An afternoon of live music, food and drink is designed to raise money for the Lake Tahoe Community College Music Department to be able to buy instruments. The Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation and David Brock Music are putting on the Sept. 29 3pm event at a private residence in Stateline. Music will include performances […]
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By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun Firefighters and small businesses in Nevada and California have a simple request for the federal government. Pay up. They cleared brush, chopped down trees, and then submitted invoices in expectation that they’d be paid soon after. But that was more than two years ago, and they’re collectively still owed […]
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The 18th annual Truckee River Day is Oct. 20. Volunteers have their choice of half- or full-day restoration projects with different levels of difficulty. There will be 12 to 15 projects including trail relocation in Johnson Canyon, native plantings to help restore areas in the Coldstream Canyon floodplain, moving barriers in Martis Lake to eradicate […]
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Truckee has received a $1.5 million grant for the Highway 89 Mousehole Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvement Project. Mousehole project was one of 52 transportation projects in 37 states selected to receive a total of approximately $474 million in TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) funding. The Mousehole project is apedestrian-bicycle railroad undercrossing that will connect […]
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Elk Grove author R.J. Machado De Quevedo will be signing books Sept. 13 from8:30am-5pm at the North Tahoe Event Center, 8318 N. Lake Blvd., Kings Beach. In the supernatural mystery thriller “The Deceiver” college student Melanie Bishop finds herself stranded across the globe and thrust into the middle of an otherworldly battle that’s been raging […]
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By Kathryn Reed Becoming an advocate for the disabled wasn’t something David Kelly aspired to be. There is not one defining moment that led him on this 30-plus year mission. “I saw what I thought was people being treated unfairly,” Kelly said. That was in South Lake Tahoe in the early 1980s. The 70-year-old has […]
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By Jimmy Carter The only way to be assured that Syrian chemical weapons will not be used in the future is not through a military strike but through a successful international effort. Regardless of the postponed congressional vote regarding the use of military force, other actions should be taken to address the situation in Syria, […]
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By Bonnie Rochman, Wall Street Journal A recent research program is testing an intriguing hypothesis: Can overweight children be taught to eat less by putting their favorite dishes right in front of them? Kerri Boutelle, a professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at UC San Diego’s School of Medicine, calls her willpower-enhancing technique “cue exposure.” The […]
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SeptOberfest is Sept. 26 at MontBleu in Stateline. This is a fundraiser for Kiwanis Club of Tahoe Sierra. The event starts at 6pm. Tickets are $35 in advance — call (530) 318.9197. Tickets are $40. The event includes a German buffet, and beer and wine tasting all night. There will also be silent auction.
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By Laila Kearney, Reuters SAN FRANCISCO – The city of San Francisco is suing the state of Nevada for busing patients, many of them indigent and mentally ill, from a public hospital in Las Vegas to the Bay Area without plans for continued care. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in San Francisco Superior Court, seeks […]
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