Emerald Bay Boat-in Campground opens May 23 on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations will be needed starting June 13 through Labor Day. Call 800.444.7275 to book a site. D.L. Bliss campground is first-come, first-served until June 11. To book a spot, call 530.525.7232. U.S. Forest Service campgrounds in the Lake Tahoe Basin are all set […]
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By Kathryn Reed In a rare moment, the South Lake Tahoe City Council said “no” to a request by attorney Lew Feldman when it came to the Chateau project. While the discussion May 20 was civil, in the end Feldman did not get everything he requested in the “major design review permit revision.” He wanted […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee Amid a spectacle raw with anger and emotion, four El Dorado County supervisors voted Tuesday to ask a judge to decide whether their colleague, Ray Nutting, should be removed from office. It was another searing chapter in the political saga of the embattled supervisor as fellow board members went into […]
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• South Lake Tahoe’s Engineering Division received $2.8 million in a Round 2 Proposition 84 grant for the Sierra Tract Erosion Control Project. • Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Botanical Garden annual plant sale is June 7 from 8am-noon, Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N. Sierra St., Reno. • Gov. Brian Sandoval appointed Douglas […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sex offenders in South Lake Tahoe will get to roam a little freer starting next month – including near parks, schools, arcades and other places children congregate. This is all because the California Supreme Court refused to review a case from the Fourth Appellate District Court that ultimately made 40 local sex […]
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To the community, Lions Club members “help wherever, whenever and however they can” and that is exactly what the Lake Tahoe South Shore Lions Club members did at Bread & Broth’s May 12 dinner. Representing the Lake Tahoe South Shore Lions Club at the meal were Rich Dart, Josh Welch, Tom Deputy and Maureen Kirkland, […]
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Watercraft inspections have begun at the Donner Lake public boat on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, with seven-day week inspections starting June 1. In January, Truckee passed an ordinance requiring mandatory inspections on all motorized and/or trailered watercraft, and other watercraft having water ballast tanks, prior to launching at Donner Lake. Inspections are to prevent the […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe is getting out of the GIFTing business. GIFT – Great Ideas For Tahoe – was started in 2001 by the city’s parks and recreation employees as a means to take donations and then spend them how the donor chose. In 2002, the council, acting as GIFT’s board of directors, […]
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By Liz Moyer, Wall Street Journal Being born to the manor is one thing. Marrying one of its occupants is something else altogether. Just ask Steven Siig, a self-described “ski bum” and extreme-sports documentary filmmaker who was living near Lake Tahoe and scraping by as a landscaper when he met his wife, Melissa, in 2001. […]
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By AP A mother and her adult daughter have been convicted of tampering with a bear trap at Incline Village in an effort to thwart wildlife officials’ efforts to capture the animals. It’s the first such case prosecuted in Nevada, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported today. Cheryl Ann Morrison, 63, of Truckee and Season Morrison, 35, […]
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