· Philanthropist Lisa Maloff recently gave Tahoe Youth & Family Services $75,000 to help families in South Lake Tahoe, Douglas County and Alpine County. · David Smith is now the chef at Alder Creek Café at Tahoe Donner. · The Science of Cocktails is coming to the UC Davis Tahoe Science Center in Incline Village […]
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South Lake Brewing Company is hosting a release party for Fog-Nozzle IPA on Jan. 5. This is an opportunity to honor the firefighters who protect the area. The goal is to bring attention to wildfire protection basinwide and raise money for the Lake Tahoe Basin Fire Academy scholarship fund. The night starts out with music […]
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Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce’s annual HR Employment Law Workshop is designed to provide attendees with the latest business laws such as the new minimum wage requirements in California, cannabis in the workplace, and other employment laws in store for 2018. This workshop will be facilitated by MOBO Law. It will be Jan. […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – For those hoping Douglas County’s Master Plan update was going to be certified by the Board of Commissioners this week, just the opposite and then some occurred. Not only did the electeds not vote on the update Dec. 21, they chose to methodically go through each of the remaining elements […]
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By Jennifer Montgomery Wildfires aren’t supposed to happen in December. And yet, just days before the holidays, thousands in Southern California are still evacuated from their homes as the Thomas Fire rages on, almost sure to become the largest wildfire in California history. Wildfires aren’t supposed to burn cities, either. But the Thomas Fire has […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Traditional incandescent lightbulbs are about to start going dark in California. The old-fashioned bulbs are expected to start disappearing from hardware and home-improvement store shelves beginning Jan. 1, when ambitious energy-efficiency regulations are scheduled to take effect across the state. Although bulb manufacturers are trying to get a court order […]
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A South Lake Tahoe man was killed Wednesday after being struck by a vehicle in Nevada City. Ronson Sakioka, 64, was walking back to his vehicle after attending the Victorian Christmas when the incident occurred. He was with his wife, who escaped injury. They were crossing Highway 49 where it is dark and there was […]
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U.S. Ski & Snowboard and Squaw Valley entered a five-year agreement designating the resort as an official training site of the U.S. ski and snowboard team. Squaw Valley joins Mammoth Mountain, Deer Valley in Utah, Copper Mountain in Colorado and Timberline Lodge in Oregon as one of only five official training sites across the country. […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Winter is off to a slow start, especially in the Lake Tahoe Basin, with snow totals well below normal for late December. But a recent shot of snow and mild holiday forecast spell good news for conditions at Sierra Nevada resorts. In the Tahoe Basin the snowpack is just 35 percent […]
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Agencies that deal with mental health are benefiting from the generosity of Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz and his wife, Elana Amsterdam. The couple created the a charitable organization in October with funding of approximately $58 million. Katz and Amsterdam worked with local community leaders and Vail Resorts employees to identify that mental health and […]
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