Nevada Day, the celebration of the Silver State’s admission to the Union, is a four-day (Oct. 29-Nov. 1) extravaganza complete with a parade, carnival and beard contest in Carson City. This year’s theme, Nevada Salutes President Lincoln, celebrates Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday and his push to grant Nevada’s statehood. The 36th state was admitted to […]
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Ever wonder how investigators lift latent prints, how trace evidence is analyzed or how DNA is processed? Come in and check out the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Forensics Division, better known as the Crime Lab, on Oct. 27, 8:30am to 4:30pm. Sheriff Mike Haley will be there to greet guests and answer questions. The Lab […]
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By Mel Shields, Sacramento Bee It couldn’t have been easy. Frank Sinatra Jr., son of the most famous singer of his time, decided to become a singer in his own right. He was to be inevitably compared to his father and the comparison was to be inevitably to his detriment. He sang in Nevada cabarets, […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College Writers’ Series presents an Evening of Poetry with Camille T. Dungy on Nov. 6 from 7-8pm in the college library. The night will include a reading, Q & A, and book signing. It is free. Books will be available for purchase. Dungy is author of What to Eat, What to Drink, […]
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By Susan Wood SAN FRANCISCO — Lake Tahoe could learn as much about tourism from San Francisco as the Western world could from the Egyptians about preserving ancient treasurers. That’s what I surmised from a recent trip to San Francisco. So often it’s the arts that get me to The City. Arts are precisely what […]
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By Kathryn Reed SAN FRANCISCO — Feeling at home — it’s not something most lodging establishments are able to pull off. The Inn San Francisco made me feel like I was back living in San Francisco for three spectacular days and nights in September, instead of merely being a guest in the city I once […]
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Bears in Lake Tahoe are common — after all, these black bears (though many are brown and cinnamon in color) were here long before the region was developed. The problem is with open dumpsters like these because then the bears get used to eating human food. One bruin has been roaming around the Taylor Creek […]
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Ghosts and goblins invade North Lake Tahoe as towns and villages pull out all the stops for scary and merry events. Tahoe City is getting spooky Oct. 16 with the Rocky Horror Dance Party & Costume Contest on the Marina Green at the Boatworks Mall starting at 9pm with movie showing, dancing and costume contest. […]
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Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra Kelly Parker, site manager for CASA of Lake Tahoe, and volunteer Adell Lim spoke to the Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra on Thursday morning about the important role their national nonprofit organization plays in our community. Lim spoke passionately about a case she had been involved with for five years […]
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A $4,800 grant from the Lake Tahoe Education Foundation led to the creation of eight after school enrichment clubs at Bijou Community School. Parent Kathy Haven gave a brief report to the Lake Tahoe Unified board of education Tuesday about how well it’s going in such a short period of time. Two-hundred kids signed up […]
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