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Science day teaches youth about Tahoe's environment
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 9:57pm13 with scientists learning about the unique ecology, function, restoration and preservation of Lake Tahoe. The 12th annual Children's Environmental Science ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../science-da...
Wagner still holds lead after round two at Edgewood
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 6:47pmEDGEWOOD TAHOE - Conditions for scoring were good, and players took advantage of one more day around Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course Saturday as day one leader Jack Wagner holds his lead heading into...
GUEST COLUMN: Congress helps education head outside
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 8:21amThe following is paraphrased, quoted and otherwise cobbled together from the bipartisan introduction of the No Child Left Inside bill, by Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., Mark Kirk, R-Ill., and Rep. Sarban...
Children perform in 'Charleston'
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 8:15amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Take a trip back to the fabulous Roaring '20s with the cast of Sierra Tahoe Children's Theater production "Charleston." Flappers, Ziegfield Girls, newsies and gangsters a...
Median home price drops in first half
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 8:13amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It's a buyer's market out there.The median price of a South Lake Tahoe home dropped by almost 10 percent since 2010 in the first half of 2011, leaving the market ripe wit...
LIVE COVERAGE: American Century Championship
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 7:59amSTATELINE, Nev. - Tribune Sports Editor Doug Etten is out at Edgewood Tahoe to cover the American Century Championship. Read about celebrity sightings and how the players are faring live.To read...
LIVE COVERAGE: American Century Championship
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 7:59amSTATELINE, Nev. - Tribune Sports Editor Doug Etten is out at Edgewood Tahoe to cover the American Century Championship. Read about celebrity sightings and how the players are faring live.To read...
Tahoe artist takes a swing at creating golf icons
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 1:38amThe first two went in Tuesday at Edgewood Tahoe and Zephyr Cove Resort, with a third to be installed late Thursday afternoon at Harrah's Lake Tahoe. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../artist-takes-a-swi...
Paddling between watering holes on the shore of Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 1:22amLuckily everything went smoothly last Sunday except for the water as we headed back to port Lake Tahoe has been windy for what seems like all of 2011 with ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../paddling-between...
Hollywood on top after first round at ACC
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 6:54pmEDGEWOOD TAHOE - Five years ago was the last time a non-sports celebrity tasted victory at the American Century Championship.After Friday's opening round at Edgewood Tahoe, 2006 champ Jack Wagne...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 6:26pmCheck out Tahoe Regional Young Professionals at work. Filming was done by Brandi Ledbetter of South Lake Tahoe's Princess Productions. ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../snippets-about-lake-tahoe-2...
Lahontan cutthroat trout to be stocked at Lake Tahoe starting this week
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 5:41pmLAKE TAHOE - For the first time in more than 35 years, the Nevada Department of Wildlife will be stocking Lake Tahoe with Lahontan cutthroat trout, the only trout species native to the Basin.Over t...
Watercolor workshop Tuesdays in August
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 2:30pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Nationally recognized artist Teri Sweeney will offer an Intermediate/Advanced Watercolor class through the Tahoe Art League beginning in August. The class is designed ...
Trails and Vistas art hike seeks volunteers
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 2:30pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Local non-profit Trails and Vistas is looking for trail guides for an art hike scheduled for Sept. 17-18 at Spooner Lake.The most high profile role is that of the Trai...
Comedian Nick Cannon coming to MontBleu
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 2:00pmSTATELINE, Nev. - Laugh it up on Saturday when MontBleu brings comedian and nationally recognized entertainer Nick Cannon to its theater Saturday. Cited by People Magazine as one of the "Top 10 ...
OBITUARY: Angelina McFarlane
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 1:46pmAngie passed away peacefully at her home in Hanford, California on her birthday, July 6, 2011.Angie was born in Springfield, Illinois, on July 6, 1925, to Giovanni and Virginia Bavaresco. She mo...
OBITUARY: Frank Benevento
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 1:44pmFrankie (Frank) Genaro Benevento, first generation American, born of Italian immigrant parents, April 29, 1923 passed from this earth, Saturday, July 9, 2011. He was 88 years old. Mr. Benevento ...
