Two people died on Labor Day on Nevada highways, including a woman from South Lake Tahoe. Jennifer Lyrea Leonard, 50, of South Lake Tahoe was riding on the back of a motorcycle driven by her husband Chuck Leonard, 53, of South Lake Tahoe. She was thrown from the motorcycle and sustained fatal injuries. According to […]
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By Amy Gardner, Washington Post President Obama continued to foment interest in his beer-drinking ways Saturday by releasing the recipes for two White House home brews along with a video on how the beer is made. The video shows White House assistant chef Sam Kass and sous chef Tafari Campbell making the beer, dumping hops […]
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The Sugar Pine Foundation is putting on a tree climbing demonstration Sept. 15. The free event is from 10am-noon at Sugar Pine Point State Park on the West Shore. Experts will be climbing old-growth sugar pines to harvest their cones as part of the annual cone collection. Bring a helmet and gloves to help out […]
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By Kathryn Reed So much of life is about the journey and not the destination. Sometimes escaping the routine of our daily lives for an extended period of time helps bring clarity to the meaning of that journey. It did for Suzanne Roberts. “Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail” is more than […]
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To the community, I wanted to give you an update on our son, Adam. He has been released from Renown and is at home, trying to heal as best he can. He sustained a compound fracture of his left arm and has a steel rod implanted along with seven screws and a plate. He also […]
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On Oct. 13 at 7pm, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gretchen Morgenson who writes the Market Watch column for the Sunday Money & Business section of the New York Times will be the guest lecturer at the Squaw Valley Institute. She is the co-author of “Reckless Endangerment,” published in 2011; author of “Forbes Great Minds Of Business,” […]
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A family of four from San Jose was involved in a personal watercraft accident Labor Day morning. Sufian and Subia Kazmi, who had no experience driving personal watercraft, took their children onto Lake Tahoe on Sept. 3. At about 9:45am they crashed into each other about one-quarter mile north and west of Timber Cove Beach, […]
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Bona Fide Books and the Lake of the Sky Outfitters will host a Tahoe Rim Trail Association Trail Talk on Sept. 6 at 6pm. The goal of the TRTA staff is to take people on a tour that will engage all their senses, share inspiring stories, and leave people feeling like they were on the […]
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If you live in the South Y Industrial, Bonanza, Barton, Winnemucca or Airport neighborhoods in South Lake Tahoe, there will be a meeting Sept. 5 at 6pm at Lake Tahoe Airport. These meetings are informal. Volunteer “captains” are being sought to be the main point of contact for their neighborhood area. A neighborhood “captain” would […]
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Tahoe Writers Works will host the fourth annual Celebration of Writers Around the Lake on Sept. 14 at 7pm at the Valhalla Grand Hall at the Tallac Historic Site. Enjoy a lively evening of literature at the lake with eight writers who call Tahoe home or find their inspiration in its depth. The $10 admission […]
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