Severe thunderstorms are forecast today for Lake Tahoe and the surrounding area. According to the National Weather Service in Reno, “Thunderstorms will form throughout the region with the strongest storms along the Sierra north of Highway 50.” The potential for supercell thunderstorms is because of the warm temperature, high instability, lingering moisture from Tropical Storm […]
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Zephyr Cove Tennis Club is offering three weeks worth of instruction for youth starting this week. The lessons are for those who will be in grades 2-7 for the 2015-16 school year. Second- through fourth-graders will play from noon-1:15pm on Mondays-Wednesdays-Fridays for the weeks of June 8, June 15 and June 22. Fifth- through seventh-graders will […]
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The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Off-Highway Vehicle team’s season on the Rubicon Trail has already been busy. During Memorial Day weekend 510 people and 204 vehicles were contacted. Deputies provided assistance to four people, two of those were vehicle rollovers. Ten warnings were issued, but no citations or arrests. The team consists of a […]
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By Kathryn Reed Be wary when a friend says it’s a tiny hill. At least that’s how I remember Brenda describing the ascent up to the Corral Trailhead. The 2.2-mile uphill slog on a poorly paved road from the lower parking lot would have been a lot less painful had we not already ridden several […]
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The Truckee Donner Public Utility District is hosting a garden party and seminar June 23 from 5-7pm in the Patricia S. Sutton Conservation Garden. This event includes displays and presentations by local experts on water-wise landscaping and gardening. Seminar presentations will occur at 5:45pm and 6:30pm on plant selection, irrigation and landscape design. People will […]
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Truckee will host the nation’s top amateur and junior cyclists at the 2015 USA Cycling Amateur Road National Championships, June 24-28. The race is five consecutive days, consisting of three distinct courses and distances. The 9-14 age category competes on a 5K course that loops around Serene Lakes, while the 15-18 age category race on a […]
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Discover Nevada State Parks day is June 13. Park visitors will receive free day use admission and free fishing (no license required) at all of Nevada’s 23 State Parks. The free day is open to non-Nevada residents as well. For more information or to find a list of state parks, go online.
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The UCCE Master Gardeners of Lake Tahoe’s June Day Jamboree and Plant Sale is June 13 from 9am-2pm at the Lake Tahoe Community College Demonstration Garden. Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer questions about gardening at Tahoe. Whether it be growing vegetables, learning which plants attracts butterflies and bees, finding out how to keep a garden growing with less […]
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Watching an Aces baseball game will help Austin’s House, the only emergency children’s shelter in rural Northern Nevada. Only 300 right field reserved seats are available for $12. Six dollars of each ticket sold goes directly to benefit Austin’s House. The July 7, 7:05pm game pits the Reno Aces against the Sacramento River Cats. Austin’s House will […]
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Lake Tahoe Unified students made a big push Thursday to take the lead in the Tahoe Bike Challenge. With about 150 students pedaling 5 miles, that is 750 miles the kids have tallied. The challenge goes through June 14. It includes groups and individuals. At the magnet school on June 4 there was a bike […]
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