By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Feathers. Cross them off the list of decorations to go on the Christmas tree. No matter how “in” they are this year, they combust rapidly. This was evident Wednesday as Eric Guevin set fire to decorations from trees assembled at MontBleu for the Festival of Trees and Lights that starts […]
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By Margaret Williams The holidays are a time of celebration and joy for many people. However, for individuals who are struggling with problem gambling, the holidays may be especially challenging. “People with gambling issues may use the season’s demands for extra cash as a reason to increase gambling,” said Christy White, supervising health education coordinator […]
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Rene Ernest Smania, 47, passed from this world way too soon on Nov. 29, 2011, after a courageous three-year battle with cancer. Born in San Francisco to Swiss parents, his family returned to Switzerland when he was 3. He attended chef and butcher schools in Switzerland before serving two years in the Swiss army. He […]
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By Kathryn Reed From environmental planner to book publisher to book distributor to bookstore owner. That has been the career path of South Lake Tahoe’s Michael Scialfa. How long he will have the title of bookstore owner remains to be seen. For now, Lake Tahoe Books and Art is what’s called a pop-up bookstore. It […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal A $10,000 grant to help the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority develop its sports tourism initiative was among nearly a half-million dollars in rural tourism grants announced Tuesday. The Nevada Commission on Tourism doled out a total of $492,711 to 72 applicants for projects that include a smartphone application, a website aimed at […]
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Markleeville will come alive with all the lights and decorations of Christmas on Dec. 4 from 11am-4pm. There will be handcrafted gift items, jewelry, pottery, wreaths, pillows, coloring books, and much more, available all over town, in businesses, event on a porch or two. There will be carolers gathering around the Christmas Tree at the […]
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By Kathryn Reed No white coats, no stethoscopes around their necks. One could easily mistake this threesome for just an ordinary group of friends. But they aren’t. Paul Rork, Greg Bergner and Brooks Martin are the reason the Barton Community Clinic exists. In 1989, they were the doctors who made up Tahoe Family Physicians. That […]
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“’Twas the Night Before Christmas” is a special holiday production by Lake Tahoe’s Shining Stars of the Marcia Sarosik Dance Studio. It returns to Harrah’s Lake Tahoe on Dec. 4 at 1pm and 4pm. The production, based on the classic holiday poem, made its debut in 2006. The dancers range in age from 2½ to […]
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By Hollywood Reporter An original, autographed drawing by Walt Disney, believed to have been made around 1920, will go up for auction this week in Reno. The whimsical drawing of a cigar-chomping man wearing a derby hat will be among 1,400 items up for sale at the two-day auction set to begin Tuesday at the […]
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By Jill Oberly, Reno Gazette-Journal TRUCKEE — On April 10, 2008, Steve Wallace broke his back skiing at Squaw Valley. He was paralyzed from his T-9 vertebrate, in his lower spine, down. He was left with the possibility of never being able to walk again, let alone ski. With the assistance of the Truckee-based High […]
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