Late afternoon winds on Sunday are playing havoc with efforts to fight the Bison Fire. The fire is making a run to the northeast and is burning through the Slater Mine Area. Commercial structures have been lost, but the number of structures is unknown at this time. Containment of the nearly 9,300-acre fire has dropped […]
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Sierra Nevada Ballet has selected the famed Coppelia ballet for its summer performances which are scheduled for July 27 at Nightingale Hall as part of the Artown Festival and July 29 on the outdoor stage at Sand Harbor State Park in conjunction with the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. A comic love story, Coppelia is filled […]
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Updated 5:40pm: A 26-year-old woman was knocked unconscious when she fell at Lover’s Leap on Sunday. Nour Mardini was on the Lower Buttress area of the rock structure when she dislodged a boulder the size of a picnic table and then fell about 30 feet. When the rope went tight she swung into the granite […]
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There will be a six-lesson, eight-hour course on boating safety developed by the U.S. Coast Guard on July 13. The instructors will teach boating safety to adults and youths (grades 6-12). A basic course will provide information on a variety of subjects of importance to anyone using a boat. The 8:30am-5pm class will be at […]
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By Jeff Maher, News 10 Researchers have found that when the weather gets hot, so does one’s temper. On hot days individuals are more likely to encounter road rage, or have someone cut them off. Drivers may also be seen speeding more than usual. So why the link between temperature and one’s mood behind the […]
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By Kathryn Roethel It may seem like the screens on your electronic devices consume your every waking hour. Now, new research indicates that, if you use smartphones and tablets before bed, they may be cutting into your sleep hours, too – or at least delaying them. New research from the Mayo Clinic shows that smartphones […]
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By Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune Californians trimmed their trash to a record low last year, according to state figures showing that residents discarded an average of 4.3 pounds per day of garbage last year. That’s down from the previous low of 4.4 pounds per person per day in 2011, according to the Department […]
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From the 1930s to 1980s the “souvenir shop” at Camp Richardson stocked everything from film, postcards and trinkets to moccasins to toys to clothing. The totem poles in front were from the movie set of “Rose Marie”, a classic 1936 musical starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy which was filmed at South Shore and Cascade […]
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By Kathryn Reed U.S. Forest Service officials are defending their approach to the July 4 melee at Ski Beach. A fight broke out between two guys that ended with five law enforcement agencies being called to the South Shore beach, three people receiving citations for fighting, and one person going to the hospital. “A subject […]
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Tahoe Art League’s annual Artist Studio Tour is July 26-28 and August 2-4 from 10am-5pm each day. Attendees may visit 20 to 30 local artists in South Lake Tahoe locations to talk with them and view their sculpture, oils, watercolors, dye on silks, drawings, photography, jewelry and related works. Art works will be for sale. […]
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