The Avoid the 6 – El Dorado County DUI Task Force will be deploying DUI saturation patrols throughout a number of cities supporting routine DUI patrols on May 5 starting at 7pm. Additionally, CHP will be deploying saturation patrols onto freeways and in unincorporated county jurisdictions to stop, test and arrest impaired drivers who fail […]
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Caltrans announced today that construction will resume on five road work projects on the California side in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin. The projects are designed to rehabilitate and reconstruct drainage facilities – allowing roadway run-off to be directed to treatment collection facilities rather than Lake Tahoe and its tributary waterways. Some projects will […]
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Placer County is buying two parcels in Kings Beach that will be used for parking. A 1.1-mile section of Highway 28 through the middle of this Lake Tahoe community will be transformed from a four-lane highway with one signalized intersection into a three-lane thoroughfare that uses roundabouts and other traffic calming features. The project will […]
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May is 31 tidbits about Lake Tahoe News month. LTN tidbit No. 1: Did you know you could get an email sent to you each morning listing what has been posted on Lake Tahoe News in the last 24 hours? All you have to do is go to the bottom right of Lake Tahoe News’ […]
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To the community, Having been a volunteer firefighter (almost 30 years), EMT (four years)and reserve deputy sheriff (12 years) in Alpine County, been the Alpine County Board of Supervisor’s rep on our Fire Safe Council, plus one or two other activities, I personally feel Mr. [Carl] Ribaudo’s letter was, although I’m sure heartfelt, just a […]
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By Leila Rosner More than 750,000 children are abused or neglected each year in the United States. At least 410,000 children live in foster care because their families are in crisis and cannot meet their day-to-day needs. In California, approximately 60,000 children are in the foster care system, 300 in El Dorado County, and approximately […]
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The annual Fair Play Wine Festival is the weekend of June 2-3, 11am-5pm each day. Sixteen wineries are participating. Tickets are $20. Go online for more information.
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Iron Mountain Secure Shredding will be at St. Theresa School (1041 Lyons Road, South Lake Tahoe) on May 12 from 10am to 1pm to shred people’s old files. Iron Mountain is donating its services in hopes people make a donation to St. Theresa School. Individuals and businesses are welcome.
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By Kathryn Reed Poop bags have been replaced with pamphlets about why dogs are no longer allowed in the Upper Truckee Marsh. Today begins the second annual three-month ban of canines – even ones on leash – from this popular South Lake Tahoe meadow that leads to Lake Tahoe. While those who like to take […]
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While South Lake Tahoe City Manager Tony O’Rourke told Lake Tahoe News on April 30 that he is still negotiating with Yakima, Wash., officials, news outlets in that town make it sound like it’s a done deal he will be moving north. “I’m gonna make it hard on myself, I’d like to come up there […]
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