By Sharon Sterling Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe has selected the recipients for its 2012-13 grants for community groups. Sierra House Elementary will receive $25,000 for its Garden Dome Project. Students will erect and manage the first geodesic garden dome on the South Shore. The four-season growing structure, with passive solar heating, will be […]
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By Kathryn Reed With the Factory Stores at the Y signing a multi-year lease agreement with Big 5 Sporting Goods, the South Lake Tahoe center may be able to find solid financial ground. “I’m still in negotiations with the bank and trying to get a loan modification. Certainly the Big 5 lease helps me. But […]
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Get the fat skis out. Here is the March 7 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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• Pinnacle Real Estate Group of Lake Tahoe earned the Quality Certification Award for its website at the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World’s Conference. • The 2013 Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships come to Squaw Valley March 20-24. The event is an opportunity for Squaw’s Olympic gold medalist Julia Mancuso, Olympian Marco Sullivan […]
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By Kathryn Reed New trainees throughout the season are par for the course at a ski resort. So when the “older” ski dude with what he describes as a blonde mullet and matching Fu Manchu beard showed up, it wasn’t any big deal. At least not at that moment. The new kid, though, was actually […]
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To the community, Thank you so much to everyone who participated in Tahoe Arts Project’s Dancing with your Stars. The Utah Ballroom Dance Company spent a week in the schools teaching students about different styles of ballroom dance. In the evening they rehearsed with our local “stars” who performed at MontBleu for more than 500 […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post Vail Resorts on Wednesday announced visitation was climbing at its stable of nine ski areas, with net income jumping 30 percent during its second fiscal quarter, which ended Jan. 31. Profits rose to $60.6 million as resort revenue reached $408.3 million, up 12.1 percent from the same quarter last year. […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will continue prescribed fire operations near South Lake Tahoe on March 7. Operations will take place off of Cold Creek Trail. Crews expect to burn approximately 5 acres, weather permitting. Operations may continue through the end of the week as conditions allow. Residents and visitors can expect to see […]
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By Jane Braxton Little, Sacramento Bee WESTWOOD – Steven Earl Robinson grew up in San Diego, but he lost his heart to the mountains and meadows of Lassen County’s Westwood on his very first visit. An avid surfer from the time he could pick up a long board, Mr. Robinson pursued the sport until he […]
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By Cynthia Hubert and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee RENO – They stood in the crisp morning air clutching Red Bulls and bearing arms: Bushmaster rifles poking from backpacks, HK pistols nestled in cases, Colt semi-automatics propped on shoulders. Thousands of people, many from California and some toting unloaded guns for sale, waited in line for […]
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