Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was kidnapped from a bus stop in Meyers when she was 11 and then was held captive for 18 years before being released in 2009, will be on a special edition of “20/20” with Diane Sawyer. The show will air July 8. This coincides with the release of Dugard’s second book, […]
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As part of the longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world, the Texas 4000 team will be rolling through South Lake Tahoe on July 1-2, 28 days after departing from Austin on their way to Anchorage. The 67 undergraduate and graduate students from the University of Texas at Austin will pedal more than 4,000 […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP A federal agency is on a path to sterilize wild horses on U.S. rangeland to slow the growth of herds — a new approach condemned by mustang advocates across the West. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management also continues to resist calls from ranchers and western Republicans to euthanize or sell […]
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A man drowned at Lake Tahoe on Saturday. El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies were contacted June 25 at 11:35am about an unresponsive man in the water east of Meeks Bay with an unoccupied personal watercraft drifting close by. The reporting party transported the victim to the Cave Rock boat ramp for medical treatment. There he […]
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By Kate Flanagan, InMenlo “Getting from point A to point B” has been a major part of Scott Kaloust’s life ever since he first learned to swim from one end of the pool to the other. Now, decades after he first jumped into the water, he still applies that principle — both to his swimming endeavors as […]
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Updated June 27 3:20pm By Kathryn Reed An autopsy conducted this afternoon on a body that was found behind Barton Hospital on Saturday was not able to definitively determine the cause of death. “The body was in an advanced stage of decomposition. That is what is proving to be problematic,” Lt. Jim Byers with El […]
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By John Markoff, New York Times GLENBROOK — A vast, largely unexplored world is being opened by hobbyists piloting robotic submarines capable of traveling hundreds of feet below the surface of lakes, rivers and oceans. Styling themselves as citizen scientists, two young engineers, Eric Stackpole and David Lang, have created OpenROV, a small start-up based […]
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· Personal fireworks are illegal throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin — every day of the year. · Decadence, a blend of classic Broadway and old time rock mixed with today’s hits and unique tracks, will be at MontBleu in Stateline on July 3 at 8pm. Must be 21 to attend. · B Gorman’s last day […]
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By Rick Gross There are a variety of factors that determine the strength of the U.S. economy, including government-spending levels, imports versus exports and currency values. Yet, the biggest factor in determining the health of the economy is based on consumer spending, which is the case in most developed countries. According to statistics from the […]
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A South Lake Tahoe woman was shot in the abdomen Sunday night by her boyfriend, according to police officers. Michael Anderson, 48, of South Lake Tahoe was arrested about 8:30pm June 26 on a felony domestic violence charge as well as discharging a firearm in a dwelling. He has since posted bail. The victim, who […]
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