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Kenny Traum — 1971-2016

Kenneth Charles Traum passed away suddenly at his home in Martinez, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2016. He was 45. Kenny was born on July 17, 1971, at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley. He moved to South Lake Tahoe with his mother, Judy, and brother, Mike, when both boys were toddlers. He attended preschool at Under […]

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Bill Crawford — 1934-2016

Billy “Bill” Crawford passed away on Nov. 25, 2016, in Reno after a brief illness with his family at his side. Bill lived in South Lake Tahoe for 49 years. During that time, he taught in the Lake Tahoe Unified School District and served two terms on the South Lake Tahoe City Council. Bill loved […]

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Snippets about Lake Tahoe

·       Homewood Mountain Resort plans to open Dec. 9. ·       There will be a community workshop Nov. 30 from 5:30-7:30pm about Incline Village General Improvement District’s Community Services Master Plan at the Chateau, 955 Fairway Blvd. ·       Children are invited to the Douglas County Public Library in Minden for a make and take holiday crafts […]

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Letters: Elks give back at Bread & Broth

To the community, The Tahoe-Douglas Elks Lodge No. 2670 is an organization that invests in its communities through programs that help those in need. On Nov. 14, the Elks Lodge hosted the Bread & Broth Adopt A Day of Nourishment Monday meal that provided hearty dinners to many disadvantaged members of our community.  With the […]

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Top court to review curbs on Calif. pension spiking

By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle The California Supreme Court jumped into a high-stakes dispute over public employee pensions last week, agreeing to decide whether laws aimed at limiting preretirement actions to inflate future benefits can be applied to millions of government workers. A state appeals court in San Francisco ruled in a Marin County […]

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SUV slides across Tahoe ski slope, 5 injured

By Kathryn Reed Five people were taken to Barton Memorial Hospital on Saturday after the vehicle they were riding in ended up careening down World Cup run at Heavenly Mountain Resort and then landing upside down in the parking lot at California Lodge. The Toyota 4Runner lost control about 4:30pm Nov. 26 as it came […]

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Couple missing in snowy El Dorado County

By KCRA-TV Rescue crews will resume the search this morning for a missing couple who became stuck in snow while driving in El Dorado County, officials said. Rory and Susan Holloter of Yuba City were last seen in the rural mountainous area of Wentworth Springs and Ice House roads, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said. […]

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Tahoe Tails — Adoptable Pets in South Lake Tahoe

Aqua is a nice 2-year-old Husky. She has lots of energy, and needs a very secure yard as like most Huskys she likes to escape. Aqua is spayed, microchipped, tested for heart worm, and vaccinated. She is at the El Dorado County Animal Services shelter in Meyers, along with many other dogs and cats who […]

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National park status always eluded Lake Tahoe

By Kathryn Reed One of the perks of being director of the National Park Service is being able to check in on the land you manage. So it should be no surprise Stephen Mather was in Lake Tahoe on Friday giving a talk about his agency. But Lake Tahoe isn’t a national park and Mather […]

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Opinion: Raising alarm about dead trees

By Dianne Feinstein Next year’s fire season will be far more severe if we fail to remove the growing number of dead trees in our forests. California has already experienced how extreme drought conditions and unprecedented tree mortality heighten the strength and severity of wildfires. According to the U.S. Forest Service, the mortality rate for […]

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