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Make it a triple: Fantastic night of funk at Harrah's Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 11:00amThe funky musical lineup Friday, Dec. 28, at Harrah's Lake Tahoe might make New Year's Eve feel anticlimatic.In a rare doubleheader in the venerable South Shore Room, Robert Randolph & the Famil...
Tom Cruise reaches for a new film franchise
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 10:52amJack Reacher is the protagonist in a bestselling series of novels penned by Lee Child. Reacher, a vet of the Iraq war, is a retired military investigator now living on a pension. For reasons tha...
Metamorphosis in the Desolation Wilderness
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 10:22am"Almost Somewhere: Twenty-eight days on the John Muir Trail" is a thought-provoking memoir commemorating the coming of age of a young woman who hikes with two female companions over 200 miles on...
Wiz Khalifa makes the SnowGlobe extra cool
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 10:15amWiz Khalifa seems all too aware that music has long had its share of one-hit wonders, and hip-hop seems to be a genre where fans are always looking for the next big thing.That's one reason why t...
Kudos & Kindness: Thanks to Don for continued support of fundraiser
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 5:00amA huge "thank you" to Don Ewing of Cakes by the Lake for making pieces for 150 gingerbread houses and all the frosting for our fifth-grade fundraiser! This is the 12th year of Don's support of this...
Kudos & Kindness: Thanks for helping with fundraiser
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 5:00amThanks to the Lake Tahoe Golf Course for hosting the recent Annual Lake Tahoe Wedding & Honeymoon Association Holiday Mixer and Raffle, which raised $156 for Live Violence Free, formerly the South ...
Truckee resident, Olympian to teach cross country ski class
Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/26/2012 - 6:20pmBarton Women’s Health Offers OB/GYN Care
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/26/2012 - 4:59pmWomen have a new choice for their health care in South Lake Tahoe with the grand opening of Barton Women’s Health offering obstetrics, gynecological and infertility services. OB/GYN physician, John Missanelli, DO, joins longtime family nurse practitioner, Patience Wenck, MSN, at Barton Women’s Health which opens on Wednesday, Jan. 2.
Conveniently located across from Barton Memorial Hospital and Barton’s Family Birthing Center at 2175 South Avenue, Barton Women’s Health features a newly remodeled office. Barton Women’s Health offers complete women’s care services including:
Brown wants to overhaul education funding in California
Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/26/2012 - 4:45pmCarson Spur to close for avalanche control
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/26/2012 - 2:38pmState Route 88 over Carson Spur was closed at 4:30 p.m. for avalanche control, according to Caltrans District 10 Spokeswoman Chantel Miller. It is scheduled to reopen at 5:30 p.m.Copyright 2012 Tah...
Sheriff's office prepares for New Year's Eve
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/26/2012 - 2:11pmThe Douglas County Sheriff's Office is preparing for the upcoming celebration in the Stateline casino core, where thousands of people typically ring in the New Year.U.S. Highway 50 may be closed to...
Authorities prepare for Lake Tahoe New Year's Eve party at Stateline
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/26/2012 - 10:55amThe Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is readying itself for the upcoming New Years Eve celebration at Lake Tahoe beginning Monday, Dec. 31. Each year upwards of 60,000 celebrants ring in the New Year in the casino core area of Stateline, Nev.
Due to the ordinarily high volume of celebrants within the Stateline casino core area during the event, U.S. Highway 50 may be closed to vehicle traffic in the evening if necessary for public safety. If that should occur, vehicle traffic will be diverted around the Stateline casino core area using upper and lower Lake Parkway Drive.
Beer sales help rebuild Northern Calif. monastery
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/26/2012 - 9:56amVINA, Calif. (AP) - Monks in a small Northern California town are rebuilding a 16th Century Spanish monastery with help from what may seem an unlikely source: beer.The first phase of the building's...
Rescuers locate overdue snowboarder near Heavenly
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/26/2012 - 9:48amDouglas County Search and Rescue personnel were able to safely rescue a snowboarder who became trapped in deep snow after leaving Heavenly Mountain Resort through a backcountry gate Tuesday afterno...
