The Sierra Human Resources Association will be presenting “Working the Room: How to Build your Elevator Pitch and Networking Skills” on Sept. 18 from4-5pm at the Resort at Squaw Creek. In just one hour participants will pick up useful tips to use at the free joint chamber Holiday Showcase mixer immediately following the workshop. Anyone […]
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Squaw Valley is hosting the world premiere of “Further” – the second installment in the Jeremy Jones snowboard movie trilogy by award-winning producers Teton Gravity Research. Presented by O’Neill, “Further” will open at Squaw Valley’s KT Base Bar on Sept. 7. Doors open at 5:30pm, show starts at 8:30pm. The world premiere of “Further” will […]
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Men of Worth is the music duo of Donnie MacDonald and James Keigher. They bring their talent and authentic Scottish and Irish musical heritage to Valhalla’s Boathouse Theatre on the South Shore on Aug. 30 at 7:30pm. Several of MacDonald’s songs come from his mother’s poetry and from Hebridean crofters’ airs. The musicians, who met […]
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By Kathryn Reed TAHOMA – As the first president of Wells Fargo Bank, Isaias Hellman was well versed in how to make money. He also understood real estate. In 1897, the German-born financier bought 1,000 acres of waterfront property on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe that included two miles of beach. Then he bought […]
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Ready to write a novel? Author Tim Hauserman will instruct you how to in a month. The goal is to have the first draft of a novel written in November during National Novel Writing Month. The classes are through Sierra College at the Truckee campus on Tuesdays from 6:30-8pm Oct. 30-Dec. 4. To register, go […]
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By Sal Ruibal, Bike In 1998, I wrote a front-page cover story for USA Today that posed the question: “Is this man the world’s greatest athlete?” That man was mountain bike-snowboard-motocross-punk rocker Shaun Palmer of South Lake Tahoe, and that story shocked the sports world. The traditional sports establishment wet their seersucker trousers in anger: […]
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Honey is the perfect dog for someone who wants a well-behaved, small, mature companion. She is about 9 years old, a Welsh corgi mixed with probably a few other things. She is house trained, loves to play with other dogs, and didn’t chase the cats that didn’t run from her. She is very happy and […]
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Laura Hall, musical director of “Whose Line Is It Anyway”, and her actor-musician husband, Rick Hall, will be on the South Shore over Labor Day weekend. The Halls’ performance schedule includes two shows at the Valhalla Boathouse Theatre. They will join with the Tahoe Improv Players on Sept 1 at 7:30pm for an evening show […]
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By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times For kids who get a lot of colds during the winter, a boost in vitamin D levels may be just what the doctor ordered, researchers reported Monday. Supplementing vitamin D intake for children who were deficient halved the number of colds the children contracted, a team reported […]
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By Kathryn Reed “I’m not sure we can make any runway.” “We’re gonna be in the Hudson.” “Say again captain.” That is some of dialogue between airline Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and the control tower moments before he landed US Airways Flight 1549 into the Hudson River in New York on Jan. 15, 2009. The […]
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