Are you the news?Content for briefs is selected from e-mail submissions to Community Editor Amy Edgett at aedgett@sierrasun.com. Visit www.sierrasun.com to submit events online. Please limit descriptions to 50 words. E-mail submissiCopyright 2012 Continue Reading
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Tahoe favorites and bluegrass legend to share bill at Tahoe Donner
TRUCKEE, Calif. - Following the success of its Robert Cray concert last year, Tahoe Donner has announced its summer concert for 2012. Tahoe favorites Dead Winter Carpenters will open for bluegrass legend Sam Bush on July 21.SaCopyright 2012 Sierra Continue Reading
Tahoe City Wine Walk highlight of Solstice Festival
TAHOE CITY, Calif. - Enjoy "Wines With A View" and all the charms of Downtown Tahoe City, at the sixth annual Tahoe City Wine Walk, Saturday, June 23, noon-4 p.m.Promised to be "the most fun you can have in Tahoe CCopyright 2012 Sierra Sun. All Continue Reading
Ask the Trainer | Tiny dogs need training, too
Dear Carla,My girlfriend just got a Chihuahua puppy. She has a little bag for him and carries him everywhere. I've always had big dogs who were well socialized and trained. I think this puppy needs to go to class just like anyCopyright 2012 Sierra Continue Reading
Tahoe Basin Community Plan Update process moves forward
KINGS BEACH, Calif. - Placer County will hold its second Community Workshop for the Tahoe Basin Community Plan Update from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, at the North Tahoe North Tahoe Event Center.According to a press release fCopyright 2012 Sierra Continue Reading
Letter to the Editor: Use your brain – and bike paths
A considerable amount of money is spent on creating and maintaining bike paths in the Tahoe Basin, and there is no defensible reason for cyclists not to use them.The greatest offenders are not the families, tourists, or daily commutCopyright 2012 Continue Reading
A perfect ‘Junior Golf Day’ was had by all
TRUCKEE, Calif. - The nice summer weather conditions in the area have helped get the golf season off to a great start! With this in mind, the Tahoe Mountain Club and Truckee Donner Recreation & Park District joined forces to putCopyright 2012 Sierra Continue Reading
Heart rate training and sport nutrition seminar announced
TAHOE CITY, Calif. - Join Alpenglow Sports and Tahoe Peak Endurance for a two-part seminar on heart rate training and sport nutrition on Monday, June 18, 6:30 p.m., 415 North Lake Blvd., in Tahoe City. This is a free community eCopyright 2012 Sierra Continue Reading
Trevor Auldridge named Sierra Sun male Athlete of the Year from Truckee High
Punting and pitching, it seemed, were about the only things Trevor Auldridge didn't do for his Truckee High football and baseball teams."We called him a three-way player," said Truckee football coach Bob Shaffer. "Copyright 2012 Sierra Sun. All Continue Reading
Alleged Sierra bear club seller: ‘They were not for sale’
NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. - Days after California Fish and Game transported two bear cubs to a wildlife rehab center at Lake Tahoe and confiscated a shotgun reportedly used to kill their mother, a North San Juan man charactierized hCopyright 2012 Sierra Continue Reading