Hear the “Tales of Picket Pin of the High Sierra” on Aug. 14-15 from 10-11am or 12:30-1:30pm. Author, illustrator, and master storyteller Carol Timmerman will share her book about a Belding squirrel’s journey through the Sierra Nevada mountains. Along the way he learns about the history and geography of the area, meets animals named after […]
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Longtime South Lake Tahoe resident and businessman Robert “Bob” Kimball passed away July 23 at age 76 in Pukalani, Hawaii, where he had lived for the past eight years. Mr. Kimball and his twin brother, Don, owned and operated the M.S. Dixie and Zephyr Cove Resort until the sale to Aramark in December 1999. Mr. […]
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By Guy Clifton, Reno Gazette-Journal More than a third of 100 registered Hot August Nights participants responding to a Reno Gazette-Journal survey think the addition of an event in Long Beach, Calif., next year will hurt the Reno festivities next year, while 25 percent think it will help Reno. And only two of the registered […]
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Pat Ronan, owner of Tahoe Lakeshore Lodge and Spa in South Lake Tahoe, is hosting a benefit for Tahoe Arts Project that will feature the music of Niall McGuiness, Trey Stone and Rocky Sleight. Bring food, beverages, blankets and low back chairs, but no pets. A suggested donation of $10 per person will support Tahoe […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Eagerly giving up their diamond rings, three women and a roomful of people saw a guy put them in tissue. But they weren’t in the tissue as he tore it up. They ended up in a box with a bow. While this might seem ordinary, it wasn’t. No one saw […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Cancer. It’s one of the deadliest words in the English language. But with events like Relay for Life, a cancer diagnosis is no longer a death sentence. The fifth annual Relay on the South Shore is going on now at Kahle Community Park in Stateline. It all began with survivors […]
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Alternative Energy Home presentation by Ben Solomon at Sierra Nevada College on Aug. 31. Learn how to develop your own net energy producing, alternative energy home. The program consists of images and description of the development of the Alternative Energy Program at SNC from 1971 to the present, and the conversion of the Solomon house […]
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By Kathryn Reed “It’s a dog’s life” is being taken to a whole new level at Tahoe Best Friends. Reaching down to pet one of her four legged customers, Paige Rice calls him by name. She knows all of their names. So do the other workers at this canine hotel in South Lake Tahoe. This […]
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By Kathryn Reed A letter from the landlord listed what needed to be done – or else. Unable to do the work herself or pay for someone to do it, June Echeverri was worried. The 76-year-old’s health doesn’t allow her to maintain her yard like she once did. Her daughter who lives with her is […]
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The countdown is on for the annual American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life event, Aug. 7–8 at Kahle Community Park. With 37 teams, 10 restaurant sponsors, 26 business sponsors and seven media sponsors the committee anticipates a great turnout and to raise more money than last year’s event. This year marks the 26th anniversary for […]
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