Kindertown Day Care will remain closed as El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Warren Stracener reviews charge brought against the South Lake Tahoe center by the state. At a hearing last week in Placerville that was attended by supporters of day care owner Maria Barrows-Crist, Stracener said he would have a decision in a month. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Drug dealers and users may have something to celebrate with the New Year. For everyone else it might not be such good news that the South Lake El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team is disbanding. SLEDNET is one of the 34 drug task forces being forced to shutdown because of state budget cuts. […]
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To the community, The CHP Turkey Drive on Nov. 19 was very successful; collecting 70 turkeys. The CHP South Lake Tahoe area would like to thank Sam Coolbaugh and Bijou Safeway for providing our collection location, STMS Club Live for their help during the collection day, and the South Lake Tahoe Women’s Center and Sierra […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee The songbirds at the feeder outside your window are not the same as they used to be. The goldfinch, the grosbeak and even the ever-present sparrow are all a little bit bigger. The reason is climate change, according to a new study, which found that 70 bird species, all common […]
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The Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association is presenting “Pedal-Driven: a bike-umentary”, a new documentary film from Jamie Howell at Moon Productions. The screening will take place at Mo’s Place in South Lake Tahoe on Nov. 30 at 7pm. It will be preceded by a social hour starting at 6pm. The movie screening is in conjunction […]
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By Garry Bowen Last Thursday we had our first official Occupy Tahoe (according to some, it will soon be Occupy SLT, to herald the idea that someone had co-opted the first). What is Occupy? Is that the same as Occupied Berlin or, Occupied Lebanon? No, it appears it is a more spontaneous gut-reaction to the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Adapting to change – that’s Dale Dodd’s approach to staying viable in the always unpredictable restaurant business. Unable to come to an agreement with his landlord on Ski Run Boulevard, Dodd decided to move his 20-year-old Scusa’s restaurant to Highway 50 in the middle of South Lake Tahoe where he had been […]
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Jim Foff, former owner of the Fantasy Inn in South Lake Tahoe, died Nov. 16. He was 58. James Coleman Foff was an active member in the lodging community, having been a past president of the South Lake Tahoe Lodging Association. He was also active in the various chambers of commerce on the South Shore. […]
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The Public Health Division of the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency has wrapped up its community flu clinics for the season and is now offering low-cost flu vaccine by appointment. The seasonal influenza vaccine is available in the shot and nasal mist forms through Public Health for $10 per vaccination. No one […]
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By Kathryn Reed Renaissance – that’s what Squaw Valley’s makeover is being called by resort officials. With plenty of snow on the mountain, the resort opens Nov. 23, though the ski team first took turns Nov. 9. At a meeting last month put on by the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association, CEO Andy Wirth talked […]
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