By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee Sacramento-area DirecTV customers missing programs this week on Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and more than a dozen other Viacom cable channels can at least take solace in the fact that they’re not alone. Nationwide, 20 million viewers are in the same boat. Channels owned by Viacom went black on Wednesday, […]
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Maestro James Rawie and Friends, a soft rock band, and the singers of the TOCCATA chorus mix Beatles’ music Mozart, madrigals and folk-rock music in a concert on Aug. 20 at 7:30pm at Sand Harbor State Park. Tickets are $80, $42 and $25 and are only available through the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival box office online or by calling (800) 74SHOWS (747.4697). […]
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By Anne Kadet, SmartMoney Karen Goldberg may be single, but when she hits the road, she’s hardly lacking for travel companions. Every year she joins her extended family for a long cruise or grabs a friend to explore new cities like New Orleans. Last summer, however, the 39-year-old CPA took a gamble and turned to […]
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By Richard Dawkins, Washington Post Freethinkers, atheists, agnostics, secular humanists – whatever name non-believers go under, are not America’s most popular minority. They are also, not a small minority. According to Gallup, in 2011, and Pew in 2012, they comfortably outnumber Mormons, Muslims, Jews, Hindus and Buddhists all put together. One reason for our unpopularity […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee The recession ended three years ago and unemployment is falling – but try telling that to most Californians. Despite evidence of a recovery, a resounding 88 percent of California voters believe the state’s economy is enduring “bad times,” according to the latest Field Poll. What’s more, they generally don’t expect […]
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By Susan Wood Despite being out of the public eye of college life, a longtime art instructor has remained rock solid in his commitment to sculpting. Four years ago in June, David Foster left his post of 32 years at Lake Tahoe Community College. The fixture of the local institution began focusing much of his […]
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By Leslie Kaufman, New York Times FRONT ROYAL, Va. — After cautiously sniffing the grass, three male cheetahs at the animal-breeding center here suddenly began running in frenzied circles. It was a sign that a female cheetah that normally lives in the yard was in heat. Then one of the males let out a low, […]
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The Tahoe Area Sierra Club and the Tahoe Institute of Natural Science are co-sponsoring the Sierra Club’s community meeting in South Lake Tahoe on July 18 from 7-9pm. Laird Blackwell, professor and leading author on mountain wildflowers, will speak. Blackwell will present his new book on California wildflowers, including a slide show highlighting the most beautiful flowers now blooming in the […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is hosting four information sessions for public review and comment on its Forest Plan revision. Each session will provide an overview of the four plan alternatives detailed in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement. The sessions are scheduled for July 17 at the Forest Supervisor’s Office, 35 […]
Read more• The South Lake Tahoe City Council is holding a special meeting at the Bonanza Park, 1209 Bonanza Ave., July 14 at 10:30am. The park opening follows at 11am. • The South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission granted the “locally unique” designation to signs at the Stardust and Tahoe Beach and Ski Club. • Here is […]
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