By Rosie Schaap, New York Times Maybe you also went through that phase. The one when you kept an eye on an ominous bucket in a dark corner of your kitchen until the time came to invite over friends, tap it and drink it. Maybe your friends also gulped it, smiled stiffly and said something […]
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Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce and Lake Tahoe Community College’s Connect Community Education are partnering to offer two marketing workshops to be presented by Constant Contact. On Feb. 20 from 4-5:30pm, Constant Contact representatives will be going over numerous ways to Supercharge Your Facebook Marketing. In this workshop attendees will acquire the what, […]
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The Sierra Club meeting on Feb. 20 will focus on wild and scenic rivers. Steve Evans, conservation director of the Friends of the River, will speak. He will share his photographs of wild places and rivers and share insights on potential designation of wild and scenic status for the high reaches of the Upper Truckee […]
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By USSA ROSA KHUTOR, Russia — Alex Deibold (Manchester Center, N.H.) rode to a career first FIS Snowboard World Cup podium Sunday, finishing second in the pre-Olympic snowboardcross test event. U.S. Snowboarding teammate Nate Holland (Squaw Valley) was fourth. Faye Gulini (Salt Lake City) was eighth to lead the U.S. women. Alessandro Haemmerle of Austria […]
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It’s going to be another great day of holiday weekend skiing. Here is the Feb. 17 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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• The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges has fully accredited Lake Tahoe Community College. Next evaluation will be in six years. • Here are the roadwork schedules for the week from Caltrans for Sierra and El Dorado-Tahoe. • The spa at the Resort at Squaw Creek is No. 5 on Conde Nast Travelers’ readers’ […]
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By Susan Wood BEAVER CREEK – This service-oriented resort does everything but ski it for you. And one could argue that sometimes they do. At least that’s how Kae would describe her experience negotiating the famed Colorado resort’s gnarliest run off the Birds of Prey chairlift. The double black diamond Golden Eagle run starts the […]
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The second annual Lake Tahoe Home and Garden Show is April 26-27 at the Recreation Complex on Rufus Allen Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe. It will feature live music, food, door prizes, drawing prizes, and free admission. Friday’s event will be open to the public from 4-8pm and Saturday’s from 10am-6pm. Vendors for all types […]
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By Scott Valentine I spoke at the South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission meeting on Nov. 29 to make some comments on the Harrison Avenue Streetscape Project. There was one other person in the audience beside myself. After making some suggestions about the bikeability and walkability of this area, I was asked: “If there are so […]
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Tahoe Cross Country’s last full moon yurt dinner of the season is Feb. 22. Chef Doug Baehr of Uncommon Kitchen will be doing the cooking. The evening adventure starts with a moonlit ski or snowshoe from the Tahoe Cross Country Ski Area to the trailside warming hut on Yellow trail where there will be fireside […]
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