By Stephanie Rosenbloom, New York Times Who needs yet another smartphone app, let alone one that plots and records your wanderings? You do — if you want to explore a city without keeping track of every turn, yet later call up the coordinates of that quaint patisserie you passed on that little cobblestone street whose […]
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Several Heavenly Mountain Resort employees were honored May 17 for saving the life of a skier in January. Kevin Coyne of Walnut Creek had a heart attack in the lift line at Comet Express on Jan. 18. Alan Payne, assistant manager for Heavenly’s Nevada Lift Operations, retrieved the AED unit from East Peak Lodge, while […]
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Raul E. Moreno Campos, a doctoral candidate and teaching fellow at UCLA’s Department of Political Science, will be at Lake Tahoe Community College on May 26 at noon to give a presentation on State-Sponsored Violence, U.S. Imperialism, and the Salvadoran Civil War. Campos will share a historical and political analysis of the development of the […]
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Truckee and South Lake Tahoe police officers along numerous other agencies nationwide, including the California Highway Patrol, will be participating in the annual Click It or Ticket campaign now through May 31. During this period officers will be specifically looking for seatbelt violations to remind drivers to buckle up. Of particular emphasis is child restraint […]
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By Kathryn Reed White privilege. It’s a concept that 50 years removed from the heyday of the Civil Rights movement is still hard for some people to grasp. This was obvious by the questions being asked during a 90-minute seminar at Lake Tahoe Community College on May 19 on what would have been Malcolm X’s […]
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By Larry Weitzman About two months ago I spent some time with the all-new 2015 Hyundai Sonata Limited powered by the Theta 2.4L direct injected inline four-cylinder engine. For a detailed discussion of the new refined Fluidic Sculpture 2.0 see that story. Suffice it to say the new refined look is more pleasing in every […]
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TOCCATA – Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus — kicks off its 10th Summer MusicFest with “Going For Baroque – Summer Solstice Series” June 17-23. The program opens with Vivaldi’s “Concerto for Violin and Cello, RV 547”, with Natalie Haines Backman and Nick Haines as soloists, and continues with flutist Josue Casillas performing Vivaldi’s “Concerto for […]
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By Kathryn Reed Dental care can be a luxury. Often it’s not covered on health plans or it’s cost prohibitive to add it. And most doctors don’t accept Affordable Care Act or Medi-Cal patients. One South Lake Tahoe dentist is bucking the trend. Mireya Ortega through her Young Tahoe Smiles program is providing extremely low […]
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By Gary Graff, Billboard Train will be bestowing holiday wishes on its fans this year. Frontman Pat Monahan tells Billboard that the group is in the midst of recording a seasonal set, tentatively titled “Christmas in Tahoe” — “because, being a Bay Area band, that’s where everybody goes to ski and have fun” — and […]
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By Stephanie Rosenbloom, New York Times Vacations have long gone hand-in-hand with company: family bonding, honeymoons, babymoons, bands of oats-sowing college backpackers. Yet today, more and more travelers are going solo — and they’re not who you might expect them to be. Some 24 percent of people traveled alone on their most recent overseas leisure […]
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