By Christopher Elliott As I reviewed my hotel bill at Harveys Lake Tahoe recently, I noticed something unusual: Instead of charging me $11 a day for wireless Internet, they were asking for three times as much. “This can’t be right,” I told the clerk. She called a manager, who firmly explained it was right: Harveys […]
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Darius Rucker is confirmed to replace Lionel Richie to headline the special “celebrity night” show at the Lake Tahoe Summer Concert Series at the Harveys Outdoor Arena on July 16. Javier Colon, winner of NBC’s hit show “The Voice”, will open the show. Richie is unable to perform due to an injury to his vocal […]
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Publisher’s note: This is reprinted with permission from the November 1975 Lake Tahoe Historical Society Newsletter. On Sunday afternoon, November 9th, the Historical Society and the City of South Lake Tahoe jointly commemorated the City’s Tenth Anniversary with an informal reception in the new Recreation Complex. A collection of memorabilia from the election campaign and […]
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Sierra-at-Tahoe gave back nearly $300,000 to the community during the last ski season. Some of the entities benefiting from the ski resort include: Barton Memorial Hospital Foundation Sierra Resort donated $142,000 in lift tickets to Barton Memorial Hospital Foundation during the annual Snowsports Week in February. Barton Foundation then sold the tickets through local retail […]
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By Kathryn Reed Aaron Rodgers has played the American Century Celebrity Golf Tournament in relative obscurity for the past six years. That’s not likely to be the case this year for the quarterback who spearheaded the Green Bay Packers Super Bowl win. Rodgers is not letting his fame influence who carries his clubs during the […]
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Angelina Marie McFarlane passed away peacefully at her home in Hanford, Calif., on her birthday, July 6, 2011. Angie was born in Springfield, Ill., on July 6, 1925, to Giovanni and Virginia Bovaresco. She moved to Santa Barbara in 1938 with her parents and brothers Victor and Geno. They were met at the train station […]
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The El Dorado County Health Services Department is offering Tdap vaccine at low-cost this summer for middle school and high school students who will need proof of the vaccination to start school. The Tdap vaccine, which helps protect against pertussis, will be administered to 7-12 grade students at the following student vaccination clinics: * Every […]
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By Robert Salonga, Contra Costa Times Nearly two years after she was freed from the captivity that robbed her youth, Jaycee Dugard looks to a pinecone as both a link to life before her horror and a symbol of hope for her future. “Back then (the pinecone) was the last thing I touched. You know, […]
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Publisher’s note: This is reprinted with permission from the August 1975 Lake Tahoe Historical Society newsletter. Willard Ball, Judge of the Lake Valley Judicial Court, recalled his 21 years at South Shore during the Society’s April 1975 meeting. Like so many others, Bill Ball started his residence at Tahoe in the midst of a blizzard […]
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By People magazine The memories are vividly clear for Jaycee Dugard. From the day she was kidnapped by Phillip Garrido in June 1991 to her miraculous rescue 18 years later, Dugard’s will to survive never faltered. People has covered her kidnapping, years of captivity in Antioch, Calif., her tearful reunion with her family and the […]
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