By Susan Wood and Kathryn Reed TAHOE CITY — Medals won decades ago, patches that show little wear despite being 50 years old, ski bibs from the eighth Winter Olympiad — they were all in vogue Friday night at the Nordic Legends Dinner. Some of these athletes, groomers, patrollers and other participants from the 1960 […]
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Placer County Department of Health and Human Services will have free, public H1N1 vaccine clinics through the month of January. Clinics will be offered as follows: * Jan 19, Placer County Clinic, 8665 Salmon Ave., Kings Beach; 9:30-11:30am and 1-4pm; * Jan 26, Placer County Clinic, 8665 Salmon Ave., Kings Beach; 9:30-11:30am and 1-4pm; * […]
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Additional H1N1 (swine) flu community vaccination clinics have been scheduled in El Dorado County. The clinics are open to all El Dorado County residents. The vaccine is free and will be administered subject to availability. The community flu shot clinics in the Placerville area are sponsored by the El Dorado County Health Services Department, Public […]
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Alpenglow Sports and Alex Honnold’s third free show of their annual Winter Film Series is Jan. 21 in Tahoe City Honnold makes his debut public presentation that will highlight some of his favorite climbs from Borneo to England’s Gritstone and especially his favorite place: the soaring granite walls of Yosemite Valley. Who: Alex Honnold What: […]
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The state Department of Education has awarded a three-year, million dollar grant to Lake Tahoe Unified School District which will create opportunities for enhanced and ongoing professional development for teachers in grades three through eight. The California Mathematics and Science Partnership (CaMSP) program seeks to establish partnerships to improve the academic achievement of students in […]
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By Kathryn Reed Outside the college theater conversations were taking place about where each other is living on the South Shore, what country they are from and what their job is. Being an international worker is what they have in common. With that designation also comes the unfamiliarity of living in a mountain town, not […]
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By Kathryn Reed Christmas is coming late to a number of charities on the South Shore – and they are fine with that. Carol Chaplin, executive director of Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority, has been making calls to let organizations know they are going to share $77,000. The money is from last summer’s celebrity golf tournament […]
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By Kathryn Reed “I was too naïve to understand it was special,†Del Laine says. “I was excited to be there. The internationality of it.†Now, 50 years later, Laine appreciates the work she did as a journalist covering the Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley from Feb. 18-28, 1960. She was 29 years old, with […]
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By Terria Smith, Desert Sun The Palm Springs VillageFest Board lost a member after its meeting on Dec. 22. Jill Beede, a Desert Hot Springs High School teacher and former Lake Tahoe art gallery owner, submitted a letter of resignation dated the same day as the meeting. With Beede’s resignation and the absence of Sally […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — It’s a much different real estate market today compared to when Theresa Souers began her first stint as president of the South Tahoe Association of Realtors in 2006. 2005 was a heck of a good year for those in the real estate market. The same cannot be said of 2009. […]
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