Mia is a beautiful Lynx point Siamese, just more than 2 years old, with spectacular blue eyes. She has been at the shelter since early December, and would love to go home. Mia is friendly and affectionate. Mia is spayed, microchipped, and vaccinated. She is at the El Dorado County Animal Services shelter in Meyers, […]
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By Claudia Buck, Sacramento Bee At a Sacramento job fair last fall, the polished, well-dressed woman went from booth to booth, recruiter to recruiter, passing out résumés, asking about job openings. Not for herself, however. For her son. “‘He just graduated. He has a degree. He’s sharp. He doesn’t know what he wants to do, […]
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By Kathryn Reed What can’t Tahoe Production House do? So far, it can do everything anyone has asked. TPH can do simple things like converting a VHS into a DVD. It can also be a full service production house that writes scripts, shoots them, edits them and delivers the final product. Most production houses – […]
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Poetry slam champion Denise Jolly will emcee the April 26 poetry slam at Lake Tahoe Community College. The event will begin at 8pm in the college’s Aspen Room. Jolly is a performer, writer, educator, and community builder, who has served as executive director of Seattle Youth Speaks, and co-host and facilitator of the Seattle Poetry […]
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By Yun Long, Reno Gazette-Journal When you’re trying to sell your product, exposure is key. And attracting that attention has become easier with the rise of social media sites, such as Facebook and Twitter. Reno resident Barbara Read’s online business increased after she started posting her listings on websites and on the Facebook and Twitter […]
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Do you have a project you’ve been working on lately and now don’t know what to do with it? Enter it into the fair. South Lake Tahoe entries will be picked up from library the week of May 8. There are some exceptions, for example, floriculture entries and baked items, need to be brought to […]
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By Mandy Kendall I seem to be spending a lot more time these days running up and down the stairs going back to fetch something I’ve forgotten. Don’t get me wrong, the exercise is doing me good, and I’m not finding the car keys in the fridge (yet), but I am a little concerned about […]
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In Nevada, every eight hours, six minutes someone is raped. Throughout the month of April, Washoe County Sheriff’s Office will be supporting the Nevada Coalition Against Sexual Violence campaign that promotes Sexual Assault Awareness in Northern Nevada. Sexual assaults can happen to anyone: children, students, wives, mothers, grandmothers, the rich and poor, boys and men. […]
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Soroptimist International South Lake Tahoe wrote two $10,000 checks on Wednesday to local organizations. Tahoe Youth & Family Services received a grant for its Tahoe Collaborative Mentoring Project with Lake Tahoe Boys and Girls Club, a project that will offer site-based, academic focused mentoring services in a variety of areas to all Lake Tahoe youth. […]
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Barsotti Books and the Barsotti family have release an updated version of Joan Barsotti’s book “Okei-san: A Girl’s Journey, Japan to California, 1868-1871″. Written by Joan Barsotti, the book will be the focus of the inaugural El Dorado READS program. The program will be available to all fourth-grade classrooms in El Dorado County. The “El […]
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