To the community, The community of South Lake Tahoe is blessed with very generous and kind-hearted people, organizations and businesses. Bread & Broth has been a recipient of this generosity and every week for the last three years, there has been a sponsor for every available Monday evening dinner. Being no exception, the May 11 […]
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By Sean Whaley and Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — A bill authorizing ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft to operate in Nevada won approval early Saturday in the Nevada Legislature, but it didn’t happen without plenty of confusion. A 3 percent excises tax on fares, including on taxis and limousines, was also […]
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By Kathryn Reed The ability to make Olympic Valley the next incorporated city in California was dealt a set back this week. The draft of the comprehensive fiscal analysis (CFA) says, “… the town’s potential general fund and road fund expenditures materially exceed revenues in each year of our forecast and incorporation does not appear […]
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The Avoid the 6 DUI Task Force is deploying officers this holiday weekend at DUI saturation patrols throughout El Dorado County to stop and arrest drunken or drugged drivers, and heighten awareness of the deadly impact alcohol and drugs can have. Additional officers will deploy to stop and arrest those who drive impaired by either alcohol […]
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By Nicole Zaborsky Homelessness has many faces. Some are old, some are young. It affects all races, religions and sexes. It can be triggered by a poor economy, inconsistent work, a medical catastrophe, and death of a family member. In Lake Tahoe Unified School District there are 246 homeless students. I recently sat down with […]
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To the community, Timmy Smith touched so many lives and always made you smile when he entered a room. Timmy loved to make you laugh and also was proud to serve his country. Timmy was always a protector to all. You will never be forgotten — Sept. 20, 1982-April 7, 2008. Forever on our hearts. […]
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· Lake Tahoe Hard Rock has delayed the opening of its pool party festivities because of the forecasted nasty weather this weekend. A new opening date has not been set. · The Eldorado National Forest draft environmental impact statement for the proposed King Fire restoration project is available online. · Donner Memorial State Park Visitor […]
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By Rachel E. Gross, Slate Soy, light of my life, temptation of my taste buds. My sin, my soul. You put the bite in my chik’n nuggets, the creaminess in my soy lattes, the chew in my tofu scramble that all but convinces me that I’m eating something that came out of a chicken. You […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau MEYERS – Seven miles west of South Lake Tahoe on Highway 50, the Echo Summit bridge is cracking, rusting and flaking apart. Caltrans has been working on a replacement/rehabilitation plan for the bridge since 2012. A community open house at the California Conservation Corps office in Meyers on Thursday was designed to […]
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By Amanda Schupak, CBS News Reactions to bans prohibiting kids from having cell phones in schools have had mixed reactions, with proponents arguing they cut down on distraction and cheating, and parents countering that it’s unsafe to cut off communication between them and their children. Now, a new study shows that there’s academic merit to […]
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