Poet Camille Dungy at LTCC
Poet Camille Dungy is the guest for a LTCC Writers’ Series event at t he library at Lake Tahoe Community College, One College Drive, South Lake Tahoe. (530) 541-4660, ext. 708.
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Kokanee literary journal reading
Suzanne Roberts, author and LTCC instructor, hosts the Kokanee literary journal reading, Aspen Room, Lake Tahoe Community College, One College Drive, South Lake Tahoe. (530) 541-4660, ext. 708.
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El Dorado County networking meeting
In an effort to make community-based organizations aware of other organizations that provide services, as well as networking with the education community, there will be a breakfast in the Activity Building (Building I) at the El Dorado County Office of Education, 6767 Green Valley Road, Placerville. This event will be co-hosted by the Association of […]
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Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Helen Smith, who lived at Vikingsholm as a child and is now a docent for California State Parks, was recognized this summer for her 40 years of service to the preservation of the historic home at the base of Emerald Bay. Trivia: Kings Beach was named after card shark Joe King, who won the town […]
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World of words runs deep in Tahoe
By Kathryn Reed It was a night of literary wonder as author after author read his or her work to a full house at the Valhalla Grand Hall. Tahoe Writers Works assembled this cast of eight who all have ties to the Lake Tahoe Basin. It proves Tahoe is rich with writers who care about […]
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Budget, personnel issues dominate Happy Homestead Cemetery agenda
By Kathryn Reed The Happy Homestead Cemetery board approved a budget last week without having final numbers tabulated. As of Saturday not all board members knew what the exact figures are for revenues and expenses for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1. The board agreed to slash the estimated interest to be accrued from […]
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USFS warns of continued fire danger
By Tahoe National Forest staff Across the Tahoe National Forest, spotty rain occurred last weekend/early Monday with a slight short-term decrease in fire danger. This weekend, however, hotter temperatures, lower humidity and gusty northeast winds are predicted. This will bring us back into very high fire danger. North/northeast winds are frequently associated with severe fire […]
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Chemical smell keeps West Slope schools closed
El Dorado County health and school officials have extended the closure of Oak Ridge High, Rolling Hills Middle, and Silva Valley Elementary school campuses as a precautionary measure until additional air sampling can be conducted on Oak Ridge High’s track, at all three schools and in some classrooms. The schools were closed Sept. 18, and […]
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V&T Railroad steams through history
The historic Virginia & Truckee Railroad train runs every Saturday through Oct. 31, along a 12.8-mile reconstructed portion of the 16.7-mile original route between Nevada’s sister cities. Trains leave Carson City at 10am, arriving in Virginia City at 11:30am. The train departs Virginia City at 3pm, returning to Carson City at 4:30pm. Roundtrip tickets are […]
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Minuscule clams threaten Lake Tahoe
By Amy Littlefield, Los Angeles Times Lake Tahoe is under siege by clams the size of your thumbnail. The population of the coffee-colored Asian clams has soared in the southeast portion of the lake, threatening to hog food sources and excrete nutrients that foster algae growth, according to an annual Lake Tahoe report by UC […]
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