Queen is a beautiful 7-year-old Australian shepherd-Husky mix who likes other dogs. She likes cats and other small furry creatures a little too much. She will be quite good at keeping them out of your yard. She is house trained and has good manners, and likes walks and car rides. Like most dogs of her […]
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To the community, Serving with big smiles and kind words, the Lake Tahoe Community College leadership team’s sponsor crew served over 95 community members at Bread & Broth’s March 10 dinner. B&B would like to thank the LTCC leadership team for once again supporting our goal of feeding the less fortunate of our community by […]
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By Cynthia Hubert, Sacramento Bee James Flavy Coy Brown, a homeless and mentally ill man allegedly “dumped” by Nevada’s primary psychiatric hospital via Greyhound bus into Sacramento last year, on Friday became the national face of a problem that experts said is widespread and should be curtailed by federal authorities. Brown’s story touched off a […]
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By Evan Halper and Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — The Obama administration handed backers of medical marijuana a significant victory Friday, opening the way for a University of Arizona researcher to examine whether pot can help veterans cope with post-traumatic stress, a move that could lead to broader studies into potential benefits of […]
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Auditions for “August: Osage County”, a joint production between the Valhalla Art Music and Theater Festival and the Lake Tahoe Community College Theater Department, are April 1. The play is being directed by Dave Hamilton. The 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner is about a vanished father, a pill-popping mother and three sisters harboring […]
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By Heidi Mills, Outdoor Back when race director Candice Burt first dreamed up a 200-mile trail run around Lake Tahoe, she figured it would take time to build an audience for such an over-the-top concept. Its culmination, the Tahoe 200, will be in early September. At a price tag of $850, the run gives hopefuls […]
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By Katherine Peralta, Bloomberg Jeanina Jenkins, a 20-year-old high-school graduate from St. Louis, is stuck in a $7.82-an-hour part-time job at McDonald’s Corp. that she calls a “last resort” because nobody would offer her anything better. Stephen O’Malley, 26, a West Virginia University graduate, wants to put his history degree to use teaching high school. […]
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Placer County-Lake Tahoe Film Office had a special reason for applauding when “Her” was named winner of the 2014 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. The movie’s snow scenes were filmed at several locations near the Donner Summit in Placer County: Norden, Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, Soda Springs, and a group of cabins near the Interstate […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP A rural Nevada county has settled lawsuits with two men who said a sheriff’s deputy violated their civil rights when they were stopped for speeding on Interstate 80, searched for drugs and forced to forfeit tens of thousands of dollars even though no drugs were found and no charges filed in […]
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North Lake Tahoe Resort Association has $9,000 available for special events taking place in the North Lake Tahoe region of Placer County. Most individual grants will fall within the $500 to $2,500 range. All grant money is slated for marketing and public relations efforts to promote events in the region. Preference will be given to […]
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