El Dorado County Habitat for Humanity and St. Joseph Community Land Trust’s annual Hike for Housing Fundraiser is Sept. 15 from 9am-3pm at Spooner Lake. The event raises funds for local affordable housing. Bring the family and enjoy a leisurely 2-mile stroll around Spooner Lake or hike all the way to Marlette Lake. Preregister by […]
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To commemorate bears who have been killed legally and illegally by human causes a team of cyclist will deliver a Bear Hug Around the Lake Sept 9. The community is invited to gather at Beats For Bears, a community drum circle facilitated by Liz Broscoe. The event will be at the Sand Harbor amphitheater from […]
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• South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority bike committee will meet Sept. 5, 9-11am at Lake Tahoe Airport. • The annual Peaks and Paws fundraiser at Squaw raised $10,000 Truckee-Tahoe Humane Society. • Enrollment at Lake Tahoe Unified School District after the first week is 3,813. The last school year ended with 3,740 […]
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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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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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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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Several troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol, as well as other employees from the Department of Public Safety, will be volunteering their time to raise money for Special Olympics Nevada and California on Sept. 15 at Hard Rock Café at Harveys casino in Stateline. Officers will be serving as volunteer waiters and waitresses as they […]
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• Placer County planning commissioners in August approved Alpine Meadows’ application to replace the existing Hot Wheels triple chairlift with a detachable quad chairlift that would be about 1,000 feet longer to reach the Sherwood Bowl ridge. • Genevieve Evans of Carnelian Bay won the XTERRA Lake Tahoe off-road triathlon in Incline Village in August. […]
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El Dorado County is accepting applications for its new Federal Coordination Advisory Committee. Various provisions of federal law mandate federal agencies “coordinate” certain activities with local agencies before making decisions which may impact local government. The primary purpose of the Coordination Advisory Committee is to help keep the Board of Supervisors informed about federal plans […]
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