The San Francisco Giants will launch a public tour of the World Champions trophy in early January. The trophy will travel throughout Northern California, Southern Oregon and Western Nevada. It will also travel to New York and Arizona. It will be in the Lake Tahoe-Reno area Jan. 14-15. Exact times and locations will be announced […]
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By Joe Nation Stanford’s Institute for Economic Policy Research has issued two recent reports on the condition of public employee pension funds in California. The first identified a $425 billion funding shortfall for three state pension systems: the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, California State Teachers’ Retirement System, and the University of California Retirement System. […]
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• AAA is ending its Saturday hours starting in January at most of its offices in the Tahoe region. However, the Sparks, Truckee and Reno Damonte Ranch offices will still be open Saturdays. • Brandianne Ledbetter has left Outside TV to start her own company in South Tahoe — Princess Productions. • Saveur magazine has […]
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By Kathryn Reed On the first day on the job, Claire Fortier learned it takes more than desire to get what she wants as an elected official. During council member comments Dec. 14, she proposed forming a citizens’ committee to look into what happened to the stalled Lakeview Commons project. “I feel like we are […]
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By Lindsey Sine, U.S. Snowboarding TELLURIDE, Colo. – Falling snow had nothing on Nick Baumgartner of Iron River, Mich., Wednesday as the World Championship bronze medalist led the U.S. in first during the qualifications for the Visa U.S. Snowboardcross Cup at Telluride Resort in Colorado. Baumgartner led the way for 11 U.S. men into the […]
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By Gina Kim, Sacramento Bee Death may be the impartial friend – who treats the soiled and pure, rich and poor, loved and unloved equally – but Mark Twain transcends the grave with his autobiography, which has become the sought-after holiday gift of the year. Published the stipulated 100 years after his no-longer-an-exaggeration of a […]
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With a severe winter weather storm approaching the Sierra Nevada this weekend, Douglas County Sheriff Ron Pierini is advising residents of potential flood activity. The National Weather Service reports that heavy precipitation is likely in the Central Sierra and Western Nevada. The storms are predicted to begin Friday and continue through the beginning of next […]
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By Freddy Perryman, U.S. Ski Team MERIBEL, France – Hannah Kearney of Vermont and Patrick Deneen of Washington kept the overall World Cup lead Wednesday with strong second place finishes in Meribel. Bryon Wilson of Montana rounded out the men’s podium in third. This is the first time the U.S. has had two athletes in […]
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Join Sierra Community Church for an evening of Christmas caroling Dec. 21st from 6:30-8:30pm, in the church parking lot located at 1165 Sierra Blvd. in South Lake Tahoe. Get in the Christmas spirit with singing, hot chocolate, coffee and cookies, and then help spread the good cheer throughout the Sierra Tract neighborhood. Everyone is welcome. […]
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CASA El Dorado presents the 4th annual CASAblanca at the Lake. The Feb. 4 event honors El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Suzanne Kingsbury. It starts at 6pm at Edgewood Tahoe in Stateline. The evening will include dinner, wine, live entertainment, silent and live auctions. Tickets are $125 per person. All proceeds benefit CASA. RSVP […]
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