Lake Tahoe Community College is ushering in the holiday season with an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale “A Christmas Carol.” The play will be presented in LTCC’s Duke Theatre from Nov. 12-20. Written by LTCC theater director Susan Boulanger, she said this adaptation tells the Dickens masterpiece with humor and poignancy. Twenty actors, including […]
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By Daniel Goldstein, MarketWatch If home ownership is the first cornerstone of the American Dream, then a quiet cabin by the lake (if not a beach house with a view of a breathtaking sunset) in the mountains as far away from a Wi-Fi hot spot as possible probably runs a close second. When people think […]
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The Plates for Powder program is back. Individuals who purchase a new Lake Tahoe license plate in either California or Nevada receive two free lift tickets to one of 10 Tahoe resorts participating in the program. Plate sales and renewal fees generate proceeds that go directly to the California Tahoe Conservancy and Nevada Division of […]
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Medication safety is the title of a free talk on Nov. 7 from 1-3pm at Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel in South Lake Tahoe. Staff from Barton Health will address safety issues regarding prescriptions, offer questions to ask a pharmacist, and provide information about proper storage and disposal. It is free. According to the South Tahoe […]
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A special fund has been established with Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra in the name of John Nemes. Nemes was a long-time elementary school teacher in the Lake Tahoe Unified School District who died Oct. 2. More than anything, he encouraged children to read by not only teaching reading, but by giving away many books. […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College’s adult education consortium, Advance, is partnering with local workforce development specialists to launch shared informational sessions. Participants in these sessions may work toward getting their high school equivalency, or sign-up for workforce readiness programs, or explore individualized career and educational pathway planning, or all of the above. The first session is […]
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Lilly is a 10-week-old kitten who is available for adoption now. How can you resist that face? She is a brown tiger and white shorthair cat who is very beautiful, and of course energetic and playful. Lilly is spayed, microchipped, tested for FIV, and vaccinated. She is at the El Dorado County Animal Services shelter […]
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By Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune It’s like a big Airbnb house you’d share with friends except it’s specifically for workers. About 18 months ago, Emmanuel Guisset created Outsite, a place where people can go to work remotely, share a home with other professionals, stay overnight and play. He picks beautiful locations with a lot […]
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By Kathryn Reed NAPA – With 10 pools, two hot tubs, two PGA championship golf courses, 10 lighted tennis courts, three bocce ball courts, a spa, three restaurants, and a market why would anyone leave? Wine would be the No. 1 reason. The Silverado Resort is in the heart of Napa, just off the famous […]
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By Andrew Lachman, Santa Cruz Sentinel For John Laird, California Secretary for Natural Resources, a commitment to conservation is a natural outgrowth of fishing at Bodega Bay and hiking along the Russian River as a child as well as exploring the backcountry above the family cabin nestled between Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park. “When […]
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