Local Olympic historian David C. Antonucci will lead a lecture and walking tour of the 1960 Winter Olympics sites on Saturday, September 19 as part of the continuing Palisades Tahoe Institute speaker series.
Summer officially kicks off in North Lake Tahoe Memorial Day Weekend with the 3rd Annual Opening Day at the Lake. This four-day special event begins Friday, May 22 and runs through Monday, May 25.
For Tahoe TV's complete video coverage of the Lake Cushing Crossing, click on the video player at Tahoetopia.com.
On Saturday, May 19th, as it has for the last 19 years, the Lake Cushing Crossing ushered in the last days of the winter season at Palisades Tahoe USA.
The tower, which has become the iconic symbol of Paris, is welded together and then secured with 2.5 million rivets. At 1,000 feet, it was the tallest structure in the world until the Chrysler Building in new york surpassed it in 1929 at 1,046 feet. The Empire State Building followed in 1931 at 1,250 feet.
The League of American Bicyclists (bikeleague.org) is promoting Bike-to-Work Week from May 11-15 and Bike-to-Work Day on Friday, May 15. States, cities and towns around the nation will participate in a variety of programs and events that promote bike use.