By Kathryn Reed White is covering the peaks around the Lake Tahoe Basin, with Squaw Valley reporting snow at the base lodge. Other areas in the basin also reported snow at lake level. The drive over Spooner Summit this morning was a little dicey in places. The rain that pounded the region much of Sunday […]
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A Veterans Day Musical Salute by the Lake Tahoe Unified School District Performing Arts Department will be Nov. 10 at 7pm at South Tahoe Middle School multipurpose room. It is free. It is a musical tribute to all veterans. Nearly 350 students in the sixth-12th grade bands, orchestras and choirs will perform an hourlong concert […]
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Truckee River Winery is having a pumpkin carving contest Oct. 30 from noon-4pm. There will be an adult and child division. Pumpkins will be provided for contestants, and carvers can take their pumpkins home. We will also have candy and treats for kids and adults. RSVP: Must call ahead so there is a pumpkin waiting […]
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Make Truckee River Winery a stop on your trick or treating route this year. Adults can enjoy a glass of wine, while kids munch on Halloween treats. Time: 11am-7pm Day: Oct. 31 Where: Tasting room, 11467 Brockway Road, Truckee.
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• Earlier this month South Lake Tahoe wrote a check for $2,546.78 to Community Animal Hospital for Duke, the South Lake Tahoe police dog, to pay for a crown on a tooth. • In 1854, Hangtown (Placerville) was the third largest town in California behind Sacramento and San Francisco. • Mammoth Mountain has converted some […]
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By Emerson Marcus, Reno Gazette-Journal Kevin Rivera cut a four-inch gash in his head and sustained a concussion during a soccer game Sept. 18. The McQueen senior only remembers going for the ball before slowly regaining consciousness as he was escorted to a hospital by an ambulance. “It was scary,” said Rivera, who will return […]
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By Diane Pomerance The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) sponsors October as Adopt-a-Shelter-Dog Month to encourage Americans to turn their houses into homes by adopting a shelter dog. Each year, millions of dogs enter our nation’s shelters, yet of the almost 59 million owned dogs in this country, fewer than […]
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By Kathryn Reed In a few months, electric customers on the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin will no longer be writing monthly checks to Sierra Pacific Power. Instead, it will be to CalPeco – short for California Pacific Electric Company. California Pacific Electric Company is a newly formed company jointly owned by Algonquin […]
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By Stephen Ward INCLINE VILLAGE – Using a propane flame to shoot silver iodide into the sky with a unit that resembles a prison watchtower with a trash barrel aimed at the sky attached to the top is how the Desert Research Institute is helping Mother Nature produce more moisture. Ground tactic cloud seeding is […]
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The South Shore Business Walk is Nov. 4 from 7:30am–2pm. The day will begin with brief training at South Lake Tahoe offices at Lake Tahoe Airport. Then teams of walkers will visit various parts of the community. Participants will be looking to gain valuable feedback on what organizations like about doing business on the South […]
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