Award winning bronze artist June Towill Brown of J.T. Brown Sculptures will present an educational tour of her sculpting career that “started over a glass of wine” during the North Tahoe Women’s Club monthly meeting on May 16. Women who live in the Reno/Lake Tahoe region are welcome to attend this luncheon at the Incline […]
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By Jon Ortiz, Sacramento Bee Battle lines sharpened Thursday over California’s public pensions with the release of a new report that concludes pay and benefit packages for public workers are better than those for their counterparts in the private sector. Commissioned by pension overhaul advocates poised to seek changes, the report drew immediate fire from […]
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Habitat for Humanity “A Brush with Kindness” is having a volunteer informative meeting May 17 at 6:30pm at Hope Lutheran Church, 930 Julie Lane, South Lake Tahoe. A Brush with Kindness is a nationwide program serving low-income homeowners to maintain the exterior of their home to include exterior painting, minor repairs, and landscaping. For more […]
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Nurses Trusted to Care is this year’s theme as hospitals and health care facilities recognize nurses across the nation for their hard work and dedication during National Nurses Week, May 6-12. “Modern nurses of today are both men and women of different ethnic groups and portray courage, hope, service and are committed to making a […]
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By Susan Voyles, Reno Gazette-Journal Stone Mother, a well-known tufa rock formation at Pyramid Lake, created the lake with her tears, according to ancient Paiute legends. Now she’s weeping again. Graffiti vandals have left their marks in spray paint on nearby tufa rocks. Broken glass from past drinking parties sparkles in the sunlight. Sick of […]
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Mormon Emigrant Trail, once touted as an alternate route while Echo Summit is closed, won’t be an option. With about 10-feet of snow covering it, according to the U.S. Forest Service, it may not see traffic until mid-June. The trail goes between Sly Park and Highway 88. Highway 50 will be closed across Echo Summit […]
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As members of the South Lake Tahoe Police Department were responding to the usual calls for service on Cinco de Mayo, the Corado family was enjoying a quiet night at home. Their two worlds were about to collide in a chaotic, but positive way. Maria Ortiz-Corado, nine months pregnant, was 10 days from her due […]
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• There is a blood drive June 6 from 11am-6pm at the South Lake Tahoe branch library. • Just how much money did Lake Tahoe Community College spend on the Winter Expo, aka rail jam, earlier this year? Lake Tahoe News asked, but months later still hasn’t heard. The spokeswoman said the event is all […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe has spent more than three quarters of a million dollars on a document that on Tuesday the League to Save Lake Tahoe all but said it would file a lawsuit against if the city approves it. The controversy surrounding the General Plan update has to do with it not […]
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It was standing room only for the inaugural book launch for Bona Fide Books, the only small press operating on the South Shore. The Meyers-base publishing house came out with “Permanent Vacation” on May 4. It’s a collection of 20 stories from people who have worked in a national park in the West. Publisher Kim […]
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