A progressive dinner along Ski Run Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe will combine local storytellers with local cuisine. The April 28 event is a collaboration of Lake Tahoe Leadership and Lake Tahoe Historical Society to raise funds for the Friends of the El Dorado County Library. Dinner guests will start at Black Bear Inn for […]
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By Kathryn Reed If the weather cooperates, work will begin May 1 on the Sawmill Road bike trail on the South Shore. The contract between El Dorado County and Don Garcia Excavating and Paving is signed. Permits are in hand. It’s just a waiting game right now. Besides the 8-foot-wide class 1 bike path that […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will begin prescribed fire operations in the Andria Drive area of Kingsbury Grade on April 10. Crews anticipate burning no more than 5 acres per day. Operations may continue through the week, weather and conditions permitting. Residents and visitors can expect to see smoke from this prescribed fire project […]
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South Lake Tahoe is down to two medical marijuana dispensaries. City of Angels 2 closed Sunday night. “I’m afraid of the feds,” owner Gino DiMatteo told Lake Tahoe News as he stood in front of the shop on Third Street. The professionally made sign plastered on the front door says the same thing. “Closed until […]
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During the month of May, Tahoe Forest Health System is offering a free monthlong walking fitness challenge — 10,000 Steps a Day for the Month of May. All Truckee-North Lake Tahoe residents are welcome to join as individuals or as a team. Call the Tahoe Center for Health and Sports Performance at (530) 587.3769 to […]
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The Tahoe Rim Trail Association is partnering with the American Red Cross, Wilderness Medicine Institute, Lake Tahoe School and Crested Butte Outdoors for a series of Wilderness Medicine Courses. These are for crew leaders, wilderness guides, outdoor enthusiasts and people who work in a remote environment. American Red Cross Courses Location: 948 Incline Way, Incline […]
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After years of preparing, planning, designing and fundraising, the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe, in partnership with the Truckee, will break ground on the animal shelter June 4. If all goes as planned, the shelter is expected to open in late 2013. HSTT has partnered with Truckee to share the cost of construction and operation of […]
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Placer County Sheriff’s Council is hosting its third annual expo and classic car show June 2. Day with a Deputy will be at Regional Park in north Auburn, from 11am-3pm. The free event will also include a classic car show. Throughout the day there will be demonstrations by the Sheriff Office’s Special Enforcement Team, mounted […]
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Join astronomers Adrienne Cool and Ron Marzke of San Francisco State University for a nighttime event and slide show, peering through telescopes to spy planets, stars, and nebulae. All ages are welcome to the May 12 event that will start about 8pm at Sorensen’s Resort in Hope Valley. Cost is $10 adults/$5 kids, all proceeds […]
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By Scott Moritz, Bloomberg AT&T Inc. agreed to sell a majority stake in its Yellow Pages directory division to Cerberus Capital Management LP for about $950 million as part of an effort to dispose of units that are holding back revenue growth. AT&T will receive $750 million in cash and a $200 million note, according […]
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