The primary non-emergency business phone number for the South Lake Tahoe Police Department (530.542.6100) is not working. Until it is fixed, the alternative number is 530.542.6101. It is believed a hardware malfunction at the police department is the problem. The 911 phone lines remain fully functional. When calling the bad number, callers will likely hear […]
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Updated 11:35pm: A brush fire consumed about 15 acres in the Pine Nuts east of Gardnerville on Wednesday. As of late that evening it was mostly contained. Crews will continue to reinforce the line around the fire throughout the evening, and the incident will be re-evaluated Thursday. East Fork Fire Protection District responded to the wildland […]
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Alpine County residents are trying to recall the superintendent of schools. The petition to do so has been filed with the county’s elections department. Patrick Traynor took the helm of Alpine County Office of Education/Alpine County Unified School District in July 2013. He was then elected to the position in November 2014, running unopposed. Prior […]
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Alternatives for where to place advertising dollars seem to grow every day. The one constant is that those choices are digital. Lake Tahoe News is also a constant, having been the only daily news source for the Lake Tahoe Basin since September 2009. Our readership numbers continue to grow inside and outside the basin. With […]
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· Windjammers Yacht Club is having an adult sailing skills clinic July 16 at 8:30 am. There will be classroom and on-the-water instruction. The cost is $45. Contact Lynn Woodward at potterybylynn@gmail.com or 530.544.1482 or Debbie Noorda at russdebbienoorda@gmail.com or 530.318.0223. · The South Lake Tahoe Library will host Wild Things Inc. on July 15. The free outdoor show starts at 2pm […]
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Construction work on Highway 89 on the West Shore is now on an overnight schedule. Work is from 6pm-6am during week and from 10pm Sunday to 6am Monday. 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. shift during the week and 10 p.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday. This schedule is expected to continue until Aug. 15. After that, […]
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By Tom Hals, Las Vegas Review-Journal Caesars Entertainment Corp and Caesars Acquisition Co. have amended their proposed merger agreement, which is intertwined with the $18 billion bankruptcy of the casino company’s main operating unit, the companies said on Monday. The operating unit, Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., or CEOC, received approval from a U.S. bankruptcy judge […]
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By Kathryn Reed By March 2019 it’s possible the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department will be operating at one facility instead of the current 13 on the West Slope. A multi-million dollar public safety facility has been talked about for years as the current buildings kept losing their usefulness and the cost of out-sourcing some […]
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By Daniel Victor, New York Times You’re alone at the beach, or maybe in a pair or a small group. It’s pretty hot out there, so it’s time to cool down in the water. How do you make sure your phone, money and keys aren’t stolen? It’s a simple question with no easy answer, especially […]
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By Case Keefer, Las Vegas Sun Poker players are always late — even to their game’s world championship. Their proclivity for procrastination resulted in the final of three starting flights in the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event going down as the largest single-day field in the tournament’s history on Monday at the Rio. […]
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