The Lake Tahoe Community College Haldan Art Gallery opens this month with a memorial exhibition by longtime artist and educator David Schnabel. Schnabel has a special connection to LTCC through his grandson, Scott Valentine, a full-time geology instructor at the college. Schnabel taught art at Pasadena City College for more than 20 years. This exhibition […]
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Deadmau5, Wiz Khalifa, Chromeo Live, Beats Antique, Big Gigantic, Laidback Luke, MiMOSA, Madeon, Gramatik and Polica are leading the lineup for SnowGlobe 2012. Three-day passes ($155) and VIP passes ($450) for the Dec. 29-31 show are on sale. Also coming to the field by Lake Tahoe Community College are Flosstradamus, Poolside, Baauer, Boombox, Break Science, […]
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By Mandy Kendall I had one of those days yesterday. You know, when everything that could go wrong, does go wrong. It’s times like this when things get a bit overwhelming that a session of relaxation and meditation would really help. However, although many of us have heard of the benefits of meditation, who really […]
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The eighth-grade girls basketball team at Whittell High School has been doing a lot more than shooting baskets. They kicked off their season this month by rounding up some money to get pink backpacks to support Kathy Bluethman (aka Ms. B), the school’s dean and athletic director who is battling breast cancer. Drue Chapman came […]
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El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency, Public Health Division will begin conducting low-cost community flu vaccination clinics on Sept. 26, with additional clinics offered through mid-November. The seasonal influenza vaccine will be available in nasal mist and flu shot forms at the clinics. “Everyone 6 months of age or older should get vaccinated […]
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What do you appreciate about Lake Tahoe? That was the question Live Violence Free asked people at this month’s Lifestyle Festival at Bijou Community Park. Here is what people had to say: 1. Tahoe is an amazing place for family and friends. We had a lovely day at the Barton Health Fair, thanks for everything. […]
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Local art student Matt Kauffmann’s entry in the 42nd annual An Evening of Food and Wine Tasting poster contest will be featured on all promotional material. It features a surreal blue-violet scene with a moon sliver as the bowl of a wine glass over Lake Tahoe. Kauffmann, who will receive his BFA from Sierra Nevada […]
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Piper and Ella are sweet girls about 8 years old who were abandoned outside when their owner moved. They were very matted and had to be clipped, but their multi-colored fur will grow back beautifully. They would prefer to go home together. Piper and Ella are spayed, microchipped, and vaccinated. They are at the El […]
Read moreThe nomination period is open for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s 2012 Best in the Basin awards program. The program recognizes environmentally compatible projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin that stand out as the best designed, planned and implemented. The nomination period ends Oct. 12. The categories are: · new residential · residential modification · […]
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Alberta Crook passed away Sept. 5, 2012, 16 days shy of her 86 birthday, in her beloved Maui, with close friends by her side. Born and raised in the Los Angeles area, Alberta was stricken with polio and spent part of her teenage years in an iron lung. The impact of this dreadful disease affected […]
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