Year-round swimming lessons are offered at the South Lake Tahoe Parks & Recreation Swim Pool Complex. Sign ups are going on now for all levels, adult & me through Level 6. Group lessons are for kids 3-13 years of age and classes last 25 minutes. The cost is $26.25 for any of the six-class sessions. Upcoming...

By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee Officials from the California Department of Fish and Game and USDA Wildlife Services showed up at dawn at Lake Tahoe’s Fallen Leaf Campground early this week, looking for a bear sow and cub with a reputation for nonchalant visits to the tents. The same bear had...

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is urging the public to use caution within the Angora Fire area and avoid areas with large concentrations of dead standing trees. Forest Service staff working in the area report that trees are falling on a regular basis. Windy conditions increase...

By Kathryn Reed By the last day of the month, three of South Tahoe High School’s tennis courts are expected to be playable. The other three will be ready for action by mid-October. With the building at the school and limited space to put heavy equipment, the courts became a parking lot and staging...

Recreation opportunities Over Labor Day weekend in the Tahoe National Forest: Nevada City: All recreation sites in the Tahoe National Forest will be available this Labor Day weekend. No fire restrictions are in effect, however anyone with a campfire outside a designated campground needs a fire permit....

The Tahoe Mountain Sports 4th Annual Pro/Am Disc Golf Tournament takes to the North Tahoe Regional Park 18-hole disc golf course Oct. 9-10, bringing disc golf professionals and amateurs to compete at high elevation. The tournament, a PDGA Sanctioned “B” Pro/Am event, annually brings golfers from...

The California Tahoe Conservancy will celebrate its 25th anniversary Sept. 16 with a party on the shores of the very lake it works to preserve, protect and enhance. This casual celebration will take place at Commons Beach in Tahoe City and is free. The event will run from noon–2pm, and will feature...

There will be a free stargazing program at Mormon Station State Historic Park in Genoa on Sept. 4. Members of the Astronomical Society of Nevada will set up high-powered telescopes for viewing the evening sky. The program will begin with a presentation and question/answer session at 7:30pm. Telescope...

Pacific Crest Heli-Guides in partnership with HeliTahoe will offer helicopter skiing and snowboarding in Lake Tahoe for the 2010-11 winter season. The operation will be based out of the Truckee Airport and access more than 100,000 acres of privately owned land located along the spine of the Pacific Crest. By...

Make a splash or a ripple in the Adult Water Exercise & Running class at South Lake Tahoe Recreation & Swim Pool Complex. Classes are offered year-round, Monday-Saturday from 9-10am. A Deep Water class runs on Monday and Wednesdays, 6-7pm. Water exercise is for all adults and seniors who want...