Incline Village Artists Studio Tour is Aug. 7-8 from 10am-5pm Friday and to 4pm Sunday in Incline Village and Crystal Bay. Watercolors, oils/acrylics, photography, pottery, printmaking, textile/fiber art and jewelry will be on display. There is no charge. For more information, call (775) 833.0637 or go to www.inclinearts.com.
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• Heavenly Mountain Resort will break ground Aug. 6 on its 14,980-square-foot restaurant at the top of the gondola. It should open in February 2011. • Douglas Woods and Shawn Kearney are opening Tahoe Duck Tours Stateline. A Duck Tour allows people to experience the sites and sounds of a locale from land and water. […]
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Hyatt Regency in Incline Village is having is inaugural Wine on the Water festival Aug. 29 from 1-5pm. Featuring 20 wineries and a dozen local restaurants, the event will include exclusive tastings of some of the region’s best food and wine, live music, and a noteworthy silent auction. Set against a backdrop on the Cottage […]
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By Matt Weiser and Marjie Lundstrom, Sacramento Bee Holiday visitors seeking a quiet day off beside the water at Folsom State Recreation Area on July 5 instead had front-row seats to a pursuit, as park rangers chased an assault suspect on foot through throngs of picnickers. It was like a scene from a big-city television […]
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By Kathryn Reed This morning’s ground breaking of Lakeview Commons almost had to be rescheduled. That’s because South Lake Tahoe’s City Council didn’t have a contractor in place until Tuesday morning. Three items on Aug. 3’s consent agenda all related to the project. They took about as much time to resolve as it did to […]
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Publisher’s note: Bill and Jean Lane have had a home at Cascade Lake for many years. By Paul Rogers and Mack Lundstrom, San Jose Mercury News Bill Lane, who built Sunset magazine into an icon of Western living, helped found the town of Portola Valley and donated millions to Stanford University and environmental causes from […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sixty percent of the South Lake Tahoe City Council will be new after voters cast their ballots Nov. 2. Jerry Birdwell joins Kathay Lovell and Bill Crawford in deciding not to seek another term. “I’m going to take a breather. I’m going to enjoy running the (Black Bear) Inn, sitting on the […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee Five uniformed employees of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office are under investigation in connection with using online education from unaccredited sources to qualify for higher pay. A survey of officers’ credentials began following questions about the educational credentials of Stan Perez, a CHP officer who had been a candidate […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal Smoke was visible in the Reno area on Tuesday as winds blew in smoke from the Bar Fire in the Plumas National Forest two hours west of Reno, said Zach Tolby, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Reno. Progress was made Tuesday on the 900 acre fire as firefighters utilized […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee An 82-year-old Sacramento man drowned Saturday afternoon in Lake Tahoe after his inflatable boat capsized, official said today. The incident occurred near the 700 block of West Lake Boulevard. Sgt. John Giovannini of the Placer County Sheriff’s Department said Robert Clyde Cook was transporting family and friends between a boat […]
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