By Julie Bosman, New York Times In March 2009, an eternity ago in Silicon Valley, a small team of engineers here was in a big hurry to rethink the future of books. Not the paper-and-ink books that have been around since the days of Gutenberg, the ones that the doomsayers proclaim — with glee or […]
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By Amy Joi O’Donoghue, Deseret News PARK CITY — A young University of Utah student died Sunday after a fall from a ski lift at Canyons Ski Resort. Resort spokesman Steve Pastorino said the woman was on the High Meadow chair lift when she fell at 11:49am. Despite quick ski patrol response and on-board care […]
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By Colin Bane, XGames.com ASPEN — Shaun White, who rides for Northstar, scored the first perfect score in Winter X Games history in Men’s Snowboard SuperPipe finals on Sunday, winning his fifth consecutive gold medal — a first in Snowboard SuperPipe. The victory comes after a left ankle sprain that plagued him earlier in the […]
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• Redevelopment is the topic of the Jan. 30 5pm South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting at Lake Tahoe Airport. Here is the special meeting agenda. • Krys Bart, president/CEO of the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority, has earned the American Association of Airport Executives’ Distinguished Service Award. • How does the world supply food for 9 […]
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Dogs and bike paths are two issues the South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission is scheduled to discuss Feb. 9. Residents in the 900 block of Merced Avenue want to have six dogs at their single-family residence. City law permits no more than four without a special use permit. While the commission in June approved the […]
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Bob Hart is the latest winner of Lake Tahoe News’ Random Acts of Kindness promotion. His ability to teach his neighbor how to split her own wood last summer means the utility bills are much less this winter. Bob will be receiving a gift basket from Heart Rock Herb & Spice Co. Lake Tahoe News‘ […]
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To the community, As a member of the City Council, I served on three JPA boards (joint powers authority). They were the recreation JPA created by Measure S; the refuse JPA; and the fire-ambulance JPA. Recently, the recreation JPA has been through a meat grinder. It has paid for two elections; one failed, one passed. […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe Fire Department is the only agency in the Lake Tahoe Basin without a fire marshal. And there is no plan to have one again anytime soon. This was the City Council’s doing when the five approved the budget last fall that came with reorganization plans in the department. The […]
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Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Foundation is having a Full Moon Yurt Dinner Fundraiser on Feb. 3. Douglas Dale of Wolfdale’s will be the chef for the night. The evening adventure starts with a moonlit ski or snowshoe from the Tahoe Cross Country Ski Area to the trailside warming hut on Yellow trail where there […]
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Sessions in South Lake Tahoe is offering a free haircut-style to anyone with at least 10 inches of good hair to donate to the Locks of Love Foundation. The foundation creates wigs for children who have lost their hair because of an illness. The promotion is going on throughout February. It is a $45 value. […]
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