The 2015 Tahoe Cup Paddle Racing Series officially kicks off on Memorial Day weekend with the Donner Lake Race on May 23. The first of a three-event series, the Donner Lake Race is open to all paddling craft of all ability levels, from the recreational paddler to the SUP elite racer. Register online or the day of […]
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Two people were taken to the hospital Wednesday for smoke inhalation and 200 others evacuated from MontBleu casino in Stateline when a fire erupted in the main kitchen. The cause of the May 6 blaze is under investigation. “One of their commercial ovens had a fire and it had about 4-foot-by-8-foot flames coming out of […]
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By Rebecca Bryson This column highlights examples of locals making positive change in our community and steps – large or small — that all of us can take to make Tahoe a better place. The latest in a series of actions to improve our schools’ sustainability occurred quickly and quietly over spring break. Several months […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau MEYERS – More than 100 people packed into the auditorium of the Lake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet School on Wednesday evening for the Meyers Area Plan open house. Large tables encircled the room offering seven workstations for attendees to visit. Each station represented a key topic related to the plan: design and […]
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By Laura Colby, BloombergBusiness More than half of U.S. eighth-graders say Americans believe the U.S. government should guarantee them a job when they grow up. That’s one of the findings of a federal test of children’s knowledge of history, civics and geography. Only 32 percent correctly answered the question about a belief shared by most […]
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Don’t be worried if someone with a backpack is spraying weeds on U.S. Forest Service property. The agency is trying to eradicate, control and contain known infestations of invasive plants in the Lake Tahoe Basin by using chemical treatment. The work will occur at about 70 sites between May 15 and Sept. 30. Project areas include: […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee A man and a woman were arrested on drug-related charges after deputies searched a trailer near Georgetown. Deputies came to the trailer in the 5000 block of Reservoir Road in a rural area outside Georgetown Sunday to serve a felony arrest warrant on 28-year-old Lainey Porter. When they arrived, they […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe is going after a $2.1 million grant that would make Al Tahoe Boulevard less nightmarish for those on foot or a bike as well as improve the intersection of Highway 50. Jim Marino, assistant public works director, called this the second most important intersection in the city after the […]
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Tahoe City Public Utilities District is considering building a water treatment plant on the West Shore. Three locations are being considered: Lodge Road for water treatment plant (WTP) and Chambers Landing for the lake intake Chamberland Drive WTP and Chambers Landing lake intake Lagoon Road WTP and McKinney Shores lake intake. Each of the potential […]
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May is National Mental Health Awareness Month and as such South Lake Tahoe has proclaimed May 10-16 Mental Health Awareness Week. Throughout the week, local health service providers and agencies from the Mental Health Cooperative will raise mental health awareness through films, stories and events. South Shore residents, families, and visitors are encouraged to show […]
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