Clean Tahoe has responded to a record-breaking number of animal-in-trash incidents in the past month. In the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 the South Shore nonprofit cleaned and issued courtesy notices for 265 animal-in-trash incidents, and issued warning notices to more than 200 additional animal-in-trash incidents. In the last year 603 yards of litter and debris were picked […]
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• People who purchase a new Lake Tahoe license plate in either California or Nevada could receive two free lift tickets to one of 13 Tahoe resorts participating in the program. More info is available online. • Tahoe Regional Young Professionals’ mixer is Nov. 12 at 6pm at Azul Latin Kitchen in Heavenly Village in […]
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By Scott Smith, AP LOS ANGELES — Passing a $7.5 billion water bond may turn out to be the easy part. Agreeing on how to spend all the money could be much harder. California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 1, which aims to expand the state’s water storage capacity to better weather droughts like the one […]
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Former Random House senior editor and memoir writing coach Jennifer Basye Sander is putting on a writing event Nov. 23 called Holiday Memories: Learn How to Create a Family Memoir this Thanksgiving. At this workshop, Sander will help people get that book project started. She’ll guide people through the process of putting memories onto the […]
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The Tahoe Area Sierra Club is hosting a presentation about Antarctica by Brooks and Karen Martin on Nov. 20. Brooks Martin was the onboard physician of the National Geographic ship Explorer for one month last December. The Explorer departed from Ushuaia, Argentina, and crossed the Drake Passage to the Antarctic Peninsula. The couple will show […]
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The Nevada Division of State Parks is seeking grant pre-applications in anticipation of the 2015 federal funding of the Recreational Trails Program. Nevada could potentially receive $1.1 million in grant funds. Submittal of a pre-application is recommended, but not required. Grants may be awarded to counties, municipalities, state and federal agencies, private organizations, nonprofits and […]
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By Kathryn Reed ROUND HILL – What is going on beneath the surface of Lake Tahoe? Scientists don’t really know. Geoff Schladow, director of the Tahoe Environmental Research Center, said everything that is known could be told in a 45-minute presentation. He gave two talks this week – one in Kings Beach, the other Round […]
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To the community, Quite simply, thank you for your support of my candidacy and election to your South Lake Tahoe City Council. I am humbled and honored by your support and will strive to represent you as residents and our city as a whole. Thank you to all of the candidates that ran in this […]
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Tahoe Choir and Lake Tahoe Community College Chorus’ winter concert Celebrate the Season is Dec. 7. The String Beings is the special guest. The concert is at St. Theresa Catholic Church, 1041 Lyons Ave., South Lake Tahoe starting at 3pm. Get tickets from choir members, or one hour before show. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 […]
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By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times University of California administrators went on an offensive Thursday to sell their proposal to raise tuition by as much as 5 percent in each of the next five years but faced opposition from Gov. Jerry Brown, legislative leaders and student activists. UC President Janet Napolitano sent out emails and […]
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