By Steve Sneddon, Reno Gazette-Journal Muhammad Ali fought professionally in Northern Nevada only once, on Nov. 21, 1972, at the Sahara-Tahoe Hotel (now Hard Rock) in Stateline. Ali won the match via an eighth-round knockout of Bob Foster. The Reno Evening Gazette’s Steve Sneddon covered the match and wrote about Ali in his column, “From My Corner.” Ali died June […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County’s proposed budget that was released this week has zero dollars from the General Fund for roads and no money to build the public safety building for the sheriff’s department. This, in essence, was Larry Combs’ parting gift to the county – a budget that does not reflect what the […]
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By Andres Martinez Many journalists are confessing that they really blew with a series of poor predictions – dismissing Trump, calling for an early Clinton coronation, anticipating a contested GOP convention – instead of apologizing for their real sin: the compulsive haste to predict everything in the first place. People have long harrumphed about how […]
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By KCRA-TV Firefighters made good progress against a wildfire Friday night burning near Placerville in El Dorado County, Cal Fire said. The Aukum Fire, which was initially reported to be 45 acres, has burned 25 acres near Mount Aukum and Grizzly Flat roads, CalFire said. Read the whole story
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By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times Summer’s right around the corner, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are here to remind you that there’s nothing like a dip in a public pool — a place where you might encounter tiny bits of fecal matter, parasites like Cryptosporidium and volatile chemicals that can irritate […]
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To the community, I must rebut what is being portrayed as “negative” and “uninformed” residents. The Lake Tahoe News article about the Meyers hockey academy states, “When the notice about the project went out to neighbors this month…” The fact is we received absolutely no notice, which is why we are uninformed. The proposal just […]
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The annual wagon trail will roll through the South Shore on this weekend. Now its 67th year, the re-creation of the wagons what went west to Placerville during the Gold Rush will stop at MontBleu in Stateline on Saturday. On Sunday the procession will continue to Placerville, leaving the South Shore in the late morning.
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By Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times Over the past year, scientists have studied California’s trees from the air, the ground and even using X-ray technology. Each time, they have arrived at some version of a similar dreary conclusion: The state’s ongoing drought is wreaking havoc on forests, killing millions more trees at each check. But […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Rotary Club also donated $3,000 to stock fish in Sawmill Pond in time for the annual Optimists Kids Fishing Derby that will be June 4f rom 8am-noon. The derby is to teach children to fish, and it is open to all youth 14 and under. On June 2, members of the […]
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For each of the three days of the Tahoe Bike Challenge, South Tahoe Middle had and awesome participation. The first day we had 85 students participate, the second day we had 100 kids and today we had over 150 kids participating. Perfect weather for an amazing three days of fun and fitness. There were different […]
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