North Lake Tahoe will capitalize on its famed natural terrain by hosting the 2nd annual Adventure Sports Week Tahoe June 15-24. According to event director Todd Jackson, in addition to the sporting events, designed for the beginner to the professional, the 10-day festivities will also include clinics hosted by world-class athletes and Lake Tahoe locals […]
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Placer County sheriff’s detectives need help finding two people of interest in a Tahoe City jewelry store burglary. The Blue Stone Jewelry Store at 495 N. Lake Blvd. was burglarized April 17 at 9:23pm. Detectives believe there were at least two people responsible. The two men who in the photograph were in the jewelry store […]
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By Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee An El Dorado County man was sentenced Monday to three months in federal prison for diverting to his own address mail meant for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians. The band is a tribe made up of Miwok, Maidu and Nisenan Indians that governs the Shingle Springs Rancheria, a […]
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By Denise Grady, New York Times Obesity and the form of diabetes linked to it are taking an even worse toll on America’s youths than medical experts had realized. As obesity rates in children have climbed, so has the incidence of Type 2 diabetes, and a new study adds another worry: the disease progresses more […]
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Local historian Dave Borges will be talking about Al Tahoe at the next Lake Tahoe Historical Society lecture. The May 9 7pm event in the Lodge of Camp Richardson on the South Shore will focus on the history of this South Lake Tahoe neighborhood, stories of place and the people. Borges will also talk about […]
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By Kathryn Reed Apparently Christopher Wadstein has a penchant for driving fast and trying to avoid the police. Again, he was caught. This time the 23-year-old South Lake Tahoe resident was booked into jail May 2 about 7pm. Officers said they tried to stop Wadstein about 5:40pm on Glenwood Way. The suspect allegedly took off […]
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By Eric Spitznagel, Bloomberg When Toronto financial planner Shannon Simmons offered her expertise to a professional clown, it wasn’t exactly business as usual. Simmons advised her new client to switch from a “couch fund” to a high-interest-bearing account with limited market risk. In exchange for her advice, Simmons received trapeze lessons. Surprisingly, it isn’t the […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Raley’s unionized workforce today began preparing for a possible strike against the West Sacramento supermarket chain. The United Food and Commercial Workers announced early today that Raley’s refused to extend its contracts and was preparing to give workers its “last, best and final offer.” The presidents of UFCW Locals 8 […]
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By Hudson Sangree and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee Like a lot of vacationers, Rick and Kristie Santos would return from trips to Lake Tahoe during the housing boom wondering what it would take to own a second home there. They were always disappointed when they looked at the listings. “You’d jump online and never could […]
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By Shannon Browniee, Newsweek Four years ago a 38-year-old adjunct professor at American University named Fred Holliday began suffering from a variety of ailments: he was losing weight, his blood pressure went up. Then he cracked a rib. And he started suffering from debilitating back pain. Each time a new problem arose, the Washington, D.C., […]
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