· The El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office has released a video to educate the public on ways to avoid being conned when choosing to rent a vacation home online. · Sierra-at-Tahoe is hosting a Boarding for Breast Cancer benefit and concert all day at the resort on April 2. · The 16th annual Diamond […]
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The balmy weather in the basin that has been warm enough for people to wade into the water is going away, at least temporarily. The National Weather Service in Reno is calling it a “slider storm”. Snow showers are expected late Sunday and will continue into Monday afternoon. Daytime highs between Sunday and Monday may drop […]
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To the community, The South Lake Tahoe Library would like to thank our community, Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra and South Lake Tahoe Optimist Club for supporting our upcoming Summer Reading Challenge. Through donations from the community both of these organizations were able to sponsor performers for the Summer Reading Challenge. Soroptimist International of Tahoe […]
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A South Tahoe High School senior was arrested March 25 on felony charges of possession of a knife at school. Lakota Wright, 18, posted the $10,000 bail. El Dorado County probation officers, who regularly are at the campus, questioned Wright and that is when the knife was discovered. The police report is not finalized so […]
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Based on recent precipitation, the annual closure of dirt roads in the Eldorado National Forest has been extended to April 9. Rainfall, soil moisture, road and trail conditions, and weather forecasts are factors that trigger extending the seasonal closure beyond March 31. The seasonal closure is designed to protect roadbeds and watersheds from damage and […]
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“We are really tired of having to sue our own county to get you to do the right thing.” — Sue Taylor, Save Our County, public comment at the Feb. 23, 2016, El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meeting […]
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By Joe Mathews The sun has set on the British Empire. Its successor, America, is showing signs of decline. But one empire still has plenty of battery life: California. This is true even in the capital of the old empire. When I visited London earlier this month, the newspapers were full of stories about the […]
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By Laurie Daniel, San Luis Obispo Tribune The drought has led to all sorts of agricultural challenges, but it doesn’t appear to have hurt the quality of California’s wines. The warm, dry growing conditions have led to a string of high-quality vintages. That certainly was the case with cabernet sauvignon in 2013. There were excellent […]
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· The 11th annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival features 11 films, a silent auction, giveaways, an activism area, and beer and wine. It is a fundraiser for the Sierra Nevada AmeriCorps Partnership. It is March 31 at 7pm at MontBleu in Stateline. For tickets, go online. · Ten people are vying for the three open seats on […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP A drone, on its own, has delivered a package to a residential location in a small western Nevada town in what its maker says is the first fully autonomous, federally approved urban drone delivery in the United States. Flirtey CEO Matt Sweeney announced Friday the six-rotor drone flew itself about one-half […]
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