On May 7 at 6:30 Bona Fide Books will host a book launch for Andrew Homan, author of “Life in the Slipstream: The Legend of Bobby Walthour,” published by Potomac Books. Walthour was one of the highest-paid athletes in the world, a professional cyclist who became world motor-pacing champion. Join us for snacks, a slide […]
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Bona Fide Books is offering a three-week class, An Organized Mess: Making Graphic Novels at its office in Meyers. The three-hour sessions will be held on April 16, 23, and 30 from 1-4 pm. The cost is $119 for all three sessions. Class instructor Jared Manninen is a graphic novelist and co-founder of Makoto Press. […]
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A book launch for “Gruesome Tales to Tickle Your Terror Bone” will be held April 15, 7 pm, at Bona Fide Books in Meyers. Join us to celebrate the release of Jared Manninen’s first graphic novel and find out about his small press. (There will be zombies!) Bona Fide Books is at 1069 Magua Street, […]
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On May 4, Bona Fide Books of Meyers will launch its first publication, “Permanent Vacation: Twenty Writers on Work and Life in Our National Parks”. A reading will be at Lake Tahoe Community College in South Lake Tahoe at 7pm featuring local essayists Joseph Flannery and Janet Smith on Yellowstone and Yosemite.
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By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee More than 200 school buildings in the Sacramento region appear on a state list of facilities with potentially dangerous seismic hazards, according to California Watch, a nonprofit news agency. Local districts have spent tens of millions of dollars to repair buildings on the decade-old list, produced by the Division of […]
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By Carlos Alcala, Sacramento Bee Kevin Cairns, owner of Dante’s on the River, east of Pollock Pines, was released on bail Friday after three weeks in jail. Cairns had been jailed unexpectedly on $250,000 bail at his first court appearance March 15 related to charges of assault with a deadly weapon and felony vandalism for […]
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The Lake Tahoe Historical Society will kick into spring with featured speaker Margie Daum on April 26 at Camp Richardson Resort at its annual meeting starting at 7pm.
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Kirkwood Mountain Resort staffers had to often dig out this winter. Photo/Provided The king of deep snow — Kirkwood Mountain Resort — plans to not only stay open until May 1. It’s very “likely” the Alpine County ski resort will reopen for the Memorial Day and July 4 weekends. Bonus days are also slated for […]
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By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal Gaming revenues tumbled yet again across Washoe County in February as the tourism industry recession showed no signs of easing its winter-long grip, the state reported today. Casinos across the Reno-Sparks-north Tahoe region saw an 8.5 percent decline in gross revenues from the same month a year earlier, according to […]
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Layer up! It looks like another day of shifting skies with sun, cloud cover, and scattered snow showers in the mix. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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