The Nevada Seismological Laboratory has located 122 earthquakes in a continuing sequence of activity located on the southeastern edge of Carson City. “It’s not unusual to see earthquake sequences similar to this in the Northern Nevada area,” Graham Kent, director of the Nevada Seismological Lab at the UNR, said in a statement. “Based on the […]
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A two-week investigation by El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies ended with the arrest of a 21-year-old Mexican national on drug charges. On June 21, the West El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team along with the Mountain and Valley Marijuana Investigations Team entered a suspected marijuana grow operation on U.S. Forest Service land north of Stumpy Meadows […]
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Not as many people in the U.S. are expected to travel during the upcoming Fourth of July holiday compared to 2012. AAA is projecting 40.8 million Americans will venture at least 50 miles from home during the holiday, a 0.8 percent decrease from the 41.1 million people who traveled in 2012. Much of this has […]
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By Jane E. Brody, New York Times Think you do just fine on five or six hours of shut-eye? Chances are, you are among the many millions who unwittingly shortchange themselves on sleep. Research shows that most people require seven or eight hours of sleep to function optimally. Failing to get enough sleep night after […]
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Norbert Yao’s energetic performances are filled with cultural details about his homeland, Cote d’Ivoire or the “Ivory Coast” of western sub-Saharan Africa. He learned to play the “talking drums” — djembe and dundun — from family and community members in Africa. He will be performing July 12 at 2pm at the South Lake Tahoe library […]
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Bass Camp Lake Tahoe 2013 is described as a multimedia-charged concert with dance heavyweights Excision featuring The Executioner Video & Lighting, Installation, Adventure Club, Seven Lions, The M Machine, AndDrop! and Fiasko Danielswill. The concert is July 20 at MontBleu in Stateline. The show begins at 4pm. Tickets are $35. The massive audio-visual-techno set will […]
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• Golf.com has named Brooks’ Bar at Edgewood Tahoe the fifth best 19th hole in the country. • After traveling 450 miles across the Nevada backcountry, Samantha Szesciorka, her horse Sage, and her dog Bells are headed for home June 22 at about 1pm. The trail ends at the foot of Toll Road in south […]
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By Kathryn Reed The significance of a stretch of bike trail cannot be measured in its length. Such is the case with the initial phase of the South Tahoe Greenway Trail that is slated to be built next summer. It will be less than a half-mile and comes with a construction price tag of about […]
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Auditions for Missoula Children’s Theatre production of “Blackbeard the Pirate” are July 8 at South Tahoe Middle School multipurpose room from 10am-noon. Those auditioning should arrive at 10am and plan to stay for the full two hours. Some of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the auditions. Auditions […]
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Publisher’s note: The following was read into the record June 20 at the California Tahoe Conservancy meeting by Tahoe Vista resident Ellie Waller and was subsequently submitted to Lake Tahoe News. From a recent email from [CTC worker] Bruce Eisner [it] stated, “A small number of Conservancy’s ‘asset lands’ are in residential areas….” Of particular […]
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