By KPIX-TV It’s been a beautiful summer at Lake Tahoe, but the buzz is that vacationers aren’t the only ones enjoying the water. Yellow jackets are all over the place. They’re aggressive, fast and much more active than they were last year. “Really, it’s a bad year, I mean everyone is closing their patio dining,” […]
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Award-winning journalist and travel writer Ann Marie Brown will lead a two-hour workshop Sept. 28 about how to get published in a magazine. Brown has been writing, editing and teaching writing classes for more than 20 years in the Bay Area and Lake Tahoe. She is the author of 14 travel guidebooks including the “Moon […]
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Nevada State Parks is hosting a ranger-led hike to the Sand Harbor overlook of the Tahoe Rim Trail on Sept. 17. This is a moderate 4-mile hike. Children 8 and older are welcome. Wear sturdy boots, sunscreen, bring lunch, drinks or snacks and dress for the forecasted weather. Four-wheel drive is necessary and reservations are required by calling […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – A healthy forest is the best deterrent to stop the bark beetle infestation. The problem is Tahoe forests aren’t healthy. “We have seen this march of dead trees grow through the summer,” Joanne Marchetta, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency executive director, told her board this week. Orange is becoming a dominant […]
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By Larry Weitzman Ordinary people and politicians use buzzwords to not only highlight a problem, but also as solutions to a problem. In El Dorado County, new buzz words may have been created at the June 13, Board of Supervisors meeting — “operational efficiencies.” The term is not new, but it is used to describe […]
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By Nancy Trejos, USA Today Hotel companies are starting to conclude that guest room key cards are no longer the key to customer satisfaction. The largest hotel companies in the world are experimenting with technology that allows guests to use their smartphones to open the doors to their rooms, bypassing the front desk upon arrival. […]
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Two men well known to law enforcement are back behind bars, this time on armed robbery charges. Logan Schwartz, 28, and Chris Mendonca, 20, both of South Lake Tahoe, allegedly robbed an acquaintance at gunpoint. Stolen were a cell phone and other belongings, according to officers. The incident occurred Aug. 24 at the Blackjack Inn […]
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By Joy Resmovits, Los Angeles Times California’s graduating class of 2016 outperformed peers on the ACT college-entrance test nationally across all four subject areas, according to a report released by the test company Wednesday. Nationwide, students had an average overall score of 20.8 out of 36 on the test of English, math, reading and science. California students, on average, earned […]
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· Lisa Maloff’s $10 million donation is allowing Barton Health to create a Health and Sports Performance Center next to the hospital in South Lake Tahoe. It broke ground this week. With Maloff are Kirk Ledbetter, Barton board president, and Clint Purvance, CEO of the health care conglomerate. · Carson Valley Inn is wrapping up […]
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A Tahoe Rim Trail worker was hit by a tree on Thursday afternoon. The person was knocked down a 40 percent grade slope onto rocks. Tahoe Douglas fire spokesman Eric Guevin told Lake Tahoe News the man sustained “multiple traumatic injuries.” Tahoe Douglas firefighters and a search and rescue team responded to the Aug. 25 incident […]
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