The South Lake Tahoe Recreation Division’s annual Spring into Summer Kick-Off Party is June 4 from 10am-2pm. The event is designed to highlight summer programs, introduce recreation instructors and provide tours of the recreation and swim complex in a fun and festive environment. South Tahoe Adventure Recreation (STAR) Camp leaders will be on hand to meet prospective […]
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To the community, South Lake Tahoe is currently in the midst of change, moving from an ambulance service provided by the fire department to a non-safety program, prompted by a lack of county funding and also anticipated changes in the pre-hospital industry. During this transition, an amazing group of qualified medics have been providing ALS […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about the National Park Service, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016. By Susan Wood PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK — Whatever your penchant for an ideal national park, Pinnacles ranks as the most recently inducted. It was established as a national monument by President Theodore Roosevelt […]
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To the community, Please join me in voting to retain Judge Nelson Brooks. I have lived in El Dorado County since 1963, first serving as a deputy in the District Attorney’s Office. I was later elected District Attorney of El Dorado County, and in January 1977 the Governor appointed me Judge of the Superior Court. […]
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By Amanda Foreman, Wall Street Journal The Big One is looking a little more likely these days. Since the California earthquake of 1857, tectonic plates along the San Andreas Fault are thought to have shifted by as much as 26 feet. Only last year, scientists raised the chances of a quake in California of magnitude […]
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Mount Tallac High School teacher Angela Cazares has been singled out by the El Dorado County Office of Education for her hard work that contributes to providing quality support and services to students, schools, families, and the community. Cazares earned the excellence in education award for 16 years she has supported teen mothers at the South Lake Tahoe continuation […]
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Adventure photojournalist Cory Richards on May 24 made his first successful ascent of Mt. Everest without the use of supplemental oxygen. Everest veteran and founder of Lake Tahoe-based Alpenglow Expeditions, Adrian Ballinger, turned back at 8,480 meters earlier in the day. Less than 3 percent of climbers make it to the top without oxygen. The duo’s […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County will have a new chief administrative officer beginning at 8am May 25. At today’s Board of Supervisors meeting Don Ashton was unanimously hired. He knows what he is getting into, the systemic dysfunction, the questionable hires from predecessors and a budget process that is a mess. The 45-year-old is […]
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The proposed hockey academy at the bottom of Old Meyers Grade will not be on the May 25 Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board agenda. A TRPA spokesman said it will be heard at a later date, but at this time that date is unknown. Lake Tahoe News on May 23 first reported that Tahoe […]
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By Melissa Gomez, Las Vegas Review-Journal On Monday, James Dorsey sat with Nevada’s attorney general in a conference room, drafting up his will. “We had a little bit of military talk ‘cause he was Navy also,” Dorsey, 74, said. “I enjoyed it.” Attorney General Adam Laxalt was at Texas Station Monday morning with about 10 […]
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