Q & D Construction is planning to start some highway work in Kings Beach on April 18, weather permitting. This work will consist of raising manhole lids to grade throughout the highway corridor. Q & D has approximately two months of work left. The second phase of the project is also planned for construction this […]
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To the community, On behalf of the Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless (TCH), I would like to thank our community for a successful inaugural season of the South Lake Tahoe Warm Room and the first overnight homeless services in the Tahoe Region. Our agency appreciates vital funding provided this winter by the El Dorado Community […]
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Truckee Police Department, which was formed in 2001, recently had its inaugural awards ceremony. The department completed a comprehensive study of incidents of the last 15 years that potentially warranted special recognition. Awards included: Employee of the year: Community Service Officer Martin Schneider — He has been employed by the town since 1995. His job duties have evolved from […]
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By Hudson Sangree, Sacramento Bee The day after an arsonist pleaded guilty to setting the massive King Fire in September 2014, dozens of volunteers gathered Saturday near Stumpy Meadows Lake to help bring the forest back to life. The volunteers ranged from children to senior citizens. They were members of the Girl Scouts and Boy […]
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By Associated Press April showers delayed a ballgame and prompted flood advisories as they scooted through California on Saturday, but the overall rain totals won’t do much to ease five years of drought, forecasters said. Light rain began falling Friday, and scattered showers should continue today, with a slight chance of thunderstorms, according to the […]
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El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency is looking for individuals in the South Lake Tahoe area to serve as resource families, providing shelter care (up to 30 days) or full term homes (up to and more than 18 months) for foster children. Resource family is the new California term for foster parents, relative […]
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Known as the Tahoe Marina Inn in the 1960s, albeit no marina, this fashionable multi-story motel with a pool was built on the Bijou beachfront about a block east of the Timber Cove pier. Local radio station KTHO had its offices and studio in the TMI lobby in 1966. Later owners changed the name to […]
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By Kathryn Reed This is the last day the 7 Seas Inn will be open as an outdated throwback to the 1960s era lodging establishments that South Lake Tahoe is known for. When it reopens May 1 it will be refurbished, modernized, with the management philosophy more like a boutique bed and breakfast. Debbie and Bill […]
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By Lisa Margonelli Tigers are a hypothetical necessity. Hypothetical in the sense that very few of us spend any time around tigers outside of zoos, though we interact with tiger images daily, depending on what type of cereal we eat, or sports team we root for. Necessities in the sense that the existence of tigers […]
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By Tony Bizjak and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee The horrific crash in Auburn on Sunday, when an allegedly drugged driver plowed into two teenage pedestrians, came as no shock to law enforcement and traffic safety officials. Slowly, but surely, drugged driving is surpassing drunken driving as a lethal threat on state and local roads. “This […]
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