By Lisa Herron Summer officially arrived this week and recreational activities are in full swing in the Tahoe basin. The Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team would like to take this opportunity to remind visitors and residents that wildfires pose a serious threat to Lake Tahoe neighborhoods and communities and we need help to prevent any […]
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Eighty-one Lake Tahoe Community College students are receiving scholarships this year. This is a record year for scholarship fundraising for the LTCC Foundation, with donors supporting the 120 awards worth more than $126,000. Many of the students are continuing at LTCC to earn a two-year degree or vocational certificate. Some will attend the Lisa Maloff […]
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· Lake Tahoe Unified School District board of education on June 26 is expected to extend the contract of Superintendent Jim Tarwater by another year, making the contract good through June 30, 2021. He will receive a 1 percent raise retroactive to July 1, 2017. · South Shore businesses and agencies may obtain a no-cost […]
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Kitchen Collab, a member-based commercial kitchen makerspace, is now open in Truckee. Membership offers 24/7 access to workspace, equipment and steward services. It is designed to help small culinary businesses grow and thrive. The building features a drive bay that allows caterers, food trucks and others to load and unload product into the kitchen space. […]
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To the community, By a unanimous vote, the 23 State of Jefferson County committees have announced their strong opposition to Draper’s 3-Way State split initiative, as proposed. Last week, Draper received news that his proposal to split California into three states, had qualified for the November ballot. State of Jefferson (SOJ) encompasses 23 counties from […]
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By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH – Voters earlier this month infused the California Tahoe Conservancy budget with $27 million. This was through Proposition 68, which in total is a $4 billion bond for parks, environmental protection and restoration, water infrastructure, and flood protection. The CTC board on June 21 received an update about Proposition 68 […]
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By Joanne Marchetta Lake Tahoe is one of the clearest lakes in the world, known around the globe for its spectacular scenery. The lake’s water clarity is one of the many attributes that make the Tahoe basin such an amazing natural resource and a mecca for outdoor recreation. For half a century, TRPA and its […]
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By Ryan Sabalow, Dale Kasler and Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee It’s like a new city springing to life: 11,000 homes and apartments, three public schools, a pair of fire stations, a police station, a slew of office and commercial buildings and 1,000 acres of parks, trails and other open space. Expected population: 25,000. But will […]
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Harrah’s Lake TAhoe and Douglas County Sheriff’s Office employees recently teamed up to clean up the forested area behind the Stateline casinos. In years past homeless people have camped there illegally. Volunteers and DCSO SWAT members cleaned up the make-shift campsites which contained bedding, furniture, drug paraphernalia and rubbish. An illegal camping citation was issued […]
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El Dorado County health officials received confirmation June 22 that a bird found in the El Dorado Hills tested positive for West Nile virus. The songbird, was collected on June 13. So far this year, West Nile virus activity has been detected in 22 dead birds in California; El Dorado (2), San Mateo (2), Alameda […]
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