Toast the end of the summer season during the 22nd Annual Alpen Wine Festival at The Village at Squaw Valley on Sept. 5. Wine aficionados will sip fine vintages while taking in the mountain scenery and listening to live music, all to help raise money for Can Do Multiple Sclerosis. The Village at Squaw teams […]
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By Kathryn Reed Unbeknown to swimmers, those at the front counter, people working out on the gym equipment and employees, the boiler which heats the facility was replaced Monday with one that makes the old one look like a relic from the Dark Ages of technology. The new one weights 750 pounds; the old one […]
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Celebration of Writers around the lake is Sept. 17 at 7pm in the Grand Hall at Valhalla on the South Shore. Tahoe Writers Works hosts talent from the lake and beyond in a smart, funny, and inspirational night of prose. The $10 fee includes wine reception and reading.
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Microbe Planet: Life on Earth, Extreme Environments and Astrobiology will presented by Alison Murray of the Desert Research Institute on Sept. 9. What kinds of life inhabit extreme environments? What strategies do they use to survive? What significance does this research have for the history of life on Earth and future studies on other planets? […]
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A public hearing, hosted by the El Dorado County Mental Health Commission, will be on Sept. 7 from noon-1pm to receive input on the El Dorado County 2010-11 Mental Health Services Act Plan Update. The hearing will be conducted via teleconference at two locations: El Dorado County EMS Agency, 415 Placerville Drive, Ste. K, Placerville […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee Jurors in El Dorado Superior Court are likely to face a tide of emotional testimony as the penalty phase of the David Zanon murder trial gets under way this week. Prosecutors are expected to present descriptions of Zanon’s victim – California Highway Patrol Officer Scott Russell – evoking the tragedy […]
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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information regarding separate arson incidents that occurred recently at two elementary schools. The incidents were discovered at Minden and Gardnerville elementary schools on the mornings of Aug. 18 and Aug. 19. In each of the incidents, evidence of the arson was discovered by school custodians. Evidence consisted of […]
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Determine your fitness level on a 23-mile challenge hike with the TRTA. Join experienced volunteer guides for a day of hiking on the longest segment of the Tahoe Rim Trail. The trail from Kingsbury Grade south to Big Meadow maintains a 10 percent or less grade, however there are some steep rocky sections around Monument […]
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By Laurel Rosenhall, Sacramento Bee It is a perilous time to be a college student depending on the state of California to get through school. Some 335,500 students going to California colleges this fall have qualified for Cal Grants because their family incomes are so low. They need the grants to pay tuition, buy books […]
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This year’s evening program series at the Lake of the Sky Amphitheater will close out Aug. 26 with “An Evening with Mark Twain.” The program, which begins at 7pm, features local favorite MacAvoy Lane recounting Twain’s significant role in the history of the Lake Tahoe Basin. The local U.S. Forest Service’s nonprofit organization, the Tahoe […]
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