Tahoe Center for Orthopedic will host its annual Tahoe Sports Medicine Symposium on Aug. 3-4 at Harveys in Stateline. Keynote speaker will be Michael Fredrickson from Stanford University. Additional speakers will be several Barton Health orthopedists, radiologists, physical therapists, athletic trainers and physicians, the symposium is geared toward providing an update of current trends in […]
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The Tahoe Rim Trail Association is looking for volunteers for work crews to improve the safety, connectivity and recreational quality of the Rim to Reno trail system. Workdays begin July 14 at the Mt. Rose Trailhead at 9am to 4pm and will continue every Thursday and Saturday until Oct. 20. Last year, 500 people volunteered, completing 1.75 […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 8, 2012, Los Angeles Times Southern California’s most important lake is located in a distant part of the state and has a name most of us wouldn’t recognize. Clifton Court Forebay, between Oakland and Stockton, forms the manufactured headwaters of the manufactured river known as the California […]
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Volunteers are needed to help remove one of Tahoe’s most prolific aquatic invasive weeds, Eurasian watermilfoil, during a community event at Baldwin Beach on July 15. The project is a partnership of the League to Save Lake Tahoe, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, and the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. Preventing the […]
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By Susan Wood STATELINE – In the diva world of entertainment, the “d” in maitre d’ could stand for David McClure with a capital D. That’s because much like a shining star can carry a show’s performance, this host extraordinaire standing at the door in the dapper tuxedo can make an experience at the MontBleu’s […]
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The Douglas County School District Board of Trustees paved the way for changes to several policies, approved a vendor for a repaving project at schools and agreed to keep the former Kingsbury Middle School on the market after not receiving any bids for the Zephyr Cove property. The school board also received an update from […]
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The Sierra Rose luxury yacht remains submerged in water at its dock in the Tahoe Keys Marina a couple days after it first sank. Local officials who are monitoring the incident said owner Mike Stewart is working with a crane operator to raise the boat out the water within the next few days. “We were […]
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By Joshua Glenn and Elizabeth Foy Larsen, Slate More of us will be traveling this summer, and travelers are increasingly seeking vacations with “substance.” For families, this can mean trading mouse ears for yoga mats, taking history tours, and spotting northern pintails in state and national parks. There’s another advantage to such vacations with substance, […]
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Two motherless bear cubs captured in Nevada City last week are now at the Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care. The California Department of Fish and Game delivered them to LTWC after the agency received a call and found the mother dead from an unknown cause and then trapped the cubs. “I didn’t notice any trauma or […]
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The Placer County Sheriff’s Office has started to phase in a new vehicle, the Chevy Tahoe two-wheel drive SUV. Sheriff’s officials selected the Tahoe when Ford announced it would no longer manufacture the department’s current patrol car, the Crown Victoria. The sheriff’s office evaluated the Chevy Tahoe, as well as available Ford and Chrysler products, and chose the […]
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