By Larry Weitzman For those of you hooked on hybrids, Lexus has a new relatively inexpensive SUV for your consideration. It’s a new version of the well-received NX series, based on the super successful Toyota RAV4. First thing to notice is that the NX has absolutely no resemblance to the RAV4, inside and out. While […]
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Find out if Mormon Station in Genoa is haunted at the paranormal campout. Visitors will camp overnight on the grounds of Mormon Station while participating in a paranormal investigating of Genoa’s past citizens who might still be visiting the Old Mormon Station today. This experience includes a tour of the park, a light Dutch oven […]
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· Local author Todd Borg returns to the South Lake Tahoe Library with his latest Owen McKenna Tahoe mystery “Tahoe Dark” on Aug. 3 at 6:30pm. Book sales and signing to follow the free talk. The library is at 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd. · Moonshine Bandits will be at Whiskey Dicks in South Lake on July 8 […]
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By Lake Tahoe News Change is coming to the Lake Tahoe Community College board of education no matter the out come of the November election. Fritz Wenck is saying goodbye. When Wenck’s term expires in December he will leave with the distinction of being the longest serving board member. Not only that, he was also […]
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By Larry Weitzman A new El Dorado County budget was presented to the Board of Supervisors on June 13. While it was signed by Don Ashton, it is the budget of outgoing CAO Larry Combs, his final gift to the county. The bills for his one-year tenure are now coming due. A simple analysis of […]
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By Jason Bittel, National Geographic You might think that winter is the most dangerous time of the year for a young animal. But for Scandinavian brown bear cubs, these next few weeks may determine whether the animal lives or dies. That’s because early May to mid-July is breeding season for Sweden’s brown bears. The males, […]
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The man who drowned at Lake Tahoe on June 25 has been identified as 21-year-old Jawahar Kaliyamurthy. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office did not release where he is from. People on a boat found him unconscious floating between Meeks Bay and Cave Rock near a personal watercraft. The Good Samaritan began tried CPR until Placer County […]
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This was the first Fourth of July weekend in more than a decade that Nevada did not record a fatality on its highways. There were two fatal crashes in 2012, 2013 and 2014. In 2015, there were five fatalities. Last Thursday the Nevada Department of Public Safety and the Nevada Highway Patrol partnered with Uber […]
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A Chico man who was assaulted on the streets of Truckee last month died July 3 at Renown Medical Center in Reno. Jesse Hill, 39, had been in intensive care with serious head injuries since June 18. Bryan Luke Sperlin, 24, of Truckee was originally booked on two felony assault charges. Police believe there are […]
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By Kathryn Reed CAMP RICHARDSON – On a normal weekend it takes crews 60 to 90 minutes to clean up the trash at the U.S. Forest Service beaches on the California side of the South Shore. After a holiday weekend like today they need twice as long. By 9am July 5, Paul Cleveland and Matt […]
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