Wine-pairing dinner offered at Apres Wine
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 1:30pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Apres Wine Company will offer a wine pairing dinner every Friday and Saturday evening throughout the summer. Seating is available. Call 530-544-WINE for reservations.A...
Restaurant At Black Bear Inn announces wine-pairing dinners
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 1:30pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Black Bear Inn in South Lake Tahoe has announced its first ever wine pairing dinners.Jeff Runquist Wines of Amador County, just south of El Dorado County, will be highlig...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin | Tahoe bundt cake is sweet
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 1:00pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - This morning, I made my first bundt cake. I've always seen food photos of bundt cake - a versatile shape of pan that lends to all seasons - not just wintertime. I chos...
LIVE COVERAGE: American Century Championship
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 10:16amSTATELINE, Nev. - Tribune Sports Editor Doug Etten is out at Edgewood Tahoe to cover the American Century Championship. Read about celebrity sightings and how the players are faring live.To read...
LIVE COVERAGE: American Century Championship
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 10:16amSTATELINE, Nev. - Tribune Sports Editor Doug Etten is out at Edgewood Tahoe to cover the American Century Championship. Read about celebrity sightings and how the players are faring live.To read...
Measure R headed to ballot
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 10:02amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A measure that would allow money that is "just sitting there" to be spent on South Shore ball fields and bike trails inched closer to a ballot Wednesday afternoon.During ...
Measure R headed to ballot
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 10:02amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A measure that would allow money that is "just sitting there" to be spent on South Shore ball fields and bike trails inched closer to a ballot Wednesday afternoon.During ...
Agencies erred in change after Angora fire, judge finds
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 9:59amLake Tahoe Basin water quality regulators failed to consider significant environmental impacts of a simplified permitting process following the 2007 Angora fire, according to a judge's decision lat...
Neighborhood traffic enforcement program moves to Tahoe Keys
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 9:57amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A recently implemented neighborhood traffic enforcement program moved to the Tahoe Keys neighborhood this week, said South Lake Tahoe police Sgt. Shannon Laney in a Monda...
Man airlifted after motorcycle crash
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 9:53amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.- A 61-year-old Redding man was flow to Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno with major injuries to both legs following a solo motorcycle crash on North Upper Truckee Road...
Tahoe woman reported missing in Washington
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 9:52amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Lake Tahoe police and Skamania County Sheriff's deputies are investigating the disappearance of a South Lake Tahoe woman following the Rainbow Festival in Washingto...
South Shore rape could have kept Garrido in prison, DA says
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 9:42amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Law enforcement officials missed an opportunity to keep Jaycee Lee Dugard captor Phillip Garrido in prison following the 1976 rape of a woman in South Lake Tahoe, accordi...
Food bank struggling, looking for donations
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 7:31amThe shelves at South Lake Tahoe's food bank Christmas Cheer are becoming emptier and emptier and the line of families in need outside their door is getting longer and longer."Unfortunately the need...
S Tahoe woman disappears in Washingon
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 7:07amSKAMANIA COUNTY Wash – A woman who traveled to Washington state from South Lake Tahoe to attend the Rainbow Family gathering in the Gifford Pinchot National ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../s-tahoe-woma...
Want a good spot to watch the ACC? The TDT has you covered
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 6:49amEDGEWOOD TAHOE - Over 35,000 spectators per day encompassing six days are expected to pass through the gates at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Stateline, Nev. this week.The madness started Tuesda...
Business community thrives on ACC exposure
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 6:43amLAKE TAHOE - The American Century Championship does more than highlight the beautiful course at Edgewood Tahoe.The trickle-down effect felt across the business community, along with the general ...
Sandoval makes Lake Tahoe visit, discusses bear hunt, TRPA withdrawal bill
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 11:11amINCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - For a small municipality of 8,000 residents, maybe half of whom reside full-time, Incline Village/Crystal Bay wields a surprising amount of political clout.On Tuesday, Ju...
