El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies are looking for a teenager who ran away from her home in Shingle Springs. Juliet Riffey was last seen the night of Nov. 1. Riffey is 15, white, 5-feet-2-inches, weighs 110 pounds, has dark blonde/brown hair, blue eyes, and wears oval wire framed glasses. She has a cleft lip, which […]
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By Anita Creamer, Sacramento Bee The third floor of the California governor’s mansion, which reopened to the public this month after being closed to visitors for decades, is a place filled with history that’s mostly quiet and personal rather than political: a place of family memories. Gov. Jerry Brown, already in seminary and college when […]
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By Carly Schwartz, Huffington Post Legal marijuana is the fastest growing market in the United States, and it’s growing at a rate poised to outpace the expansion of the global smartphone market, according to a new report obtained exclusively by the Huffington Post. Researchers surveyed hundreds of medical cannabis retailers, processors, dispensary owners and industry […]
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• Tahoe Wellness Center is offering a study hall on Tuesdays from 3-5pm in November. • Nahid Rachlin, award-winning author of four critically acclaimed novels, will give a reading and talk Nov. 15 from 7-9pm at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village. • Gregory Cremeans has joined Coldwell Banker Select in Zephyr Cove. • El […]
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El Dorado County Office of Education is organizing a coat drive. Donations will be distributed to schools and EDCOE operated programs throughout the county, including Lake Tahoe. New coats ranging in sizes from infant to adult may be dropped off at the El Dorado County Office of Education at 6767 Green Valley Road in Placerville […]
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Sculptures by Simi Dabah are being added to the Lake Tahoe Community College Demonstration Garden. Dabah has been creating sculptures as a hobby for years, and his works can be found throughout California, including several public libraries, municipal buildings and schools around the state. Dabah donated four of his refurbished metal sculptures to LTCC.
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By Kathryn Reed Paid parking in South Lake Tahoe is working – based on when it comes to revenues being greater than expenses. Paid parking in South Lake Tahoe is not working – based on the nine people who spoke Nov. 5. Paid parking in South Lake Tahoe is evolving and will continue to – […]
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To the community, No one wants to wind up in an emergency room to begin with, let alone face the idea of being transported away from your support base of home. Once you get through your situation, it’s then that you begin to think about the costs involved; it’s only natural. I have to tell […]
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Craig Thomas of the Sierra Forest Legacy will give a presentation on conservation strategies for national forests on Nov. 13. He will speak about fire ecology, sustainable forest practices and future plans for the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. Thomas has been intimately involved in the protection and restoration of the forests of the Sierra […]
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The Sierra Nevada College Sustainability Resource Center presents the 2nd annual Sustainability Film Festival beginning Nov. 7 with a screening of the film “Chasing Ice”. The Festival continues on Friday and Saturday with food and drink starting at 5:30pm in Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences lobby on the campus of Sierra Nevada College. The 2013 […]
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