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Redesign your life with 10 essential steps to success
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 01/17/2013 - 12:09pmThe new year has arrived and many people are making resolutions, hoping for a fresh start. Successful business entrepreneur and author Robert D. Kintigh offers to redesign your life with 10 esse...
Redesign your life with 10 essential steps to success
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 01/17/2013 - 12:09pmThe new year has arrived and many people are making resolutions, hoping for a fresh start. Successful business entrepreneur and author Robert D. Kintigh offers to redesign your life with 10 esse...
Text of Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval's State of the State address
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 7:20pmAs Prepared for Delivery Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013:
Madam Speaker, Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Legislature, Honorable Justices of the Supreme Court, Constitutional Officers, Senator Heller, honored guests ...
Bank of the West signs on as presenting sponsor of Rahlves’ Banzai Tour
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 4:59amThe Rahlves’ Banzai Tour hosted this winter at several Lake Tahoe resorts has a new sponsor. Bank of the West has signed on as the presenting sponsor of the downhill ski and snowboard event created by Daron Rahlves, considered among the most decorated American downhill and Super G skier in U.S. history. The tour spans four weekends from Feb. 2 – March 10 at four of Lake Tahoe resorts.
Former Lake Tahoe Action editor selected to present at conference on popular and American culture
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/11/2013 - 10:18amReno writer and educator, Raymond Rugg, has been selected as a panelist for the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association's 33rd annual conference, slated for February in Albuquerque, N.M. He will be discussing his short story, tum' and the Agency school, at a panel designed to explore the combination of speculative fiction and indigenous peoples.
Rugg is the former editor of Lake Tahoe Action Magazine and a former staff member of both the Tahoe Daily Tribune and the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Letter to the editor: Lack of foresight ended in loss of life
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/11/2013 - 6:00amSnowGlobe dropped the ball once again, only this time such lack of foresight cost a young lady her life. A year ago the event produced two major red flags and demonstrated rookies at work. The hard...
IN MEMORIAM: Gary Cervantes
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/11/2013 - 6:00amIn memory of Gary Cervantes,his friends from North and South Shore Tahoe are invited to a Celebration of Life at 2 p.m. on Jan. 16th at Squaw Valley KT 22 area, and at Zamos Pizza in Truckee fro...
Sierra-at-Tahoe partners with Zeal Optics for enhanced high-tech video experience
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 01/04/2013 - 3:55pmWhen Sierra-at-Tahoe guests book any private lesson of three hours or more, they will now have the option of adding video analysis with high definition camera goggles to their Lake Tahoe ski and board experience.
Combining cutting edge technology from Boulder, Colo.-based Zeal Optics and iON camera with expert instruction from Professional Snowsports Instructors of America certified instructors, Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort guests now have the ability to learn like never before.
A Final Wave for 'The Waver' Ed Carlson today in Reno
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 01/01/2013 - 7:51amFans of the late Ed Carlson, known as "The Waver" to Northern Nevadans, will pay tribute to his life and the many lives he touched at noon today, New Year's Day, at Reno City Plaza for a short memorial service, according to a news release.
Following the service attendees will then walk one mile south on South Virginia Street while waving to oncoming traffic as The Waver did for some many years before returning to City Plaza.
Authorities prepare for Lake Tahoe New Year's Eve party at Stateline
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/26/2012 - 11:55amThe 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.
2 women in artist Kinkade’s life settle estate dispute
Submitted by admin on Sat, 12/22/2012 - 2:00amNevada Seismo Lab used quake-monitoring network to track Sutter’s Mill meteorite
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 12/21/2012 - 5:42pm
When the Sutter Mill’s meteorite streaked across the Nevada sky in April, it made a loud boom and shook homes throughout the region. Ken Smith, associate director for the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno heard it and felt it that Sunday morning. His scientific curiosity drew him right to the lab’s earthquake monitoring network to see what registered on the more than 150 reporting stations. He found an astonishing series of registrations.
