The Fall Fish Festival is Oct. 3-4 at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center on the South Shore. Hosted by the U.S. Forest Service and the Tahoe Heritage Foundation, the festival is an opportunity to learn about the variety of fish species that live in Lake Tahoe and its streams including the federally threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout. […]
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South Lake Tahoe and allied law enforcement agencies will be hosting a neighborhood evacuation drill Oct. 1 from 10am-noon. The neighborhood will receive a reverse 911 call to test the system. Evacuation maps for the entire city can be found online. The Highlands Evacuation Drill will affect approximately 160 homes and 270 residents. Residents who […]
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Lake Tahoe Hard Rock’s inaugural Halloween bash starts at 10pm Oct. 31 at Vinyl. The Rocking Dead Halloween Bash & Costume Contest will include party band Cover Me Badd. The best costume will win $250, $100 in free slot play for second place and $50 in free slot play for third place. Entry into Vinyl is free for […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Coming soon to Nevada casinos: slot machines that feel a lot like arcade or video games. The Nevada Gaming Commission recently approved regulations for skill-based slot machines in an effort to help the casino industry appeal to younger, more technologically savvy customers. The regulations create three categories: traditional chance […]
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The Truckee Donner PUD is going to install two public access charging stations in Truckee. One station will be located at the Truckee Train Depot and there will be a second station at the Pioneer Commerce Center located just north of Interstate 80. Each of the two locations will have two, Level 2 charging stations. […]
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The Wildland Firefighter Foundation golf tournament on Oct. 3 will be a fundraiser for fallen U.S. Forest Service firefighter Michael Hallenbeck’s family as well as the foundation. Hallenbeck, 21, of Shingle Springs died Aug. 8 after a tree fell on him while fighting a wildfire near Sierra-at-Tahoe. Registration at Tahoe Paradise Golf Course starts at […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post The .ski domain launched onto the Web earlier this month, creating the Internet’s first domain space for snowsports. The new top-level domain is a fresh start for athletes, ski makers, ski resorts and other snowsports companies seeking to carve their own corner of cyberspace. Tom Kelly, vice president of communications […]
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Skipper is a really nice tiny Poodle-Havanese mix. He’s 4 years old and seems to get along with everyone. When he arrived at the shelter he was severely matted. Some people prefer non-shedding breeds, but they don’t realize that, since they don’t shed, they must be groomed every six weeks. He was lucky enough to […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – Technology is continuing to bring clarity to the seismic world, though not yet to the extent where temblors can be predicted. LiDAR provides images and data that otherwise could not be ascertained or would take an exhorbitant amount of time to collect. “It has immediate […]
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By Larry Weitzman In February, I wrote a column where I explained the failure of the county to follow the Mitigation Fee Act that was codified in the California Government Code as sections 66000-66008. It had two purposes, one of which was to restrain local agencies from imposing development fees that were unrelated to a […]
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