South Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Tri Club are putting on the Turkey Trot on Nov. 17 at 10am at Bijou Community Park. The goal is to find your inner turkey and run like there’s an oven warming up for you. Thanksgiving themed costumes are encouraged. Prizes will be awarded for best costume and most ridiculous […]
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By Kathryn Reed Three businesses that have never operated in South Lake Tahoe are expected to open their doors in 2014. Auto Zone is going in next to Izzy’s Burgers on Highway 50. The martial arts building will be torn down. That used to be the garage where Buzz Springmeyer worked. His widow, Marjorie Springmeyer, […]
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Tahoe Wellness Center and Hot Gossip are teaming together to offer a free community meal to everyone. Donations will be accepted. The meals are every Sunday from 1:30-3pm at 3445 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe.
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There will be a girls basketball clinic Dec. 7 from 4-6pm at Kahle Community Center in Stateline. Coach Walter Morris will help improve skills and teach the sport of basketball. Morris taught basketball at two universities and played NCAA Division III basketball. He works at Lake Tahoe Community College teaching exercise science, sports nutrition and […]
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By Jessica Calefati and Josh Richman, San Jose Mercury News SACRAMENTO — A year ago this week, Californians were still locked in a fierce battle over Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown’s ballot initiative that raised income taxes on the wealthy and the sales tax on everyone. One side argued that the state needed a temporary […]
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Unmanned aerial systems, or drones, may be relatively small, but could have a big impact on Nevada’s economy and natural resources, especially when the necessary pieces and experts come together to do the work and research. To that end, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and the […]
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By John Burnett, NPR With mainline religious congregations dwindling across America, a scattering of churches is trying to attract new members by creating a different sort of Christian community. They are gathering around craft beer. Some church groups are brewing it themselves, while others are bring the Holy Mysteries to a taproom. The result is […]
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How does a community deal with and recover from a tragedy that shocked the entire world? Lake Tahoe Community College Theater Arts Department will explore that question in its production of “The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later.” The play by Moisés Kaufman, Stephen Belber, Leigh Fondakowski and Greg Pierotti seeks to understand a town that […]
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By Kathryn Reed Children not listening, talking when it’s not their line and parents almost looking more bewildered. It’s impossible at this juncture to know who the angels, shepherds or wise men are. Joseph is one of the tall boys. Mary is twirling a doll – aka Jesus. “The whole play is supposed to be […]
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By Bob Schieffer, AARP I was a footnote of sorts to the awful events of that weekend in 1963 when John Kennedy died in Dallas. In those days, I was the night police reporter on my hometown newspaper, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. President Kennedy had made a breakfast speech in Fort Worth before going to […]
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