Traditionally, Rock Ensemble students studying with teacher and professional musician Eric Hellberg stage a professional concert to earn their final grades. This spring, students in LTCC’s New Wave Music and Beginning Rock Ensemble classes will be rocking for an even higher purpose: their final exams will also serve as a benefit concert to support a […]
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A South Lake Tahoe woman is going to prison for 12 years for the deaths of a Dixon couple. Megan Hickel, 28, was sentenced June 15 in El Dorado County Superior Court for two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. After watching fireworks on the South Shore, Richard and Kelly Schwab were returning home […]
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Updated June 16, 4:30pm: A man with a history of drug arrests was the victim of Monday’s shooting in South Lake Tahoe. A single bullet fired by a South Lake Tahoe police officer in the early morning hours of June 15 killed Kris Jackson, 22, of Sacramento. Jackson was trying to flee out of a […]
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A Sunday afternoon fire that burned a small swath of land between Lake Tahoe Community College and the U.S. Forest Service is still under investigation, though it is believed to be human caused. A large plume of smoke could be seen June 14 coming from the meadow area behind those entities to make people believe […]
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Former South Tahoe High School tennis coach Justin Clark is moving his Tahoe Tennis Academy to Zephyr Cove Tennis Club this summer. The program is for ages 5-14. All abilities are welcome. Clark has been running the 18-year-old Tahoe Tennis Academy since 2004 when he took it over from founder Pat Fagen. The Tahoe Tennis Academy […]
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Vacation Bible School is being offered at St. Theresa Catholic Church in South Lake Tahoe. The theme is Everest. Kids will embark on an icy expedition to overcome obstacles with God’s power. VBS-Everest 2015 is July 21-24 from 5:30-8:30pm. There is a $5 per student fee for the week. It is open to all children entering pre-K […]
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The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors in closed session today voted 5-0 to remove Pamela Knorr from the interim CAO position after having placed her there in November to fill the vacancy left when the board ousted Terri Daly as CAO. On June 29, Larry Combs becomes the acting chief administrative officer. He has […]
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By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal Tourism on the south end of Lake Tahoe has taken hits in recent times, from ski season-sapping drought to tribal casinos in the California foothills. Now the region is fighting back. More than a dozen businesses, from high-rise hotel-casinos at Stateline to the small retailers in South Lake Tahoe, have […]
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By Jim Miller, Sacramento Bee The Brown administration is pushing late-emerging budget legislation to let state officials force the consolidation of troubled water systems with larger, better-funded agencies, with the goal of improving Californians’ access to safe drinking water after four years of drought. Proponents say the measure would help people around the state, many […]
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By Susan Wood As South Lake Tahoe ponders showing off its own outdoor concert venue near the Lake Tahoe Airport, the city will have plenty of examples of communities to look to that have set the stage for the growing industry – the latest being the three-day extravaganza at BottleRock Napa. The South Shore is […]
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