Dead Winter Carpenters bid farewell to winter with two-night stand at CBC
As far as the Dead Winter Carpenters are concerned, May has been a quiet month. Of course, “quiet” is a relative term. For the Carpenters, it meant headlining a night at Las Vegas Jam Band Society’s Freako de Mayo music festival and playing the group …
Read More »Coast Guard urges boater safety during Memorial Day weekend
Memorial Day is the first busy boating weekend in California and with it comes a slough of preventable accidents. The U.S. Coast Guard is urging boaters entering Lake Tahoe to be cautious. Between the cold water and collisions, boaters are susceptibl …
Read More »Donner Memorial museum slated for early 2014 opening
TRUCKEE, Calif. — The keys to a newly constructed Donner Memorial State Park visitor center are days away from being turned over to California State Parks, but more work is needed before the building and its new museum will open to the public. “Now, …
Read More »City hears Bijou Bike Park presentation
Members of the Bijou Bike Park nonprofit hope to break ground on the project this fall, but first they need city approval. Parks and Recreation Chairman Peter Fink presented an overview of priority projects to the South Lake Tahoe City Council Tuesd …
Read More »The 50th Super Bowl goes to San Francisco Bay Area
BOSTON — The NFL will celebrate its 50th Super Bowl in northern California, where its newest, most high-tech venue is being built. That makes South Florida, in the midst of a spat over expensive stadium renovations, a loser for the 2016 game. And Mia …
Read More »Sierra Nevada College honors largest-ever graduating class
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — On a glorious Tahoe spring Saturday, Sierra Nevada College held its 43rd Annual Commencement, fittingly outdoors under trees and sunshine. Graduating students received diplomas in front of about 600 friends and family members. …
Read More »4-Wheel Bob to cross Sierra via wheelchair
Bob “4-Wheel Bob” Coomber has climbed some of California’s tallest peaks, not on foot, but in his wheelchair. The legendary hiker, now 58, has new plans. He’s training for a 30-mile Sierra Nevada crossing later this summer. Coomber took a few minutes …
Read More »Bear killed at Tahoe after entering home of 92-year-old woman
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Wildlife wardens killed a 3-year-old male black bear overnight at Lake Tahoe after it entered the home of a 92-year-old woman who left her garage door open, an official confirmed Friday. Shortly before midnight Thursday, depu …
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