A youth theater workshop will be July 12-24 on the South Shore. Past participants have gone on to leading roles in high school, college and professional productions. Everyone in the workshop will be cast in the sock hop/soda shop musical “The Nifty ’50s”. Participants will work on acting, singing, dancing, improvisation, auditioning and other theater […]
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Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube will be in the house at MontBleu Resort in Stateline on July 17, enabling new and old schoolers to get down. Known for his ultra-smooth, laid back raps and melodic rhyming, Snoop delivers iconic “double speak” lingo – adding “izzle” to his music. His success has spanned the last two […]
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Mulligan’s are allowed during Barton Foundation’s 16th annual Golf Tournament at Genoa Lakes – The Lakes Course on July 23, but only if you pay for them. Proceeds from the tournament benefit the foundation’s community health endowment fund. Registration, mulligan and raffle ticket sales begin at 6:45am. The fun, scramble golf tournament starts at 8am. […]
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By Austin Fay On a four-hour hike from Lake Tahoe Golf Course to where the Upper Truckee River ducks under Highway 50, Lake Tahoe News spotted three Coors Light cans, 10 empty bottles, two red plastic cups, one-and-a-half pairs of shoes, a black overturned grill, 14 golf balls outside the course, as well as a […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal Caltrans is asking motorists to avoid driving on Interstate 80 between Truckee and the Nevada border during peak hours this weekend, due to lane restrictions and narrow lanes. Caltrans officials said motorists should find alternate routes due to delays of up to 45 minutes during the Fourth of July weekend. Motorists will […]
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The Eldorado National Forest is preparing for one of the biggest recreation weekends of the year. Other than the Wrights Lake, Woods Lake and Blue Lakes campgrounds, all recreation facilities in the forest will be open. “It is important that we all take responsibility to keep wildfire out of the forest,” Fire Prevention Officer Barbara […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee The state Legislature voted this morning to give kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard $20 million to head off a potentially larger judgment against the state for failing to adequately supervise her alleged kidnapper, prison parolee Phillip Garrido. The $20 million was placed into an otherwise routine “ciaims bill,” Assembly Bill […]
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A South Lake Tahoe jury this week found Kenneth Sharonoff guilty of second-degree murder in the killing of Clark “Otto” McCabe. The two men had been arguing when Sharonoff used a crossbow to kill McCabe on Jan. 23 in Placerville at a homeless encampment. The case was tried in Tahoe at the El Dorado County […]
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Assemblyman Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, is hosting a forum titled Angora: Three Years later on July 14 from 6:30-8pm at Lake Tahoe Airport. He is scheduled to give a legislative update on the Blue Ribbon Fire Commission. Gaines will take questions from the audience. For more information, call (916) 774.4430.
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By Carla Meyer, Sacramento Bee Thunder Valley Casino Resort has taken a parking lot and put up what might be paradise for fans of intimate concert venues. To help celebrate its expansion, the Lincoln casino has temporarily converted a section of blacktop into a 4,800-capacity amphitheater offering chair and bleacher seating, and a designated area […]
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