By Kathryn Reed Two people died Saturday night when the plane they were in crashed just after takeoff from Lake Tahoe Airport. The names of the people and their hometowns are unknown. El Dorado County sheriff’s Sgt. Paul Hadjes told Lake Tahoe News the plane had landed at the South Lake Tahoe airport, waited a […]
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Through the annual American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority has $55,600 to award local nonprofits. The LTVA, in partnership with NBC Sports and American Century Investments, gave $51,500 to on-site volunteer organizations and others during the tournament week. Recipients included area high schools, Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe, South Lake Tahoe Booster […]
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By Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times California’s new medical marijuana regulations will likely reduce federal crackdowns in the state, but dispensaries will continue to have difficulty obtaining banking services and deducting business expenses, legal experts and activists said Friday. The Obama administration has backed off major enforcement actions in states that legalize medical and recreational […]
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By Sierra Wave Media Measure Z yes votes far outnumbered no votes during the special ballot election Tuesday in Mammoth Lakes. The yes vote on Measure Z means that if the Mammoth Lakes Town Council wishes to expand nightly rentals into residential zones, the people will have the right to vote on it first. The […]
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By Molly Hucklebridge Coolidge Sept. 11 evokes a different meaning to South Lake Tahoe resident Christine O’Farrell than it does for most people. In 2002, on the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks, O’Farrell was on the operating table at Barton Memorial Hospital facing a new threat: cancer. O’Farrell had been diagnosed with an aggressive case of breast […]
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A Sonoma County man is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 22 in the December 2013 killing of an Incline Village resident. Joseph John Personeni, 21, of Santa Rosa pleaded guilty to manslaughter. He faces one to 10 years in prison. On Dec. 22, 2013, Christopher Elliott, 46, was found dead on his porch on Northwood […]
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By Dale Kasler and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee El Niño might put a dent in the drought after all. In a revised forecast Thursday, the National Weather Service said Northern California stands a decent chance of getting significant precipitation from this winter’s El Niño weather pattern, a development that could help ease the state’s four-year […]
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UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center will host Kelly Redmond, regional climatologist for the Western United States with the Desert Research Institute, on Oct. 29. Redmond will discuss how El Niño can influence weather in our region and present the latest model simulations and predictions for the upcoming winter at Lake Tahoe. A strong El Niño […]
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· This is Day 2 of WordWave, the three-day literary festival taking place on the South Shore. There are free and paid events. Go online for more info. · Here is the resolution the South Lake Tahoe City Council will vote on Oct. 19 regarding Councilwoman JoAnn Conner · These are the El Dorado-Tahoe and Sierra roadwork schedules […]
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El Dorado County’s senior nutrition program is looking for volunteers in South Lake Tahoe to deliver meals to homebound seniors. Volunteer drivers help deliver meals one day each week from 10:30am to 12:30pm to homebound adults ages 60 years or older in South Lake Tahoe. For volunteers who are unable to make a weekly commitment, […]
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