Nevada Governor Sandoval Asks For Assessment Of School Security
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 12/20/2012 - 1:30pm
CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval today said he wants an assessment of how Nevada’s public schools are doing in regards to security following the horrific shooting deaths a week ago at a Connecticut elementary school.
Sandoval made the request as chairman of the state Homeland Security Commission, which met today by teleconference. A presentation will be prepared for the next meeting of the commission.
Kudos & Kindness: Inn by the Lake recognized for generosity
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/20/2012 - 6:00amBarton Home Heath & Hospice would like to thank Inn by the Lake, especially Dan Garrison and Rich Bodine, for providing their meeting space for the "Light Up a Life" ceremony. Without your kindness...
Snowboard champion Jamie Anderson gives back to South Lake Tahoe community on Winter Solstice
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 5:46pm
On Friday, Dec. 21, the Winter Solstice, pro snowboarder Jamie Anderson will provide a surprise sponsorship for four lucky kids and hold a winter clothing drive in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. In partnership with Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort and the Lake Tahoe Unified School District, Anderson will sponsor four young, middle school students from her hometown this winter season with a “surprise sponsorship".
Lake Tahoe 2035 transportation plan targets emission reduction strategies
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 12:41pmAlong with the Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update, Mobility 2035, which is the Lake Tahoe Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy, was also approved by regional boards last week at Harveys Resort convention center in Stateline.
Passage of the Sustainable Communities Strategy makes Tahoe the fourth region in the state of California to approve a plan that complies with new greenhouse gas emissions legislation, according to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) and Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization (TMPO).
Travel "Around the World in 80 Days" with LTCC Theatre
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/18/2012 - 9:58am
Event Date:
January 8, 2013 - 7:00pm Stampeding elephants! Raging typhoons! Runaway trains! Unabashedly slapstick – it’s Monty Python meets the Three Stooges! Lake Tahoe Community College Theatre Department is staging this classic adventure this winter.
Location
Lake Tahoe Community College Duke Theatre
One College Drive
South Lake Tahoe
United States
30° 8' 16.9404" N, 81° 46' 25.6368" W
See map: Google Maps
Sierra-at-Tahoe recognizes and celebrates the Mayan 'End of the World'
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 12/17/2012 - 10:45amEvent Date:
December 21, 2012 (All day)
The Mayan calendar moves in cycles with the last cycle ending on Dec. 21, 2012; many Mayans and others have interpreted this date as the “end of the world”. However, if that doesn’t happen, Sierra Resort at Lake Tahoe is ready to celebrate by offering $22 lift tickets* online through Liftopia, the Last Tap beer tasting, live music, food and beverage specials, Mayan hot chocolate, plus holiday festivities to follow!
South Lake Tahoe man dies in vehicle accident at Ski Run and Pioneer Trail
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 12/15/2012 - 2:43pmA South Lake Tahoe man died and two were hospitalized in an early Saturday morning accident near Pioneer Trail and Ski Run Boulevard.
William Olazaba of South Lake Tahoe, a passenger in a white Honda Accord driven by Roberto Olazaba, 22, died at Barton Memorial Hospital. According to South Lake Tahoe police, the Honda broadsided a GMC Yukon driven by Noe Corea, 26, of South Lake Tahoe.
The accident was reported at around 1:35 a.m. and alcohol is suspected as being a contributing factor, according to South Lake Tahoe police. The vehicles struck a power utility box and knocked out power to the Ski Run area, police said.
Sierra Resort at Lake Tahoe opens mountain top to bottom and West Bowl on Saturday
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 12/14/2012 - 6:23pmWith the support of multiple Lake Tahoe and Sierra early-season snowfalls, including 24 inches in the past two days, and plenty of cold weather days and nights, Sierra Resort will open top to bottom, including West Bowl, on Saturday, Dec. 15.
West Bowl offers long cruisers and intermediate to advanced runs, along with unbeatable views of Pyramid Peak and Desolation Wilderness. Beginners to experts now have the opportunity to enjoy over 2,212 feet of vertical terrain, three terrain parks, and lessons for all ages and ability levels.
One hospitalized in Highway 50 accident near the Cave Rock tunnels
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 11:06amA Carson CIty woman was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a vehicle accident Thursday morning near the Cave Rock tunnel.
