The 2011 Tahoe Truckee Earth Day Festival is slated for April 23 from 11am to 5pm at the Village at Squaw Valley. This all-ages, community sponsored event gives participants an opportunity to learn about recycling/composting, alternative energy, sustainability, watershed and forest health, and reducing ecological footprints via a diverse array of agency representatives and earth-friendly […]
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Tahoe Maritime Museums’ 3rd annual Launch into Summer party is May 28 from 5-8pm. For more information, contact Patty Williams at patty@tahoemaritimemuseum.org or (530) 525.9253, ext. 102.
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Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the Federal Technology Center to host a workshop titled Responding to Requests for Proposals on March 10 from 9am-noon. This is for owners or managers of a small business who would like to expand their sales or services to the government and need ideas. This […]
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UC Davis’s Tahoe Environmental Research Center in partnership with the Tahoe Expedition Academy will host the sixth annual Science Expo. The Science Expo features interactive experiments and demonstrations for children grades 3–6 (ages 8–12) and their families. The Science Expo is open to the general public on the evening of March 16 from 4–6pm at […]
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Keith Hansen, former National Intelligence Council official, will be the featured speaker at the Fireside Chat on March 24 at 7pm in Sierra Nevada College’s Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, rooms 139/141. Given recent WikiLeaks arrests and controversy, Hansen will discuss this topic from a policy and intelligence perspective. Host Andy Whyman will lead this […]
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Tahoe Derby Dames will show off their derby skills at the first Winter Wonderslam on March 25 at Kahle Community Center in Stateline. This family-friendly event will blend the full-contact roller derby action the Dames are known for with their love of philanthropy. A portion of the event’s proceeds will benefit Steven Rose, a friend […]
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It’s going to be soggy on the slopes of Lake Tahoe today. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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Publisher’s note: This is reprinted from the January 1974 Lake Tahoe Historical Society newsletter. By Nancy Felling Lake Tahoe will soon be in the movies again, according to Lake Tahoe historical Society president Bill Craven. The history of the Tahoe Basin is being filmed as a joint project of the society and David Phillips, a […]
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By Kathryn Reed Seven positions were eliminated Tuesday night by Lake Tahoe Unified School District’s board of trustees. Attrition and early retirements will account for most of the positions that won’t exist in the 2011-12 school year. The surprise on March 1 was the elimination of the NRJOTC instructor. This had not been on the […]
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Explore Tahoe Winter Speaker Series continues on March 10 at 6pm with a session on the impacts of water runoff and Lake Tahoe protection. Kim Gorman joins Robert Erlich from South Lake Tahoe for a stormwater management program to present “Protecting the Watershed.” Explore Tahoe Visitor Center is located in the Heavenly Village next to […]
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