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Wine festival at Squaw Valley
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 08/18/2011 - 12:48pmWine lovers can enjoy early fall in the Sierra at the 23rd Annual Alpen Wine Festival held on Sunday, Sept. 4 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at The Village at Squaw Valley. All proceeds from the festival benefit Can Do Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a national nonprofit organization sponsoring lifestyle empowerment programs for people with MS and their support partners.
Blight in Bonanza neighborhood gets recycled
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 2:16pmOften it’s the quick demolition route developers will take to get rid of one project to build another. Materials are thrown in the trash with no consideration for their reuse potential. This is not the case with Edgewood Companies and the sustainable deconstruction effort at 1209 Bonanza Avenue, the site of the former C&M Lodge in South Lake Tahoe.
Summer transitions to fall with Labor Day and beyond
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 6:12pmBefore summer segues to fall Tahoe South will celebrate a Labor Day last call: an amped-up holiday weekend of non-stop activities on and off the water including a food and wine festival, sternwheeler race, outdoor and showroom concerts and a fireworks extravaganza.
LABOR DAY WEEKEND
Yosemite deaths: Americans may have lost respect
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 3:02pmBy Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee. YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK – Just three weeks after death laid a heavy hand on the Merced River, sweeping three tourists to their deaths over Vernal Fall, life went on fo...
Authors to sign book about Dangberg ranching empire
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 5:54amSteve Achard and Conrad Buedel, authors of Lost Legacy of Carson Valley, “The Rise and Fall of the H.F. Dangberg Ranching Empire”, have two book signings scheduled this week. They will be set up n...
Vail resorts kicks off fall grant cycle
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 08/14/2011 - 6:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - As the 2011-2012 ski and snowboard season approaches, Vail Resorts Echo, the company's corporate stewardship program, is kicking off the 2011 fall grant process for South...
Two climbers rescued after fall at Lover's Leap
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/19/2011 - 7:15pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Two rock climbers were brought to safety Saturday night following an "extremely dangerous" rescue mission at a popular Lake Tahoe area rock formation, according to a stat...