World Water Issues Film Festival — Oct. 14, Oct. 28 and Nov. 11, 6:30-8:30pm, Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, Rooms 139 & 141 The Earth has vast amounts of water, yet less than one percent of the world’s fresh water (estimated 0.007 percent of all water on earth) is accessible for direct human uses. This […]
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Being a student at Mt. Tallac High doesn’t require being on probation or having a baby. Those were two key points Karina Aldana made as she spoke to the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board of education Tuesday night. Joining her were students Luis Cervantes and Maricela Prieto. The three are part of the school’s […]
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South Lake Tahoe’s Laurel Ames has won the Jerome Waldie Lifetime Achievement award. This is the inaugural year for the El Dorado County Democratic Party to award Volunteer Awards. Ames is well known in the environmental community. In addition to co-founding the Sierra Nevada Alliance, she is a former executive director of the League to […]
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Today is the last day to ride Heavenly Mountain Resort’s gondola before the ski season begins next month. The resort takes the eight-passenger transport offline each fall for routine maintenance. The gondola line is dotted with snow. At the top on Saturday several inches remained from last weekend’s storm. The slick terrain was closed to […]
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Bona Fide Books based in Meyers is seeking literary essays for a collection about life and work in U.S. national parks. Diverse park experiences desired. What happened there, and how did it influence your life? See www.bonafidebooks.com for guidelines.
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By Robert Schimmel Does an art festival or weeklong multi-event arts “happening†on the South Shore sound good if not unheard of? Well, that’s what the organizations involved in “Arts Expo Lake Tahoe†believe, not to mention that the community will embrace it and want to expand upon it annually. The Oct. 9-17 “Arts Expo […]
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By Kathryn Reed American flags are apt to be in abundance today as 75 Marines arrive on the South Shore for a bit of mountain fun before being deployed overseas. When the men and women took off first thing this morning from Hawthorne, Nev., they didn’t know where they were headed. “It’s a random act […]
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Living history – it’s the tagline of the Tahoe Maritime Museum in Homewood. Most of the vessels on display continue to ply the waters of Lake Tahoe. Miss Tessa, a 1930 Dodge, was on display when the 5,800-square-foot facility opened in 2008. In 2007, it churned the waters during the annual Concours d’Elegance. The exterior […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College’s Diversity Committee is hosting its first Hispanic Heritage Celebration with a photographic exhibit, dancers, and movies Oct. 12-17 In the college commons on display will be “Luces de Una Memoria Compartida: Historia Grafica de Ameca 1895-1968â€Â by Enrique Curiel, a doctoral candidate from La Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. This exhibit […]
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By Denise Sloan Smart RENO — Frigid weather didn’t keep thousands of women and men from showing up early Sunday morning at UNR for the annual Race for the Cure 5K race, hosted by the Susan G. Komen Northern Nevada Affiliate. Most of us just walked or ran faster to keep warm. Official numbers aren’t […]
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