During the first two weeks of April, deputies of the Douglas and Lyon counties sheriff’s offices will be conducting increased traffic enforcement patrols on various highways and roadways within the two counties. The increased patrols will specifically target distracted drivers and unsafe motorcycle operators. This enforcement detail is partially paid for by a grant from […]
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By Maneeza Iqbal, News 10 SACRAMENTO – A three-state drug trafficking bust led to the arrest of 14 people and the seizure of 1,300 pounds of marijuana. Dylan Hudson, 26, of Placerville was charged with conspiracy to grow and distribute marijuana and possessing marijuana with intent to distribute on Thursday by a federal grand jury, […]
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By Cheryl Millham As I look out the window and see it snow, it is hard to remember that last week was the start of spring. But in the world of wildlife, life goes on and spring is the start of new “wild” beginnings. Coyotes and raccoons are breeding in the months of February, March […]
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• The Amador-El Dorado Unit of CalFire has launched a website. • Deborah Palmer, who became manager of the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency’s Public Health Division this month, is promoting the April 2-8 National Public Health Week theme – A Healthier America Begins Today: Join the Movement. • North Lake Tahoe […]
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By Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times More than 40 million American adults already take an aspirin a day to prevent heart disease. Now many more are weighing the pros and cons of daily aspirin use in light of new studies finding that it also may reduce the risk of many cancers and stop the […]
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By Todd G. Buchholz and Victoria Buchholz Americans are supposed to be mobile and even pushy. Saul Bellow’s Augie March declares, “I am an American … first to knock, first admitted.” In “The Grapes of Wrath,” young Tom Joad loads up his jalopy with pork snacks and relatives, and the family flees the Oklahoma dust […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe’s reputation for not enforcing its laws is changing. Twenty-three letters went out this month alerting property owners they are violating the city’s sidewalk snow removal ordinance. The city will have enforcers out this weekend to see if more letters need to be written when this storm is over. Fines […]
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STATELINE — It was wall-to-wall people Friday night as more vendors than usual filled the aisles of the Harrah’s Lake Tahoe convention center for the annual Business Expo. B Gorman, CEO of Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce – the event producer, expressed to Lake Tahoe News her enthusiasm for the increase in vendors. […]
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Wind will be the word most likely to describe the storm that is blowing toward Lake Tahoe. The low pressure system will bring a cold front to the region starting Friday night. Winds from the south to southwest are expected, with a lake wind advisory in effect. Sustained winds are forecast to be about 30 […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Optimist Club will be hosting the annual Easter egg hunt on April 7 at Lake Tahoe Community College. The hunt begins at 11am sharp. An bonnet contest and costume parade are part of the festivities. This free event is for infants to age 11.
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