To the community, Tahoe Douglas Rotary wishes to thank the Red Hut Cafe for once again hosting our popular Burger Night fundraiser. This year, with the generous support of the Ski Run Red Hut Café, Rick and Kelly Gardner as well as their friendly staff, we were able to raise enough money for two additional […]
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While the Chateau project has been inching above the fence line, finally there is less obstruction. The fence along Highway 50 near the state line on the South Shore came down May 12. Still, who the retail tenants will be has not been released. The only known business is McP’s Pub. The bar will be […]
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A fire of about 1 acre in size burned near Cold Creek Trail on the South Shore on May 12. The fire was reported about 3pm Monday. The U.S. Forest Service was the lead agency, but no one was available for comment. There were two burn areas above Alice Lake Road about 50 yards apart. […]
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• South Tahoe Public Utility District is having a workshop regarding sewer and water rates on May 15 from 6-8pm at the district office on Meadow Crest Drive. • Zach Hymanson has been appointed associate director to UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center. He replaces John Reuter, who served in this position since the inception […]
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By Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Josephine Drum says her daughter was “cheated out of life” when she was killed while driving to work in downtown Seattle in 2012, hit by a man in a Jeep whose blood tested positive for marijuana. “I feel if you smoke marijuana and you have to smoke […]
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Trax, Truckee Police Department’s narcotics detection canine, made his first unannounced search last week at Truckee High. Nothing was found. “I am very happy that nothing was found. Our goal is not to catch kids, but to help our students make smart and healthy choices,” TTUSD Superintendent Robert Leri said in a statement. Thursday’s unannounced […]
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A May 29 meeting about the Lake Tahoe Airport Master Plan will include an update on the process, additional details on specific aspects of the plan, and will address questions from attendees. The meeting is at 5:30pm at the airport in South Lake Tahoe. The plan is being prepared by C&S Companies. For more info, […]
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The Kings Beach Housing Now is one of four California affordable housing developments to earn the 2014 HUD Secretary’s Housing and Community Design Award. The other projects selected by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the American Institute of Architects are the 28th Street Apartments in South Los Angeles; Kelly Cullen Community […]
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By Chris Strohm, Bloomberg The top U.S. law-enforcement agency wants to give investigators greater leeway to secretly access suspected criminals’ computers in bunches, not simply one at a time. The Justice Department says the proposal, made public last week, is an attempt to keep up with technology that lets people hide identities online. Privacy advocates […]
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By Steve Pajak, Sacramento Bee Most golfers covet local knowledge and a member’s bounce. Matt Corsaut is the opposite of most golfers. The less he knows about a course, the more he likes it. It’s best if he knows nothing. “I’d rather play a course that I haven’t played before and it wasn’t great than […]
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