The Wings of Freedom Tour honoring WWII veterans, including the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Nine O Nine WWII Heavy Bomber, Consolidated B-24 Liberator Witchcraft WWII Heavy Bomber and P-51 Mustang fighter, will arrive at Minden-Tahoe Airport at noon on June 2 and will be on display until noon June 4. Ground tours and display hours […]
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Highway 50 is scheduled to be closed in both directions from El Dorado Hills Boulevard/Latrobe Road to Bass Lake Road on May 18 for rock blasting work. The closure is scheduled from 6-8am Sunday. In addition, motorists should expect the Latrobe Road/El Dorado Hills Boulevard eastbound on-ramp to Highway 50 and Bass Lake Road westbound […]
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• North Lake Tahoe Water Shuttle starts up June 21. Here is more info. • Tahoe Cross Country has hired Wilson Dippo as the junior development and competition team head coach. • Dollar Tree, which will be opening in Zephyr Cove, is looking for employees. • Bri Biller is running the Pearl Izumi shop in […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College’s Art Department’s annual Student Art Exhibition, showcasing up-and-coming South Lake Tahoe artists who have enrolled in art classes during the last academic year, is May 18-June 14. The opening reception is May 18 from 2-5pm with music, refreshments, and the awards ceremony at 3:30pm in the main building on campus. Megan […]
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Sierra Club’s Paint Tahoe Blue fundraiser is June 15. It is a live plein air event and auction to raise funds to protect Lake Tahoe. Up to 20 artists will be painting. The event is from 4-8pm at Sand Harbor in Incline Village. Auction of the artists’ work will be at 7pm. The event is […]
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• Greg Bergner recently received the Carthage Alumni Beacon Award. Carthage College recognized Bergner for his service as a physician, particularly to Medi-Cal patients, and for providing science education to students at Bijou Community School in an after-school program. • The Fields Advisory Committee of the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority will […]
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Linda Chorney, Grammy nominee and author, will give a talk — for adults — on June 17 at 6pm at the South Lake Tahoe Library. Chorney made history as the first independent artist without a label, publicist, or manager to be nominated for a Grammy in a category of legends, like Robert Plant, Bob Dylan […]
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A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects in the Simpson’s Jewelry Store burglary. The South Lake Tahoe shop had windows smashed and jewels stolen by four masked men April 29. The suspects were driving a stolen Ford pickup that has since been recovered in the […]
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El Dorado County led the state in 2013 with an estimated 79 percent of families reading to their children on a daily basis, according to Children Now. El Dorado County Library reaches nearly one in six children, ages birth through 5 annually, offering early literacy programs at all six branches, including outreach to preschools and […]
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David Antonucci will speak on “Fairest Picture – Mark Twain at Lake Tahoe” to the Carson City Leisure Hour Club on May 21. Antonucci an an author and Lake Tahoe historian. To attend the talk, call Dorothy Link at 775.885.2542 by May 17. The talk will be preceded by a buffet dinner at 6:30pm. Reservations […]
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