By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County Supervisor Sue Novasel is allowed to engage her constituents in discussions about any topic. The same is not true when it comes to staff or other board members. And some items she won’t be allowed to vote on. At the urging of county counsel she asked the Fair Political […]
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Children entering kindergarten in the Lake Tahoe Unified School District in August need to be registered at their local school. To be eligible for enrollment a child must be 5 on or before Sept. 1, 2015. Children born Sept. 2-30 or in October or November and will be 5 on or before Dec. 1, 2015, […]
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The Lake Tahoe Water Trail is a 72-mile water route along the shoreline segmented into seven day trips, including more than 50 public launch and landing sites or “trailheads,” paddle route itineraries, and navigation tools to help paddlers have a safe and fun adventure. Waterfront attractions, historic sites, bird watching sanctuaries, picnics on the beach […]
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BloodSource will have a blood drive in South Lake Tahoe on July 31. The new location will be at the South Lake Tahoe Parks and Recreation Center at 1180 Rufus Allen Blvd. Walk-ins are welcome. BloodSource will donate a pound of pet food to the Lake Tahoe Humane Society for every pint of blood donated. […]
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Sugar Bowl Resort kicks off its summer Lake Mary Cabin Dinner Series on July 19. Sugar Bowl and chef Alan Davis will host 12 dinners throughout the summer. Dinner dates and nonprofit partners are: July 19: Truckee Donner Land Trust July 25: Excellence in Education July 26: Donner Summit Historical Society July 31: Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe […]
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By Trevon Milliard, Reno Gazette-Journal Last school year was anything but normal for Washoe County students. From elementary to high school, every state-required standardized test was replaced with a new one designed to demand more of students, including the exit exams required to graduate in Nevada. High school students were also forced, for the first time, […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will resume work this week at Angora Creek near South Lake Tahoe. Crews will construct 700 feet of stream channel to replace the existing Angora Creek channel, which was rerouted and straightened in the early 1900s to accommodate livestock grazing. Seneca Pond, constructed in 1964 when […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Change is coming to Nevada sports books. At the state level, lawmakers recently approved a bill that allows groups of people to place wagers as a single entity. Meanwhile, the industry is preparing for an even bigger transformation at the national level: the spread of legal sports betting throughout […]
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By Larry Weitzman While not much has changed mechanically with the 2016 Elantra GT, with most every technical specification remaining the same, sometimes just small changes can make huge differences. In this case, besides the improvements in next-gen NAV and Blue Link connectively, the most notable is the new GT front end and it is […]
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By Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times Cities and counties will no longer be able to impose fines on residents for unsightly brown lawns while the state is in a drought, under a bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. The measure, by Assemblywoman Cheryl Brown, D-Rialto, prohibits local governments from issuing fines for violations of “lawn […]
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