Youth and seniors to be highlighted at Community Needs Forum
Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/26/2012 - 9:30amSnowGlobe about to shake
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/26/2012 - 5:00amA "totally revamped" experience will greet an estimated 40,000 attendees to the second annual SnowGlobe music festival, which begins this weekend.Last year's event was praised by business owners...
SnowGlobe about to shake
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/26/2012 - 5:00amA "totally revamped" experience will greet an estimated 40,000 attendees to the second annual SnowGlobe music festival, which begins this weekend.Last year's event was praised by business owners...
South Tahoe Refuse to recycle trees
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/26/2012 - 5:00amSouth Tahoe Refuse will pick up Christmas trees after the holiday. All decorations and nails must be removed from trees in order for them to be recycled. Trees must be cut into 6-foot lengths. Resi...
STHS English department years ahead of Common Core State Standards
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/26/2012 - 5:00amSaying goodbye to "Macbeth" was hard for South Tahoe High School's English Department Chairwoman Bridey Heidel, but it's a choice that she thinks ultimately paid off. South Tahoe High School starte...
Opinion: Regional Plan is all about protecting Lake Tahoe
Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/26/2012 - 2:00amDoctors offering free help to injured high school athletes
Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/25/2012 - 6:20pmHiker rescued after days in Calif. wilderness
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/25/2012 - 4:05pmCHICO, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say a hiker rescued after being stranded in the snow for days in the Northern California wilderness would not have survived if he hadn't found a cabin and broken in...
Alpine Meadows ski patroller caught in avalanche dies
Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/25/2012 - 4:03pmUS holiday retail sales growth weakest since 2008
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/25/2012 - 4:00pmWASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. holiday retail sales this year grew at the weakest pace since 2008, when the nation was in a deep recession. In 2012, the shopping season was disrupted by bad weather and con...
BlueGo bus offering free rides until Jan. 6
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/25/2012 - 3:56pmIn recognition of Tahoe's “Spare the Air” days and to give travelers the gift of convenience this holiday season, the Tahoe Transportation District is offering free rides on BlueGO routes 50 and 53 through Jan. 6.
Alpine Meadows ski patroller caught in slide dies
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/25/2012 - 3:06pmTAHOE/TRUCKEE - Two local men died from injuries suffered in avalanches that occurred Monday at two Tahoe-area ski resorts, a day after a major storm system dumped more than 4 feet of heavy snow th...
Alpine Meadows ski patroller caught in slide dies
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/25/2012 - 3:06pmTAHOE/TRUCKEE - Two local men died from injuries suffered in avalanches that occurred Monday at two Tahoe-area ski resorts, a day after a major storm system dumped more than 4 feet of heavy snow th...
Lake Tahoe snowboard champion Jamie Anderson awards students with sponsorship
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 12/25/2012 - 2:33pmIn time for Christmas, South Lake Tahoe native and professional snowboard champion Jamie Anderson held a winter clothing drive and announced four local students would receive Sierra-at-Tahoe sponsorships.
Kirkwood celebrates seven feet of snow and 40th anniversary New Year's Eve
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 12/25/2012 - 11:10am
With seven feet of new snow in the past four days, Kirkwood Mountain Resort is living up to its reputation for the deepest and driest snow around Lake Tahoe and is well on its way to exceeding its average annual snowfall total of 600 inches.
So far the 2012-13 season snowfall total for Kirkwood is 210 inches, and more is on the way with storms heading into the New Year in time for the mountain's 40th anniversary.
Calif. ban draws interest in using hounds to hunt
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/25/2012 - 9:55amSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gary Ramey and his adult daughter traveled 2,500 miles to hunt California bears with hounds last month, eager to take part in what he calls a time-honored tradition.It'...
Sapporo Breweries study finds beer may have anti-virus properties
Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/25/2012 - 9:50amDonner Ski Ranch avalanche victim identified
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/25/2012 - 9:36amNORDEN, Calif. - Search teams at Donner Ski Ranch on Monday recovered the body of a local man who died after apparently being swept away in an avalanche, sheriff's officials said.A man called the N...
Donner Ski Ranch avalanche victim identified
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/25/2012 - 9:36amNORDEN, Calif. - Search teams at Donner Ski Ranch on Monday recovered the body of a local man who died after apparently being swept away in an avalanche, sheriff's officials said.A man called the N...
