• On July 8 from 10am-noon, the South Tahoe Garden Club will give free 30-minute walks through the gardens at the Pope Estate on the Tallac Historic Site. Park at the USFS Historic Site lot and gather at the Baldwin Museum. • The 34th annual Death Ride – cycling over five Sierra passes – is […]
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The Tahoe Fund is partnering with Nevada State Parks to offer free access to Sand Harbor, Cave Rock and Spooner Lake on July 12 to current owners of Lake Tahoe license plates. The event is meant as a thank you to those who support Lake Tahoe with the purchase of Tahoe license plates. Funds generated […]
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Douglas County teens will get a chance to examine evidence and learn crime scene techniques. Douglas County sheriff’s Sgt. Pat Brooks will walk teens through a staged crime scene investigation on July 9 from 4-5:30pm at the library in Minden. Sign up for the free program by July 8; 775.782.9841.
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Young’s Bijou Lodge of the 1920s was enlarged in the 1930s to Young’s Bijou Lodge. The adjoining large Bal Bijou dance hall, left, with the high roof is at the right of the building. Dave Wakeman recalls that many prominent big-name bands played at Bal Bijou. The tower and coffee shop wings were razed in […]
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• Tahoe Windjammers are out on Lake Tahoe racing. For more info, go online. • Dorinda’s Chocolates is opening a location at the Village at Squaw Valley on July 4. • The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Laboratory Accreditation Board awarded the International Certificate of Accreditation to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Forensic Science Division. […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Police Department has increased its vigilance in enforcing state and city fireworks laws to protect public health and safety. Virtually all fireworks that explode, shoot into the air or move along the ground are termed “dangerous”, and are illegal anywhere in California. Discharging any type of fireworks, including “safe and sane” […]
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Sly Park Road in Pollock Pines will be closed overnight Thursday and Friday for bridge work. The road will be closed to through traffic at the Highway 50 undercrossing from 9pm-5am each night as work continues on a $7.6 million project to replace the existing bridge, which was built in 1963. The contractor, Viking Construction, […]
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• The California State Fair has announced its wine winners. Lava Cap Winery took home Best of Sierra Foothills White for its 2013 El Dorado Sauvignon Blanc; Moonstone Crossing won Best of Sierra Foothills Red for the 2009 Amado County Wish Upon a Star. Moonstone also won Best of California State Red for its 2009 […]
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Lake Tahoe Area Sierra Club is bringing back its annual fundraiser to the Stonehenge residence in Echo View Estates on July 16. The annual evening of wine, food, and entertainment will also feature several local artists. The founder of the Sierra Club, John Muir (impersonated by Don Baldwin) will be making an appearance, celebrating the […]
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• Boogie Nights at Blu inside MontBleu at Stateline is coming back with a grand opening July 18-19. • Natives and Adapted Natives: Why? What? Where? is the July 21, 5:30pm UCCE Master Gardener Green Thumb Series class at Lake Tahoe Community College’s demonstration garden. • Barton opened a urology office this month at 2169 […]
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