Publisher’s note: This letter was sent to the South Lake Tahoe City Council and is reprinted with permission. To the community, Landscaping and signs are to a community what icing is to a cake. It’s the pretty stuff on top, the colorful thing that makes it inviting. You can have the most delicious chocolate cake, […]
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By Anya Kamenetz, NPR Why do you do what you do? What is the engine that keeps you up late at night or gets you going in the morning? Where is your happy place? What stands between you and your ultimate dream? Heavy questions. One researcher believes that writing down the answers can be decisive […]
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To the community, Alan Plaugher, Kirkwood Mountain Resort’s ski patrol manager, had a great time helping the Bread & Broth volunteers feed 104 dinner guests at B&B’s evening meal served at St. Theresa Church Grace Hall on July 5. “We all are glad to help out with this community food feed. I was very impressed […]
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· On Aug. 15, Howie Nave, South Shore comedian and radio dude, will be inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters Association’s Hall of Fame. · Andy Wirth with Squaw Valley Holdings has been appointed to the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority board. · Residents of the North Tahoe Public Utility District reduced residential water consumption by 24.9 percent […]
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By Kathryn Reed A police officer with 10 years of experience who joined the South Lake Tahoe department in January is responsible for the killing of an unarmed suspect in June. Officer Josh Klinge, 35, remains on paid administrative leave. Officers were called to the Tahoe Hacienda Motel on Lake Tahoe Boulevard at 2:40am June […]
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Bass Camp Festival III at Hard Rock Lake Tahoe on July 25 will feature Zeds Dead and Kill the Noise as part of the BaseJam Summer 2015 Outdoor Concert Series. With firm roots planted in the underground electronic music scene, Zeds Dead saw a meteoric rise to international superstardom following their 2010 live debut at […]
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The second of three summer events to raise money for repairs at Vikingsholm is July 30. Conversation with History is an opportunity to tour part of the castle at Emerald Bay State Park that is usually off limits and to talk with Helen Smith. Smith resided at the castle during the summers when she was […]
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The Food Bank of El Dorado County will be in South Lake Tahoe to host a free farmers market and mobile good pantry on July 22 from 10-11am at the American Legion Hall, 2748 Lake Tahoe Blvd. The Food Bank will provide one allocation per household. Income guidelines are online. For more information on how to give […]
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By Sophie Mattson, San Jose Mercury News Laura Jaramillo woke up one morning in the summer of 2005 and sensed something was horribly wrong. After going to the hospital, she fell into a coma and spent six weeks fighting for her life — waking up to find her right side paralyzed. Doctors were baffled until […]
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By John Wildermuth, San Francisco Chronicle With more and more California voters casting ballots by mail, the neighborhood polling place is becoming one of the loneliest spots in town on election day, forcing local and state officials to puzzle out what to do about it. In the June 2014 statewide primary, 69 percent of the […]
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