Twenty-eight South Shore nonprofits will share $85,000 from funds raised during the annual celebrity golf tournament at Edgewood Tahoe. Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority in partnership with NBC Sports and American Century Investments had already handed out $60,000 during tournament week to area high schools, Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe and others. Local cancer support […]
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By Kathryn Reed CAMP RICHARDSON – For an area that judges its residents based on the number of years they’ve lived here, the six panelists who retold stories Tuesday night of days gone by more than passed the test of being a local. Bill Kingman, Dave Wakeman, Betty Mitchell, Patty Olson, Tom Celio and Margie […]
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By Erin Berger, Outside We know that a good sweat session can do wonders for your mood, but new research is showing that it can go much farther than that. Building on previous studies suggesting that exercise could benefit those suffering from depression, researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have suggested a […]
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Under partly sunny skies, the mood was somber as nearly 100 people gathered in South Lake Tahoe to honor veterans from near and afar. Before the ceremony Monday morning, members of the local Moose Lodge placed 445 flags at Happy Homestead Cemetery to honor those who have served and since passed on. Traditional words of […]
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Believe it or not, Cheerio and Chex are from the same litter. Their mother is an Italian Greyhound, and their father is a Border terrier. They are 11 months old, and both weigh about 10 pounds and need to gain some weight. Cheerio looks like a purebred Italian Greyhound, while Chex has the body of […]
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By Jeremy Miller “Thor: The Dark World” is the newest installment in the Marvel Studios franchise, and it doesn’t disappoint. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgard, Christopher Eccleston, and the great Anthony Hopkins. The gang’s all here. Ages and ages before the rule of Odin (Hopkins), there was a civilization […]
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David Foster, international artist and sculptor specializing in traditional and contemporary fine art applications, will share his life in the little Tuscan town of Pietrasanta, Italy, as he follows in the footsteps of Michelangelo. Foster, who taught at Lake Tahoe Community College for 32 years before retiring in 2008, will present a slideshow with images […]
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By Kathryn Reed In another week there are going to be a whole lot of aching bodies on the South Shore. That’s because certified massage therapist Rosemary Manning is retiring after 30 years in the business – all of which were spent tending to bodies in South Lake Tahoe. “She has radar in her fingertips” […]
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Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus is putting on the seventh annual production of Handel’s Messiah with performances in five locations including a special opening concert in the St. Gall Catholic Church in Gardnerville. Messiah was first performed in Dublin, Ireland, on March 23, 1742, and was conducted by its composer. It continues to be a […]
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By Erin Toner, NPR We tweet. We text. We email. But how often do we really write anymore? Not much, if you look at the business of selling pens — or “fine writing instruments,” as shop owners call them. With their writing tools becoming obsolete, pen stores have folded, including a century-old shop in New […]
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