Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe is looking for an artist to design the 2014 wine tasting poster. Artists have until July 1 to submit an original piece of art or photograph. The theme is Tahoe and Wine Tasting. The winner receives $500. For more info, call (530) 867.4586.
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By USSA and Wire Reports ROSA KHUTOR, Russia — Olympic champion Shaun White, who rides for Northstar, announced late Wednesday Sochi time that he was withdrawing from slopestyle to keep his focus on winning an unprecedented third straight gold in halfpipe. White fell and jammed his left wrist in a training run on the slopestyle […]
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By Kathryn Reed If the South Lake Tahoe City Council rescinds the paid parking ordinance, the Tahoe 4 Tahoe group is likely to back off from going forward with its initiative. While much of the Feb. 4 council meeting centered on the paid parking controversy, the discussion did not end there. That night Bruce Grego, […]
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To TRPA, local jurisdiction members and the community, I attended the January TRPA Governing Board meeting (as I attend most) and was astounded at the verbal accosting of a member of the public and the general treatment of this person by TRPA and local jurisdiction staff and associated consultants, and other members of the planning […]
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South Lake Tahoe is hosting a public workshop on the Tahoe Valley Area Plan on Feb. 27 from 6-7:30pm at Lake Tahoe Airport. The Tahoe Valley Area Plan upon completion and adoption by the city and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency will provide planning and land use guidance for the area known as the Y. Contact […]
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Dancing with the Tahoe Stars returns to MontBleu in Stateline on March 8. The benefit for Tahoe Arts Project pairs locals with professional dancers. The contestants are Liz Niven, Amy Thompson, Roberta Benvenuto, Jodi Stewart, Frances Caro, Tom Davis, Eric Taxer, Klaus Utecht, Sean Sweeney and Chris Proctor. The performance is at 6:30pm. Tickets are […]
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By Jocelyn Wiener and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee In recent years, Dr. Jason Bynum has seen the churn: teens in crisis cycling through his south Sacramento psychiatric hospital, admitted, released, and just a few months down the road, back with another breakdown. Increasingly, he lives with a deathly fear that his young patients are going […]
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• Sno-Flake Drive-in in South Lake Tahoe is on the market. “We are just starting our 10th year and we always said we would put it on the market then and go to our next adventure,” owner Duncan Sennott told Lake Tahoe News. • Gary Romano, author of “Why I Farm”, which was published by […]
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By Tanya Irwin, Marketing Daily The North Lake Tahoe tourism group is urging vacationers to leave their gadgets behind and let their feet succumb to gravity. The campaign, which includes TV and out-of home, is intended to “condone” time off for an extended weekend getaway to North Lake Tahoe’s skiing and snowboarding resorts. The North […]
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By Eric Hoover, Chronicle of Higher Education Demographic projections have inspired doomsayers and daydreamers alike. The sky-is-falling contingent says the declining number of white, affluent high-school graduates will sink many tuition-dependent colleges. Meanwhile, optimistic observers predict that population shifts will compel institutions to transform themselves by embracing underrepresented students like never before. As any admissions […]
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