The American Century Championship will distribute $65,000 to South Shore charities. The Lance Armstrong Foundation, the celebrity golf tournament’s nationally designated charity, in partnership with the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority, NBC Sports and American Century Investments, will provide funds to area nonprofits for specific needs to help make a difference in the community. Nonprofits have […]
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South Tahoe High School seniors Emily Barnett and Tyler Myers took third place at the 9th annual International Junior Foresters’ Competition in Russia. Their field research project The Effects of Fire and Forest Thinning on the Biodiversity of Understory Plants in the Lake Tahoe Basin was one of 52 projects presented by students from around […]
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By Thom Taylor, Hot Rod Lake Tahoe’s Tom Gloy was awarded the Goodguys Tank’s Hot Rod of the Year for 2012 for his channeled Deuce roadster. Built by Roy Brizio Street Rods in South San Francisco, the traditionally styled roadster is anything but traditional. The body has been narrowed through the cowl, grille and windshield. […]
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Dave Beauchamp will share what is known about Lake trout, Kokanee salmon and Mysid shrimp interactions in the open water (pelagic zone) of Lake Tahoe based on past research and will also describe the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services efforts to fill in information gaps related to the Kokanee salmon, Mysid shrimp, and other Lake […]
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By Cindy Cowen What we so often hear about in our daily lives centers around negative happenings in our community: abuse, drug related crimes, students failing in our education system. We hear about children in trouble and the lack of resources to help. One program that is tending to the emotional, social and personal needs […]
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By Adam Rasmussen, KTVN-TV Care Flight plays a vital role in Northern Nevada, able to transport patients in critical condition to health care centers in just minutes. Saturday, it hosted its inaugural Flight For a Good Cause fundraising event, giving people a unique opportunity to fly inside one of its medical helicopters. For $75, each […]
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Spirits of days gone by will be summoned to haunt the streets of historic Truckee during the adults-only Historical Haunted Tour on Oct. 18-19. The annual walking tour attracts more than 300 attendees, more than 60 volunteers and features tales of yore with a memorable and entertaining twist at Truckee’s historic gems and watering holes. […]
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Billie Jean is a nice, Oriental mix girl who came to the shelter very pregnant. She had her kittens at the shelter and raised them in a foster home. They have all found homes of their own now and Billie Jean is still waiting for hers. She doesn’t mind other cats or well behaved dogs. […]
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By Kathryn Reed CAMP RICHARDSON – The outdoors and sex. Those are the overriding themes of people in Lake Tahoe want to hear about. Seven books were featured during the annual Celebration of Writers earlier this month at the Valhalla Grand Hall. Tahoe Writers Works each fall brings together a group of authors who either […]
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By Michael Grunwald, Time The sun is shining on Miami Beach, and I wake up in subsidized housing. I throw on a T-shirt made of subsidized cotton, brush my teeth with subsidized water and eat cereal made of subsidized grain. Soon the chaos begins, two hours of pillow forts, dance parties and other craziness with […]
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