Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is looking for gift ideas that are less than $20. Find out how to make a suggestion. A massage may be what the person on your list would prefer, but a less expensive alternative is a tube of Biofreeze. It’s one of the best topical pain relievers for the sports […]
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Tahoe Valley Elementary School students helped set a Guinness World Record then they were part of a jumping jack contest in October. Put on by National Geographic Kids between 3pm Oct. 11 and 3pm Oct. 12, 300,265 jumpers all over the world took part in the event. The old record for the most number of […]
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To the community, The Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority would like to thank a number of people and partners for making this year’s Community Winter Tree Lighting on Dec. 2 such a great success. Special thanks to Liberty Energy for providing additional lighting and labor to make this the best and most energy efficient year ever. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Money for teachers, textbooks and lights for the classrooms remain – for the most part – but there may be no students sitting at the desks. That’s because school bus funding has been cut throughout California. Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday pulled the trigger to slice millions of dollars from K-14 education. […]
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Red Hut on Ski Run Boulevard in South Tahoe will host a Burger Night fundraiser to benefit the Heavenly Ski and Snowboard Foundation’s Scholarship Fund on Dec. 14 from 4-9pm. The Red Hut will be serving combos that include a burger, homemade chips and a fountain soda for a $10. Ice cream treats and shakes […]
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By Robert Reich For most of the last century, the basic bargain at the heart of the American economy was that employers paid their workers enough to buy what American employers were selling. That basic bargain created a virtuous cycle of higher living standards, more jobs and better wages. Back in 1914, Henry Ford announced […]
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The California Highway Patrol South Lake Tahoe area will conduct a Child Safety Seat Check-Up event Dec. 17 from 11am-3pm. Certified car seat technicians from the CHP will be available to show parents how to properly and securely install a child safety seat in their vehicle. National studies show three out of four car seats […]
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By Michael Doyle, McClatchy WASHINGTON – Meet John Doolittle, working stiff. Sacramento-region residents once called him Republican state senator, then congressman. He was Lake Tahoe’s congressman, too. Federal prosecutors once called him, ominously, Representative 5. Now, starting over at the age of 61, he unashamedly calls himself a lobbyist. “It’s funny,” Doolittle said. “That’s such […]
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South Lake Tahoe police, Placerville police, El Dorado County sheriff and the CHP will be out in force during the holiday season from Dec. 16-Jan. 2 to arrest anyone caught driving drunk behind the wheel. “‘RUOK?’ is the text message version of the often heard question, ‘Are you OK to drive?’ If you have to […]
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By Yun Long, Reno Gazette-Journal Almost everyone seems to have a mobile app. And if not, they’re working on one. JoinGo, an Incline Village startup established in 2008, offers gaming properties a mobile product that puts them on the ground floor of the smartphone trend — without the substantial investment in technology or workforce that […]
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