The accident was reported at 7:32 a.m. The preliminary crash investigation details indicate that a silver Subaru was traveling westbound on US 50 driven by Patricia Schille, 48, of Carson City, reports Trooper Daniel Lopez.
South Lake Tahoe City Council members JoAnn Conner and Hal Cole sworn in
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 3:15pm
The City South Lake Tahoe is pleased to announce that two councilmembers were sworn in and a new Mayor was voted in during today’s City Council meeting.
Hal Cole retained his City Council seat during the November 6th election and joining him is newly elected councilmember, JoAnn Conner. Both Cole and Conner will hold their seats in City Council through November 2016.
The newly seated Council voted by unanimous decision to elect Councilmembers Tom Davis as Mayor and Hal Cole as Mayor Pro Tem to serve a one year term in 2013.
Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort hosts canned food drive for the Food Bank of El Dorado County
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 2:04pm
Sierra Resort at Lake Tahoe is proud to maintain their tradition of supporting the community this holiday season and donate canned food to The Food Bank of El Dorado County. Titled CANucopia, Sierra Resort is encouraging guests to bring canned non-perishable foods such as canned soup, dried pasta, crackers, and pasta sauce to the collection bin located at the base of the mountain next to the season pass office until January 12, 2013.
Local group brings 'ukes' to life
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 5:58pmGiven the song's ubiquity, it wasn't wholly unusual to hear "Brown Eyed Girl" while walking through a hallway at Tahoe Senior Plaza Wednesday.What was unusual about the Van Morrison staple was t...
Local group brings 'ukes' to life
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 5:58pmGiven the song's ubiquity, it wasn't wholly unusual to hear "Brown Eyed Girl" while walking through a hallway at Tahoe Senior Plaza Wednesday.What was unusual about the Van Morrison staple was t...
Inmates rise with culinary program
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 6:00amKaty Manoff wanted to enroll in culinary school, but life didn't turn out the way she'd planned, the 28-year-old said as she put the final touches on a gingerbread house Monday in the kitchen at...
Memorial scholarship established for former LTCC student Lyra B. Fisher
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 4:22pmAnna Lee works at changing students’ lives everyday as the TRiO-SSS program specialist at Lake Tahoe Community College. One of Lee’s students, Lyra B. Fisher, was tragically murdered this summer, the apparent victim of domestic violence. This month Lee decided to start a scholarship in Fisher’s name with the Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation.
Location
Lake Tahoe Community College
One College Drive
United States
30° 8' 16.9224" N, 81° 46' 25.698" W
See map: Google Maps
Saunders: Save a life, Mr. President - deport unlicensed driver
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/05/2012 - 6:00amOn Nov. 16, 2010, an unlicensed driver named Roberto Galo took a left turn at Harrison and 16th streets and hit motorcyclist Drew Rosenberg. After Galo backed over Rosenberg's body, the law-school ...
South Lake Tahoe 'Light up a Life' interfaith ceremony celebrates loss of loved ones
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 11/29/2012 - 12:58pm
Event Date:
December 6, 2012 - 5:30pm
Light up a Life — an annual South Lake Tahoe interfaith ceremony that provides the community an opportunity to gather and honor those of whom they've loved and lost — will be Thursday, Dec. 6, 5:30 p.m. at Inn by the Lake. The ceremony provides all to reflect and community members the chance to share and pay tribute to the memory of those lost who remain close.
'I tawt I taw a puddy tat!'
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/29/2012 - 10:20amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - "Life of Pi's" apparent reverence for a young boy's pantheist views jumbles three stories that mix an idyllic existence with harsh reality and a surreal fantasy.When w...
Two deny drug trafficking charges
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/28/2012 - 11:27amTwo Santa Cruz men facing life in prison denied cocaine trafficking charges on Monday.Joseph V. Perez, 26, and Oscar Madriz, 25, entered not-guilty pleas to charges of trafficking and sales of c...
