Get ready for jazz, Celtic, mystery, comedy, bluegrass, percussion and more at the Lake Tahoe Valhalla Arts, Music and Theatre Festival. Some of acts are below: New World Jazz Project, a contemporary sound with the saxophone of Niall McGuinness and soul, Latin, and Afro-jazz music, appears at the Boathouse Theatre Aug. 4 at 7:30pm. A […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal The former Wallace Theaters in north Carson City will see new theatrical life this weekend with the opening of the discount Carson Stadium Cinemas. The multiplex opens July 29 with eight second-run titles. The theaters were last open in 2007, but closed shortly after the new Galaxy Theaters opened south of the […]
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El Dorado County Health Services Department, Public Health Division, is offering low cost back-to-school immunizations for children entering kindergarten. Health Services can provide all childhood vaccinations required for school entry, including those that protect against the following: * Polio * Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis/Whooping Cough (DTaP) * Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) * Varicella (Chicken Pox) * […]
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Nevada State Parks invites the public to Mormon Station State Historic Park at 10am July 31 to hear a free presentation on “Women’s Voices on the Overland Trail.” The 45-minute presentation will feature stories from women’s diaries and reminiscences of early pioneers who traveled westward on the trail. These accounts, which pay special attention to […]
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By Kara LaPoint, Reno Gazette-Journal Squaw Valley USA introduced the world to Lake Tahoe when the then-tiny resort hosted the 1960 Winter Games. Alex Cushing made those Games happen after starting Squaw Valley Development Company in 1949 and opening the ski resort. He would continue to develop the Squaw into one of America’s premier ski […]
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By Guy Clifton, Reno Gazette-Journal A pair of local businessmen and classic car enthusiasts are planning to give locals an alternative to traveling to South Lake Tahoe to show off their classic vehicles in advance of Hot August Nights. Michael Babcock and Mike Baker have organized the three-day Rebel Reunion, a event open to any […]
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By Lenita Powers, Reno Gazette-Journal When Jared Townsend wrote the thesis for his doctorate in biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of California, Davis last month, he gave Gov. Kenny Guinn credit for much of his success in college. “I never met Gov. Guinn, but I always felt I definitely owed something to him,” […]
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By Frank X. Mullen Jr., Reno Gazette-Journal Researchers in Illinois, Utah, and California have confirmed that an original Abraham Lincoln document from the 1830s was carried by one of Lincoln’s militia buddies on the ill-fated Donner Party expedition to California in the 1840s. The researchers said the document, an 1832 list of the men in […]
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The 41st Annual Community of Writers at Squaw Valley will convene again this August with workshops in fiction, nonfiction and screenwriting. Participants assemble each day for workshops, as well as attend presentations on the craft and business of writing led by renowned authors/teachers. Most events are free and open to the public. Click here or […]
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By Kathryn Reed Finding fault – that’s usually what a grand jury does. It’s getting more difficult to do that at the South Lake Tahoe jail. Every year the two jails in El Dorado County are scrutinized by the grand jury – it’s the law. Commendations are extremely unusual. The South Lake Tahoe jail received […]
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