Lake Tahoe Community College is seeking submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction for its 25th annual edition of “The Kokanee” literary journal. Writers must be current LTCC students, faculty, or staff, or an alumni who has taken at least one class at LTCC. For poetry, writers may submit up to five single-spaced, typed poems […]
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It is a sad time for the Sierra Club – Michael Donahoe, the most energetic, focused, passionate and caring man I’ve known, who provided more than 10 years of leadership to the TASC, has left us for that place out there graced with a perfectly clear deep blue lake surrounded by unspoiled forested mountains. Michael […]
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Chris Davenport, extreme skier of international fame, will be sharing his experiences Dec. 18 as part of the Alpenglow Sports’ Winter Film Series. Davenport’s show Lessons from the Mountains: The Art of Risk Management will discuss the important aspects of risk management as he takes the audience up and down the world’s highest peak, 29,029-foot […]
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By Candace Taylor, Wall Street Journal A home on Lake Tahoe with more than 600 feet of sandy beach is seeking $34.5 million. The property was once owned by the family that founded Hills Bros. Coffee. In 1998, real-estate investors Carole and Robert McNeil purchased 5 acres for $10 million, and have since added to […]
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By Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee LONE PINE — These days, sad to say, movie location scouts are so eager to flee California for cushy tax enticements that they don’t even deign to shoot films supposed to be set in the Golden State on our terra bella. Toronto is sometimes fobbed off as Los Angeles, Vancouver stands […]
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Columbia is a nice Chihuahua who has been at the shelter for two months. She is friendly, house trained, and loves to be held on your lap. Maybe she hasn’t been adopted yet because she’s a bit aloof at first. But when she warms up to you, she is a great, affectionate girl. Columbia loves […]
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Tahoe-based nonprofit Zawadisha Fund is teaming up again with Bona Fide Books to offer an opportunity to shop locally while having global impact this holiday season. Connect with contemporary local artists, crafters and entrepreneurs at the 4th annual Zawadisha Holiday Bazaar on Small Business Saturday: Nov. 29 from 10am-3pm at Bona Fide Books,1069 Magua St., […]
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Sierra Nevada Ballet will be performing “Peanutcracker – The Story in a Nut Shell” on Dec. 6 in the Bob Boldrick Theater in the Carson City Community Center at 2 and 7pm. Based on Lev Ivanov‘s original ballet “The Nutcracker,” “Peanutcracker” is a shorter, 45-minute narrated version that is designed for families with younger children to introduce them […]
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By Lousi Sahagun, Los Angeles Times John Muir is the patron saint of environmentalism, an epic figure whose writings of mystical enlightenment attained during lone treks in California’s wilderness glorified individualism, saved Yosemite and helped establish the national park system. As the first president of the Sierra Club, Muir shaped enduring perceptions about how the […]
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Forty-nine local organizations and projects got a monetary boost from Heavenly and Kirkwood mountain resorts. The checks were given out under Vail Resorts EpicPromise. The dollar amounts that entities received was not disclosed. Recipients for the 2014-15 grants cycle include: Amador Community College Foundation, American Youth Soccer Organization Region 282, Austin’s House, Barton Hospital Foundation, Boys […]
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