Head-on collision claims life of young Minden man
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/23/2012 - 5:28pmThe 19-year-old driver of a dune buggy was killed in a head-on collision on Sunrise Pass Road near Juniper Valley that occurred 9:23 a.m. Thursday.According to the initial investigation, a Ford F-1...
OBITUARY: Rumualda Jacquez
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/23/2012 - 10:55amOn Sunday, November 18, 2012, Rumualda Jacquez entered Eternal Life with her Loving Lord after a strong fight against an unexpected illness. Rumualda was born on February 17, 1967 in Santa Clara...
Obama pardons Thanksgiving turkey
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/21/2012 - 2:21pmWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama pardoned two turkeys in an annual Thanksgiving rite on Wednesday, saying he wanted to offer the birds a second chance."They say life is full of second chances...
Sierra-at-Tahoe to open Thanksgiving
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 11/20/2012 - 11:44am
UPDATE 411PM: Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort will open for the 2012-13 season on Thursday, November 22, 2012, offering Easy Rider Express lift, Rock Garden lift, and three surface lifts, giving guests access to four trails including, Broadway, Easy Street, Echo, and Lower Sleighride. Building on the reputation as one of the nation’s top terrain park resorts, Sierra Resort™ will offer a small to medium jib park on Broadway consisting of multiple features including new boxes and rails, giving eager guests a chance to get their park legs back underneath them.
Neece 'comes out' with compelling story of love, life
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/15/2012 - 10:44amSome stories have significance far beyond the pages on which they are written. "Gone Today, Here Tomorrow", a memoir written by Lake Tahoe resident Randall Neece, is one of those. Not only is it...
Sierra-at-Tahoe resort donates coats to Hurricane Sandy victims
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 2:19pm
Nationally recognized as one of the best terrain parks in North America by TransWorld SNOWboarding, the Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort Terrain Park staff went beyond building jumps to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy. Partnering with New York Cares, the largest volunteer organization in New York City, Sierra Resort™ collected new and slightly used jackets to send to people who were impacted by Hurricane Sandy.
OBITUARY: Alan Joseph Case
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 6:00am10/30/1979 - 11/06/2012Just three days after his identical twin brother's memorial service, Alan left this earth after health struggles in the latter part of his life.Family and friends loved Al...
Business Cooperation Makes a Difference in Lake Tahoe, Carson City
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 11/13/2012 - 2:13pmObama has been re-elected for a second term, and many entrepreneurs are unsure about what the next four years will bring. However, one business-building tactic that is often overlooked and is a true driver of business growth and success is partnership. Two agencies, based in Carson City and South Lake Tahoe, have been cooperating since 2009 and have served Tahoe-based clients such as Mackenzie Martin of Century 21 Tahoe Paradise, I DO Tahoe Weddings, and Olsen Paving & Sealcoating, among others. Their newest account is Barton Health.
Sierra-at-Tahoe teams up with Squaw and Alpine for value-added skiing and boarding
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 11/12/2012 - 5:00pmValue-added skiing and boarding has been passed down to three Lake Tahoe area resorts. Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort season passholders can now enjoy free skiing or riding at Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows from opening day until December 21, 2012, as well as from April 15, 2013 until closing day.
Truckee native joins Barton Psychiatry
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 11/09/2012 - 12:31pm
Dr. Tracy Protell, child and adolescent psychiatric specialist, recently joined Dr. Sonia Rupp at Barton Psychiatry in South Lake Tahoe. Providing comprehensive psychiatric and psychological diagnostic evaluations and treatment services for children and adolescents, Dr. Protell treats patients with developmental, behavioral, emotional and mental disorders.
Life sentence in Ariz. attack that wounded Giffords
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2012 - 12:54pmTUCSON, Ariz. - Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, partially blind, her right arm paralyzed and limp, came face to face Thursday with the man who tried to kill her last year, standing beside ...
A slice of polling life at LTCC
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 11/06/2012 - 7:31pmA steady stream of voters trickled into the precinct 502 polling place in the Aspen Room at the Lake Tahoe Community College on Tuesday for the final few hours of voting in the 2012 election. Ou...
