice celebration of human powered watercraft featuring “Ancient Art to State of the Art” boats, boards and paddles. The focus is the preservation of indigenous watercraft art and culture. The paddle race through Emerald Bay starts in Meeks Bay on June 18 at 8am. Interpretive exhibits will highlight […]
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By Lawrence K. Altman, New York Times At first it seemed an oddity: a scattering of reports in the spring and early summer of 1981 that young gay men in New York and California were ill with forms of pneumonia and cancer usually seen only in people with severely weakened immune systems. In hindsight, of […]
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• When the Douglas County commissioners approved the 2011-12 budget in May it meant laying off 12 employees and not filling six positions. • Gordon Boettger of Minden set a Northern Hemisphere record in May when he flew 1,401 miles by himself in a sailplane. The previous record was 1,367 miles. • Because of the […]
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By Robert J. Hawkins, San Diego Union-Tribune SAN DIEGO — As early as mid-July, downtown San Diegans should begin spotting a ghost from a past most never knew. A painstakingly restored electric streetcar, the likes of which last ran here in 1949, will begin operating on a downtown loop on weekends and holidays. When state […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the June 4, 2011, Sacramento Bee. As a general proposition, we’re all for transparency and making information available to the public. But some things we just don’t need to know. El Dorado Superior Court Judge Douglas Phimister was absolutely right to keep under wraps the unspeakable details of Jaycee […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – I will never look at a trail the same. Tahoe Rim Trail Association officials warned us this could happen. They even said next time we hike on this section of trail we’ll smile, point out to our buddies what areas we are responsible for. I already feel that sense of […]
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By Howard Kurtz, Newsweek ABC’s Martha Raddatz was minutes from taking off for Afghanistan when her BlackBerry buzzed with a colleague’s message that Osama bin Laden might be dead. She dragged her luggage off the plane, sat down on the floor of Dulles airport, and started making calls. It was 9:45pm on May 1 as […]
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