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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - MTV unveiled the lineup for its 9th annual SnowGlobe Music Festival taking place in South Lake Tahoe December 29-31, 2019.

Skrillex, Fisher, Gigantic NGHTMRE, Griz, E-40, Louis the Child, Tchami x Malaa, Vince Staples, A-Trak, Earthgang and more set to take the stage at New Year’s celebration.

On Saturday, September 28, at 10:00 am, the final event of the 2019 Festival season features members of the 1962 graduating class of Douglas High School sharing their memories of Carson Valley in the 1950s and 1960s.

Carson Valley has always been a unique, close-knit community. Of the original thirty-five graduating students, twenty-one are still living, many of whom have remained in Carson Valley.

Graduates of the Douglas High School Class of 1962 continue to meet regularly, explaining that they are good friends who enjoy reminiscing.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders will return to Nevada on Friday, September 13th to host a town hall in Carson City, followed by a rally at the University of Nevada, Reno campus.

Here is the itinerary:

Friday, September 13th
3:00 p.m. Carson City Town Hall
Carson City Community Center Gymnasium, 851 E William St, Carson City, NV 89701

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Enjoy cycling but having trouble finding a place to store your bike safely at your planned destination in Lake Tahoe? Or have you needed bike repair while out on the routes? Over the past two years, the Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition has spearheaded the installation of 340 new bike racks that provide security for almost 700 bicycles.

The excitement is building for Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care’s upcoming transition as our location, look and procedures all expand. To help them finish up the project they area holding a special evening of food, fun and information in support of LTWC’s future operations and success.

Join them at Wild & Free - An Evening Fundraiser on Tuesday, October 29, 2019, at 6:00 p.m. at Valhalla Tahoe. Enjoy a great meal to help a wonderful cause. All funds raised will go directly to LTWC operations and their animal rehabilitation efforts.

The meal will be catered by The Lake House Restaurant.

Join Barton Family Medicine's Kelly Vial, FNPc for parent education about the 'Risks of Vaping' on Thursday, September 12 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Barton Center for Orthopedics & Wellness.

With vaping on the rise this free wellness lecture will provide background on what vaping is and the potential dangers, especially with adolescents.

Find out the following:

What is "vaping" and what are the risks?
What do vaping devices look like and what's really inside?
What is vaping on the rise, especially in teens?

On Saturday, September 14, at 10:00 am, the Dangberg Home Ranch Celtic Faire will be the final special event of the 2019 Dangberg Summer Festival.

A celebration of the Irish, Scottish and Welsh people who helped to settle Carson Valley will offer a day filled with entertainment and activities for all ages.

The gate opens at 9:00 am with the faire beginning at 10:00 am. From opening until noon, the Silver State Highlanders will be demonstrating heavy athletics such as “tossing the caber” and “weight for distance”.

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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Twice a year the community has a chance to fill a police cruiser with food for the Bread & Broth 4 Kids program that feeds children in South Lake Tahoe. The next Cram-a-Cruiser is set for Saturday, September 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Grocery Outlet on Lake Tahoe Boulevard.

During the school year, volunteers fill backpacks of food every weekend for almost 200 local school children. This food helps feed them over the weekend where the free breakfast and lunch programs at school aren't able to help.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It is looked at as the end of summer. Labor Day Weekend is filled with holiday barbeques and picnics, and some last moments under the sun before the arrival of fall and winter.

STATELINE, Nev. - The Tahoe Douglas Fire Department is holding their annual Labor Day pancake breakfast on Saturday, August 31 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Round Hill firehouse.

There is much more on the menu than breakfast:

Tour the firehouse
Take photos with the fire trucks
Play Safety Games
Learn what PASS is and how to use a fire extinguisher
Learn about defensible space
Watch Bomb Squad demonstrations
Dress up like a firefighter
Learn how to properly install a car seat

Join us for the premiere of the Second Saturday Tahoe Art Walk. A number of venues on the South Shore will be open from 4 to 8 pm on September 14, October 12, November 9, and December 14, 2019 hosting special events for the Tahoe Art Walk.

Tahoe Art Walk is coordinated by Make Tahoe and Scott Forrest Fine Art Studio. Go to TahoeArtWalk.com to see the map of participating venues. Click on the venue to see the details for the Tahoe Art Walk event at each location.

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STATELINE, Nev. - Local Resident, George Waite is producing a special event for the community on Friday, August 23 at 4:00 p.m. at Kahle Community Park. It will be an evening of local bands with all gate proceeds going to the Wildland Firefighter Foundation.

Bring chairs, blankets and coolers. No bottles and no dogs will be allowed.

There will be Tacos by Sombreros Catering for sale and a bounce house for kids.

The cost at the door is a $5 donation with kids ages 12 and under free.

