By Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle One little secret can save you money if you camp a lot at state parks this summer while on vacation. Especially for families. That secret is about those little tokens you buy to take a shower at California’s state-park campgrounds. If you are someone who camps a lot — […]
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After more than two weeks, the water is flowing again at the Tahoe Keys Marina in South Lake Tahoe. It has been shut off because of a dispute over unpaid bills. The Fresh Ketch restaurant intends to reopen on July 29. Donna and Robert Krilich and their son, Robert Krilich Jr., own the restaurant and […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy INCLINE VILLAGE – Despite all its beauty, Lake Tahoe is sick. Climate change is the overriding factor for warming water, dying trees and the proliferation of invasive species. It’s an uphill battle for scientists trying to keep the balance or even tip the scale into the healthy realm. Geoff Schladow, director […]
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· Sandra Taylor is now the third surgeon at Barton General Surgery. · South Shore resident Bruce Rettig won first place in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association’s 2017 Literary Contest for nonfiction/memoir. The story is about his time in the merchant marine working in Prudhhoe Bay, Alaska, for a tugboat and barge company. · Progress […]
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Expect delays in the Tahoe Keys from Aug. 1-4 as South Tahoe Public Utility District crews work on the sewer line. This is in the same area where a sewer line broke earlier this year on Tahoe Keys Boulevard near Venice Drive. Detours will be in place. It might be easier to use 15th Street […]
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By Kathryn Reed Welk Resorts, which operates One Village Place and Northstar Lodge in Truckee, this week filed a lawsuit against Reed Hein & Associates, a company that helps people get out of their time share commitment. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California against the company’s subsidiary […]
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Steve Wozniak, the tech titan who helped launched the PC revolution with the first Apple computer, will headline the Siebens-Binz Sierra Nevada College Forum on Sept. 23. This interview-style discussion will take place at the college’s Incline Village campus on the Patterson Lawn at 2pm. Tickets are free and can be reserved in limited quantities […]
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By Ken Ritter, AP Casinos in Nevada won 2.9 percent more from gamblers in the fiscal year that ended in June, compared with the year before, the Nevada Gaming Control Board said Thursday. For the 12 months from July 2016 to June 2017, so-called “casino win” in Nevada totaled more than $11.4 billion, according to […]
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Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce is putting on a workshop for businesses thinking about incorporating. Attendees will be told about the benefits of being an incorporated business and how incorporating can protect assets and take a business to the next level. The workshop is Aug. 16 from noon-1:30pm at the chamber office in […]
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By Carole Jablon-Bernardi When Abraham Lincoln ordered the completion of the Dome of the Capitol Building while the Civil War loomed, critics loudly protested. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in the middle of World War II, dedicated the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. John Kennedy asked for legislative support of the arts in 1962 while relaying both […]
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