9 to 5, what a way to make a livin'
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 9:24amIn "Horrible Bosses," Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell and Kevin Spacey portray bosses putting their nasty proclivities ahead of employee welfare. Under their employ, a trio of abused everymen, p...
AMERICAN CENTURY CHAMPIONSHIP | Sports-minded comics come to Tahoe for celebrity golf week
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 9:18amWhat timing to have comedian and sports lover John Caponera headline the Improv at Harveys through Sunday, July 17.Cap's dead-on impersonation of some of the best sports announcers will go well ...
Shakespeare is back at Sand Harbor with 'Twelfth Night'
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 9:10amLAKE TAHOE - The Bard once again has arrived at Sand Harbor State Park.Where others pack sunscreen, the 39th annual Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival is pulling "Twelfth Night" out of its bag of f...
'Arty the Party' gives the jocks opportunity for embarrassment
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 9:04amSinging might seem "Easy Like Sunday Morning," but it's more difficult than dunking over Michael Jordan or making a 74-yard touchdown run in the Super Bowl. At least that's true for Charles Bark...
Community invited to participate in fitness laboratory
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 1:49pmZEPHYR COVE, Nev. - Anytime Fitness of Zephyr Cove invites local men and women, who are not currently engaged in regular exercise, to take part in The Fitness Laboratory program.The Fitness Laborat...
Community blood drive set for August
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 1:48pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - BloodSource will hold a South Lake Tahoe Community blood drive to meet the community need for blood and blood products Aug. 1.All walk-ins are welcome and there are no ap...
Low-cost Tdap vaccine offered to students
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 1:46pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The El Dorado County Health Services Department, Public Health Division, is offering Tdap vaccine at low-cost this summer in time for middle school and high school studen...
Garrido victim gave him his handcuffs back, according to filing
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:41amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Phillip Garrido used the same pair of handcuffs in an attempted rape and kidnap of a 25-year-old woman about an hour before he successfully kidnapped and raped Katheri...
More South Shore Garrido victims identified
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 5:15pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The El Dorado County District Attorney's Office identified at least two new South Shore victims of Phillip Garrido Tuesday.A map showing the location and dates of Garr...
Ice arena gets new operator
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 5:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Big changes could be coming to the South Lake Tahoe Ice Arena following a change in operators this week.The South Lake Tahoe City Council unanimously approved a 10-year a...
AMERICAN CENTURY CHAMPIONSHIP | Celeb-am pairings released for Tuesday
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 12:29pmSinger also set to open for Darius Rucker Saturday at Harveys Outdoor TheaterSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Charles Barkley also is called "Chuck," "Sir Charles" and the "Round Mound of Rebound."--AMER...
OBITUARY: Colleen Ann Willis
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/08/2011 - 1:51pmColleen Ann Willis died peacefully in her home in Carson City on June 30, 2011. She was 85. She was born May 4, 1926 in San Bernardino, California to James F. and Catherine L. (Walsh) Collins. S...
OBITUARY: Laurette Axelle Rankin Lee
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/08/2011 - 1:49pmFamily matriarch taken tragically in train accident.Born to Donald and Lillian Rankin at the County Hospital in Martinez, California. She had 5 siblings: Ken, Billy, Steve, Paul, and Kathryn.Gro...
2011 Barton Health community calendar of events
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/06/2011 - 12:37pmMonthly2011 WELLNESS LAB PANELS AND ADDITIONAL LAB TESTSSecond Saturday of each month from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.Barton Laboratory across from Barton Memorial Hospital (2169 South Ave. South Lake Tahoe, ...
Noise-induced hearing loss - a growing epidemic
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/06/2011 - 12:36pmNoise-induced hearing loss is irreversible, but preventable. About 26 million Americans between the ages of 20 and 69 have high-frequency hearing loss from overexposure to loud noise at work or dur...
Memorial service for Denver Driver
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/06/2011 - 10:15amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A memorial service will be held for Denver Driver July 16 at the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center, at 3050 Lake Tahoe Blvd.Denver died in December 2010 in Stockton, Calif.T...