August closes with a Chautauqua presentation “Sisters of the Sage” which will highlight the lives of Annie H. Martin, Lillian V. Finnegan and Anna N. Harris at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park on Wednesday, August 28, at 6:30 pm.

These three influential women from the early days of Nevada will meet to reminisce about their early lives, the suffrage movement and their accomplishments as women, in both Carson Valley and Carson City.

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Join local author and artist Angelica R. Jackson as she shares how real-life places, like the former Preston School of Industry (aka Preston Castle) in Ione, have shaped her fiction. Angelica's Faerie Crossed series of young adult, urban fantasy novels include a fictional castle based on Preston and the surrounding Mother Lode area. Plus, her ten years of photographing the landmark building led to a book of art photos (along with some ghostly experiences).

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Local author, JoAnn Conner, will discuss the importance of doing research when writing a mystery novel, and how this pertains to her own work. 'Heartwood' is historical fiction with a mystery woven in the story, while 'The Mountain' is a murder mystery revolving around the theft of Native American artifacts. The most challenging for Conner was launching her first series, featuring veteran Detective Frank Riley. 'Death Song' is a murder mystery that involved research on different forms of poisons, and how they are used. Book sale and signing to follow.

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South Lake Tahoe’s renewable energy leadership is providing the opportunity for the installation of substantive solar projects on the rooftops and properties of public buildings throughout the Sierra. The City took on this leadership role in May after signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to become the lead agency for the Sierra under the Solar Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Fund, a not-for-profit program aimed to empower public agencies to evaluate and participate in regional collaborative procurement of municipal solar projects.

Last week, a local motel owner told guests there would be no housekeeping because they didn’t have enough staff due to the local housing shortage. However, the issue is fast becoming not only one of supply, but also one of quality. Many homes that fit the "local's" price range are older buildings - built in the 1970s or earlier. Just like our roads, some of these older buildings are in a state of disrepair and as we know with our roads, patchwork repairs only last so long.

STATELINE, Nev. – With 72 miles of shoreline and a massive surface area of 191 square miles, navigating Lake Tahoe can be challenging. This summer, there's a new way for boaters to navigate Lake Tahoe's waters. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) and its partners launched a new Tahoe Boating app to inform boaters and paddlers about Lake Tahoe, no-wake zone boundaries, area attractions, and how to enjoy the lake safely and responsibly.

Boaters and paddlers can download the free Tahoe Boating app from either the Apple or Android stores or at tahoeboating.org.

August continues with a Chautauqua presentation of Mary McNair Mathews and a presentation by author Brooke Santina at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park.

On Wednesday, August 14, at 6:30pm, Mary McNair Mathews, Comstock businesswoman and author of the book Ten Years in Nevada will be portrayed by Anita Watson.

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As incoming high school students prepare for the upcoming fall semester, they should also set aside time to explore where they might want to attend college.

So says educator Leslie Hermann, founder of Edplanit.org, an Incline Village-based educational consulting agency which focuses its energies on guiding high school students through the college application and admissions processes.

To that end, this month Hermann and her colleagues are hosting a college fair and a college Bootcamp.

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During a wildfire, small hot embers can be carried miles ahead of a wildfire. When these embers land on something easily combustible on or near your home, it is in jeopardy of burning, even if it is not in the path of the flame front. Your home can survive when the embers arrive.

The Tahoe Network of Fire Adapted Communities is sharing a list of places homes are vulnerable to embers and how to prepare your homes along with an "Ember Awareness Checklist". The numbers match those in the photo:

1. Wood Roof

Everyone is invited to spend a day learning about Lake Tahoe’s unique natural environment, ecology, and conservation from area experts. Family Science Day takes place from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at North Shore’s Kings Beach State Recreation Area.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Mestizo Beat and Boca do Rio will bring musical influences from all across the globe to Live at Lakeview this Thursday, July 25.

The free Live at Lakeview Summer Music Series brings a wide variety of genre all season from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday until Labor Day Weekend.

It takes place on the lakefront Lakeview Commons at the intersection of Lake Tahoe Boulevard and Lakeview Avenue. Not only is there music, but also a beer and wine garden, local food and merchant vendors....and beautiful panoramic views of Lake Tahoe (also free!).

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The 23rd annual Lake Tahoe Summit will be held on Tuesday, August 20 at Valhalla in South Lake Tahoe.

Registration will begin at 9:00 a.m. and the main program at 10:00 a.m.

Since the first Lake Tahoe Summit in 1997, the area’s congressional representatives have pledged to keep working together and with local, state, and private sector partners to restore Tahoe’s environment, improve forest health, and confront climate change.

Senator Dianne Feinstein dubbed those helping to keep the region pristine as "Team Tahoe."