Douglas County Public Library is hosting “I Dig Dinosaurs,” a puppet show presented by the Dragon Theater Puppets. The event is at the C.V.I.C. Hall (1602 Esmeralda Ave. in Minden) on June 25 at 4pm. Puppeteers will take people back in time to see dinosaurs. This program is presented as part of the Summer Reading […]
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By Dawn C. Chmielewski, Los Angeles Times A new report from Nielsen examines a fast-evolving segment of the media landscape: viewing on smartphones and tablets. Consumers are taking advantage of their portable devices to watch videos, access news and information, check sports, engage in social networking and shop. The time devoted to social networking dwarfs […]
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I guesstimate this map to be dated about 1961, issued by the then-chamber of commerce. Notice the Y was still a Y. Tahoe Keys is naked. Al Tahoe Boulevard didn’t exist, nor much of Pioneer Trail. And some of those planned streets represented by dashes never happened. The map to the left from the Lake […]
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By Evan Williams SACRAMENTO – The announcements, introductions and instructions have been dispensed with. You wait patiently at your table and the sound of faintly tinkling glassware grows louder as carts laden with wine glasses, each filled with 2 ounces and labeled with a numerical code, begin to parade into the hall. The glasses are […]
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The South Shore’s Boathouse Theater will be full of live music throughout the summer. The evening concerts begin at 7:30pm and tickets are $18 for each show. July 8: Z.O.O.M. (a.k.a. Zydeco On Our Mind) is Zydeco, blues and jazz with captivating melodies and intense rhythms. July 10: AFRO-CUBAN-FUNK Band (ACF) bring a blend of […]
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By Dianne Feinstein Flying over California recently on my way back to Washington, I was dismayed to see how bone-dry the state is so early in the summer season. There was virtually no snowpack. Lakes and reservoirs are circled with rings of barren, dry soil. And plumes of smoke from forest fires dot the skies, […]
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• A $2.7 million federal grant is allowing Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District to fully staff the Zephyr Cove station. • The Lake Tahoe aquatic invasive species watercraft inspection program received a silver Anvil award from the Public Relations Society of America. • El Dorado County search and rescue is having a fundraiser June 19 […]
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By Don Thompson, AP SACRAMENTO — State regulators imposed a record $11 million fine Thursday on the operators of a renegade gold mine in the Sierra foothills east of Sacramento. Owners of the Big Cut Mine south of Placerville previously ignored more than $1 million in fines from the state Mining and Geology Board, and […]
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The annual Valhalla Arts, Music and Theatre Festival’s artist-in-residence program begins June 19. Artists will be on hand on scheduled dates in the Viking Room from 11am-4pm at the Valhalla Grand Hall. Here’s the line-up of artist appearances: June 19-26: Addie Chernus — a creative silk artist for 20 years. July 3-10: John Holland has […]
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A colorful exhibition of space photography is on display at the Western Nevada College Main Art Gallery through Aug. 23. The collection contains several dozen large photographs of Earth’s moon, planets in the solar system and their moons, and colorful nebulae. The 2-foot long images are the creations of John Dykes, a Western Nevada Astronomical […]
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