North Lake Tahoe is geared up for three days of fun over Independence weekend. North Tahoe Event Center hosts the July Fireworks and Beach Party at Kings Beach State Recreation Area from 4-10pm. The event includes food vendors, free watermelon eating, sand castle building, games, patriotic costume contests, music and live entertainment, glow toys, souvenirs […]
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By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times Books are like medicine, and pediatricians should prescribe their daily use to build up the brains of their youngest patients, according to a policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Parents should read aloud to their infants every day and continue to do so at least until their […]
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By Dionne Searcey, New York Times Tracy Murphy was managing a nonprofit agency five years ago when her mother became seriously ill with heart problems. She promptly left her job to care for her, a task that has consumed Murphy ever since. “For me, it was a no-brainer,” said Murphy, who lives in Syracuse. “When […]
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By Susan Wood STATELINE – Singer-composer-musician Sarah McLachlan left no mystery about what kind of summer Harveys expects to provide as she led off a blockbuster lineup of artists for this summer’s outdoor concert series. Diverse, prolific, prominent and up close and personal. McLachlan didn’t miss a beat in her trademark personable style and self-made […]
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Possession of fireworks of any kind, including firecrackers and sparklers, is illegal in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Campfires are not permitted on National Forest beaches or in the general forest. For those planning to barbecue on the beach, bring gas barbecues instead of charcoal. The annual alcohol ban will be in effect at Nevada Beach, […]
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“Crazy Club” authors Christie Higman Rassuchine and Robyn Lindner, two gals who grew up in Tahoe and wrote the books based on their own Crazy Club in elementary school, will be having a Crazy Club Open Mic Morning on Aug. 2 starting at 10:30am. They will read a portion of their newest book, “Larry’s Lucky […]
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By Anita Creamer, Sacramento Bee Jim Patterson needed help. His granddaughter had tagged him in a photo of the two of them that she posted on his Facebook account, and he didn’t know what to do. So the 92-year-old retired carpenter, who lives in a Placerville retirement community, checked in with a social networking coach. […]
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Friends of the Library present Music on the Lawn with Sean Cummings. “The Tahoe Bagpiper” brings more than 30 years performing experience and seven generations of clan tradition to tell the story and play the music of the Scottish Highland Bagpipe. Bring a picnic dinner. The July 23, 6pm concert is free at the South […]
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By Kathryn Reed Successfully crossing the Sierra in the winter of 1847 was part survival of the fittest, part luck and part tenacity. For the Donner Party, it was mostly tragic. And while much has been written about cannibalism that took place, that is not the focus of Mark McLaughlin’s book “The Donner Party: Weathering […]
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Auditions for the production of “Rapunzel” are July 7 at the South Tahoe Middle School multipurpose room from 10am-noon. Those auditioning should arrive at 10am and plan to stay for the full two hours. Some of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the audition. All students, entering first […]
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