The question of where Mark Twain camped on Lake Tahoe has inspired the Gatekeeper’s Museum in Tahoe City to host the Mark Twain Tahoe Mystery Public Festivity featuring two authors with competing theories. The event, which kicks off a summer-long public opinion poll about the two possible sites, will be June 21 at 6:30pm at […]
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The ninth annual Downtown Truckee Wine, Walk & Shop steering committee has chosen Family Resource Center of Truckee as this year’s nonprofit beneficiary. A portion of the revenue from this event will go directly back into the Truckee community through this nonprofit. The Family Resource Center of Truckee is committed to empower families and individuals […]
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William Cottrell will discuss focusing on the makeup of healthy bones versus bones with osteoporosis, causes of osteoporosis and the diagnoses of osteoporosis at a free lecture June 27. “Fractures after 50 years of age are a warning that your skeleton may be weak,” Cottrell said in a statement. “Weaker bones that are prone to […]
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By Michelle Goldberg, Newsweek In the 12 years since Melinda Gates and her husband, Bill, created the Gates Foundation, the world’s largest philanthropic organization, she has done a lot of traveling. A reserved woman who has long been wary of the public glare attached to the Gates name, she comes alive, her associates say, when […]
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By Rebecca Wass Same outcome, but without being so invasive. That is one of the overriding benefits of the da Vinci Si Surgical System. Scott Welker this month performed his first single-incision cholecystectomy (surgical removal of the gallbladder) with the da Vinci at Barton Memorial Hospital. “With all of the added benefits of less pain, […]
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By Mandy Kendall Sugarcaine. I have not spelled it wrong. Scientists are now starting to call sugar “legal cocaine” as studies are revealing that sugar can potentially be as dangerous as the class A drug. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 3 children born in 2000 will become diabetic. The […]
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Donna Summer, the disco queen of the 1970s and 1980, died May 17 from complications with cancer. She was 63. Ms. Summer recorded five live videos at the Sahara hotel-casino in Stateline in the last 1970s. (It is now the Horizon.) She also performed in the South Shore Room at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and the […]
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Publisher’s note: This is reprinted from the May 1989 Lake Tahoe Historical Society newsletter. The oldest building still standing in the Tahoe basin is now boarded up and waiting for disposition. It is a sturdy, hand-hewn blockhouse which served as a toll station and landmark on the road into Lake Valley. It was built in […]
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The South Lake Tahoe branch library is beginning the Summer Reading Club with a kick-off party on June 22 at 2pm that will featuring game, crafts and book give-aways. Summer events at he library include” Gboze — June 29 at 2pm, traditional West African dancing and drumming. Bohart Museum of Entymology — July 6 at […]
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Josie and Sophie came into the shelter together and would like to go home together if possible. Josie is a 3-year-old Chihuahua, and Sophie is an 8-yea- old cocker spaniel. They are best friends, and are very affectionate with people, too. Josie and Sophie are spayed, microchipped and vaccinated. They are at the El Dorado […]
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