· Meyers tree lighting and the arrival of Santa via Calstar will be Dec. 1, 5-7pm in the Divided Sky/Downtown Café parking lot. · The North Lake Tahoe-Truckee Leadership Program is accepting applications for the 2018 program through Dec. 1. Applications are available online. · Bijou Bike Park in South Lake Tahoe is closed for […]
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By Kathryn Reed People still don’t understand the concept of picking up after themselves. Annual statistics from Clean Tahoe underscore this notion. This organization that has been around for nearly 20 years operates in South Lake Tahoe and on the South Shore of El Dorado County. Today it is a nonprofit. In the last fiscal […]
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By Larry Weitzman In the case of Austin v. El Dorado Hills County Water District which is commonly known as EDH Fire, the El Dorado County Superior Court issued a tentative ruling on Nov. 3 as to their demurrer to the Austin complaint, trying to knock the case out on a significant technicality known as […]
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By James Doubek, NPR Women around the country have been speaking out in what seems like a deluge of sexual harassment and sexual assault allegations against men in positions of power. The floodgates opened with a New York Times story about sexual harassment accusations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who has since been accused of […]
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To the community, HEROs, the employee organization at Harrah’s/Harveys casino resorts, hosted Bread & Broth’s Monday meal on Oct. 30 through their sponsorship of an Adopt A Day of Nourishment. B&B’s Adopt A Day program provides individuals, businesses and organizations the opportunity to participate in hosting a hot and filling meal which provides nourishment and […]
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Lake Valley, North Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Douglas fire protection districts, California State Parks, California Tahoe Conservancy and the U.S. Forest Service will continue Lake Tahoe Basin prescribed fire operations over the next several weeks, weather permitting. Operations are scheduled to take place at or near D.L. Bliss State Park, Carnelian Bay, Kings Beach, Incline […]
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By Sage Sauerbrey, Moonshine Ink From timber to tourism, Tahoe/Truckee has always had a mono-economy. Other industries can and have thrived — construction had a heyday following the Olympics, and the last decade has marked the success of more than a handful of local technology businesses and start-ups, but in spite of opportunities for growth […]
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Placer County is ready to reinvent the Tahoe City firehouse properties near Commons Beach. The county is looking for a mixed-use development firm or other interested parties to enter a long-term lease and redevelopment the properties. The county-owned Tahoe City firehouse properties include three buildings: the former North Tahoe Fire Station 51, Tahoe Community Center […]
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The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office started receiving reports from the public this week about phone calls from a male identifying himself as a “Detective Phillips from the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office” and asking for personal information. In one instance, the caller was described as becoming aggressive and angry when information was refused. Although the motive […]
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By AutoWeek George Whittell Jr. was the scion of an immense gilded age fortune, amassed by his grandfathers through banking, transportation, real estate and utility ownership in San Francisco, then consolidated by the marriage of his parents in 1879. He grew up in a mansion on Nob Hill, the toniest address in the city at […]
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