Cycling club tackles rides around the region
About 20 racers battled cold winds and steep grades Thursday during the Alta Alpina Cycling Club’s Kingsbury time trial. The 7.9-mile race started at the base of Kingsbury Grade, rising 2,550 feet above the valley floor before finishing at Daggett S …
Read More »Wounded Warriors catch their limit at Lake Tahoe
TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. — Jake Ferguson, who served as a specialist with the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division from 1992 to 1996, survived the worst peacetime loss of life in the Division since World War II: the Green Ramp Disaster at Pope Air Force B …
Read More »Partial Chateau project headed to City Council
South Lake Tahoe’s biggest hole in the ground took a step toward becoming South Lake Tahoe’s largest deck Thursday with several recommendations to the South Lake Tahoe City Council. The recommendations made by the South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission …
Read More »Read it online now: Tahoe Magazine, Summer 2013
The latest volume of Tahoe Magazine — the 2013 Summer edition — was published May 23, 2013, and is available at various newsstands throughout Lake Tahoe and Truckee. The 180-page magazine — a joint publication among the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza, Sie …
Read More »Heavenly to break ground on summer additions
Summer recreation opportunities at the top of the Heavenly Gondola could become more diverse by fall. Heavenly Mountain Resort plans to start construction on two ropes courses, a canopy tour and a zip line by mid-June. The offerings should be open …
Read More »Students get a sample of marine biology in Tahoe
An hour into the Marine Research and Education, Inc. program, Oscar Genera delicately sampled the red plankton floating in the palm of his hand. “I ate all mine, but I’m not filled up,” the Lake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet School second-grade …
Read More »‘We hope it saves lives’ | Mock wreck shows dangers of drunken driving
TRUCKEE, Calif. — Truckee High School senior Gustavo Cabrera played dead Wednesday morning, lying faced-down on the green crumpled hood of a Subaru Legacy after being involved in a mock head-on collision on the school’s premises early that morning. …
Read More »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 …
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