Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is looking for gift ideas that are less than $20. Find out how to make a suggestion. It would be hard to find much above $20 at the Adidas store in South Lake Tahoe. Everything is half off already discounted prices. Shoes, shirts and sweats are all more than reasonably […]
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Auditions for “Tartuffe: Born Again,” a contemporary adaptation of Moliere’s classic French comedy, will be Jan. 3 at 7pm in the Duke Theatre at Lake Tahoe Community College in South Lake Tahoe. Scripts are available on reserve in the LTCC library. Opportunities to work in the scene shop building sets or to be on backstage […]
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By Kathryn Reed Private operators of the South Lake Tahoe Ice Rink may be frozen out of being able to make a profit any time soon. With the need to have all agreements finalized in January so the bonds could be converted from non-taxable to taxable by March 1, questions unresolved, and the season of […]
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By Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post J.W. Marriott Jr., who built the company his parents started as a District root beer stand into a global lodging giant, is stepping down as chief executive, ending a storied 39-year run that ushered in a new standard of dependable, middle-class hospitality for travelers around the region, the country […]
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Hazardous conditions are keeping Meyers Landfill site off Pioneer Trail near South Lake Tahoe off-limits to snowmobilers, snowshoers, cross country skiers, mountain bikers, off-highway vehicle users and other recreationists. Construction at the site will continue next summer. The site has been winterized, but safety hazards remain, including steep, irregular slopes with a slippery plastic cover, […]
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By John Blackstone, CBS News A U.N. conference on climate change ended Sunday without a major deal to cut toxic emissions. No country emits more carbon dioxide than China — a byproduct of its booming economy. And, as CBS News correspondent John Blackstone reports, those Chinese emissions are having a big impact in the U.S. […]
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Groups like the Carson Valley Trails Association are making trail access a reality in Douglas County. Volunteers contributed more than 4,000 hours building trails and installing signs and kiosks, mostly on the Genoa Trails Project, which now boasts 16 miles of new trail almost ready to open in the spring. When complete, the Discovery Trail […]
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The California Transportation Commission this week allocated $401 million in funding to 39 projects, including one in El Dorado County. Proposition 1B, the 2006 voter-approved transportation bond, will supply $327 million in funds to 10 projects, including $42 million toward the purchase of 42 passenger rail cars. They will be put into service on all […]
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By John Howard, Capitol Weekly The most ambitious and expensive water program to confront California voters since the State Water Project was approved more than 50 years ago may wind up getting reduced by billions of dollars, a victim of politics and the economy. The assumption is that recession-weary voters won’t approve a big-ticket bond, […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians battled for more than a decade to build a casino along Highway 50, a gambling palace that would lift the tribe out of poverty. It hasn’t worked out that way. Three years after it opened, Red Hawk Casino is performing well below expectations, […]
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