Sugar Bowl Resort is teaming up with Boarding for Breast Cancer for the fourth annual Shred the Love benefit March 3. The resort will have a rail jam contest in the Switching Yard Terrain Park, with all entry fees from the event benefiting B4BC and their mission to provide breast cancer education, prevention and support […]
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The Mental Health Division of the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency in South Lake Tahoe has a new home. The Mental Health Division moved to the El Dorado County Government Center, 1360 Johnson Blvd., Ste. 103. Staff is sharing space with the Public Health Division. The new telephone number is (530) 573.7970. […]
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The 6th annual Champions for Children event is April 25 in Placerville and April 26 in South Lake Tahoe. Both events start at 9am, with a noon lunch to follow. This year’s them is “Making Your Organization Parent and Family Friendly – Strategies for Effective Parent Engagement” with Joni Samples as presenter. This professional development […]
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By Kathryn Reed A South Lake Tahoe man had time to call 911, but not enough time to escape the fire that engulfed the bedroom of his trailer. Glenn Sauls, 82, was found by firefighters and paramedics in his trailer at 1080 Julie Lane about 2:30am Feb. 5. He later died at Barton Memorial Hospital […]
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A San Jose woman died last week while skiing at Northstar in Truckee. Cindy Tucker Mulcahy, 52, was on the Castle Peak trail about 2pm Feb. 23 when ski patrollers found her unconscious. Mulcahy, who was wearing a helmet, later died at Tahoe Forest Hospital in Truckee. Northstar officials did not provide any more information. […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee The tale of the Wakamatsu Colony is well-known in Japan, but obscure in California – though it took place right here. Placerville poet Brigit Truex is making a small effort to change that. Truex’s book, “Strong as Silk,” was published this month, telling the Wakamatsu story in an unusual combination […]
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AARP tax aide is a free volunteer-run tax preparation and assistance service offered to all taxpayers who are low- and middle-income,with special attention to those 60 and older. The help is available at South Lake Tahoe Senior Center, 3050 Lake Tahoe Blvd., on Friday and Saturdays through April 14 from 9am-1pm, and on Thursdays through […]
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Publisher’s note: This is reprinted from the September-October 1988 Lake Tahoe Historical Society newsletter. Translucent green water, sheer cliffs, a spectacular waterfall, pines that march down to the water’s edge, Emerald Bay has always drawn visitors to revel in its beauty. Called “the most beautiful inland harbor in the world”, this western arm of Lake […]
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• This is the current El Dorado-Tahoe roadwork schedule for Caltrans. • Phase I of Lake Tahoe Books and Art – the bookstore located in the Village Center in South Lake Tahoe – comes to an end March 4. • Truckee has been named one of the world’s best ski destinations by the editors of National […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY — A campaign has been launched aimed at helping truck drivers and truck stop employees become more aware of how to identify underage children being forced into acts of prostitution. The Nevada Trucking Association and the Nevada Petroleum Marketers Association said the campaign will use materials developed […]
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