Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is profiling candidates for South Lake Tahoe City Council and Douglas County Commission. The stories are being published in the order they were received. Name: Nancy McDermid Age: 67 Hometown: Wichita Falls, Texas How long have you lived here?: Since 1979 in Tahoe, 2000 in the Carson Valley. Job/profession: Developer-owner-operator […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is providing a glimpse into what skiers and boarders can expect at Lake Tahoe area resorts for the 2010-11 season. Sugar Bowl: Finding the sweet spot is easy • Projected opening date: Thanksgiving, conditions permitting • Daily adult lift ticket price: $71 • What’s new?: Sugar Bowl enters this year […]
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By SF Appeal Aspiring athletes, kids having birthday parties, and people just looking for something to put a bounce in their step can now head to a new trampoline park that opened in San Francisco. House of Air, a park located in a historic airport hangar in the Presidio, is the brainchild of two action […]
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Celebrate Earth Science Week with the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center in Incline Village. Hands-on science activities and demonstrations will begin at 3pm Oct. 13. Special 3-D visualization lab presentations will be shown at 3:30 and 4:30pm. Green building tours will be available at 4pm and the grand finale will include a full-group, interactive […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee One of the area’s longest-running local elections – a two-year marathon – is nearing the finish line. “It’s kind of like ‘Groundhog Day.’ It just goes on and on,” said Craig Therkildsen, who faces John D’Agostini in a Nov. 2 run-off for El Dorado County sheriff. D’Agostini decided to run […]
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Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe’s 2010 An Evening of Food & Wine Tasting is Nov. 12 from 6-9:30pm at Harrah’s convention center in Stateline. Eighteen restaurants and 32 vintners are part of the event. Tickets are $65 each and can be purchased from a SISLT member or online. In addition to the main event […]
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By Kathryn Reed SPOONER SUMMIT — One of the hazards of wanting to get some incredible views of Lake Tahoe is that it takes a bit of climbing. But those 2,000-feet of uphill to get to Snow Valley Peak are worth it. Fortunately, it’s not one of those grueling routes that make you think housecleaning […]
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Lone Eagle Grille in Incline Village kicks off its Winemaker Dinner Series with Gregory Graham on Oct. 15 at 6pm. Nine years ago Graham set out to produce world-class wines from Lake County. His hands-on approach to winemaking, complemented by 25 years of experience, is giving consumers fresh, structured, fruit-forward vintages that are reflective of […]
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By Mel Shields, Sacramento Bee How about planning a special holiday trip on an old-fashioned train? Ely, Nev., the home of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum, offers excursions every weekend on a steam train and even gives you the opportunity to operate one. Eastern Nevada is an undiscovered joy, especially in the fall. It is […]
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On Sept. 29, Lake Tahoe News ran a story about the South Lake Tahoe budget for fiscal year 2010-11, which started Oct. 1. In that story a list of questions was posed to city staff. They went unanswered. However, the city’s Finance Department provided answers to the questions on Oct. 8. Click on answers to […]
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