Officers from the California Highway Patrol’s Meyers’ office will be collecting turkeys on Nov. 19 in front of the Safeway Store at 1020 Johnson Blvd. from 10am-4pm. As the turkeys are donated, they will be “stuffed” in a patrol vehicle. The donated turkeys will then be given to the South Lake Tahoe Women’s Center and […]
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By Jeff Pelline, Sacramento Bee When it comes to finding farm-fresh citrus, most people think of Florida or California’s San Joaquin Valley. But the Sierra foothills are home to the crème de la crème of citrus: the mountain mandarin. The mandarin is a true citrus experience. It has a sweet and tangy scent, is seedless, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Joseph Scanio was taken into custody today after a court hearing in U.S. District Court in Sacramento. Judge Morrison C. England Jr. ruled at the status conference that the South Lake Tahoe man is “a danger to the public.” However, Scanio’s attorney, Assistant Federal Defender Timothy Zindel, told Lake Tahoe News, “This […]
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By Brenda Gazzar, San Gabriel Valley ARCADIA – More than a century after his death, a descendant of Arcadia founder Elias J. “Lucky” Baldwin hopes to commission and donate a larger-than-life bronze statue of the colorful businessman to the city for public display. Baldwin’s great, great, great granddaughter Margaux Viera of Pasadena wants to donate […]
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By Diana Lambert, Sacramento Bee Preet Sandhu wasn’t surprised to learn last week that her daughter Kirat wasn’t eligible for kindergarten. Elk Grove Unified staff had done a good job of getting the word out. Sandhu’s daughter turns 5 on Nov. 5, 2012 – and a new law requires that kids be age 5 by […]
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By Mary Clare Jalonick, Huffington Post WASHINGTON — Congress wants to keep pizza and French fries on school lunch lines, fighting back against an Obama administration proposal to make school lunches healthier. The final version of a spending bill released late Monday would unravel school lunch standards the Agriculture Department proposed earlier this year, which […]
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It’s being billed as a Beer & Food Festival – the combination of six Lagunita’s Brewing Company specialty beers paired with food from Dragonfly. The Dec. 1 event is from 6 to 9pm at the Truckee restaurant. Attendees can stop in anytime during the evening and roam the food and beer stations. Cost is $32. […]
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Snowflakes. That’s what the National Weather Service in Reno’s graphic shows for the Lake Tahoe area for tonight through Sunday. High winds will be associated with the storm that will start to move in this afternoon. A high wind advisory has been issued for Lake Tahoe from 2pm Thursday through 4am Friday. By Friday morning, […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews are scheduled to resume prescribed fire operations in the Angora area today. Fuels reduction crews are expected to conduct operations on a total of approximately 40 acres near Mule Deer Circle. Operations may continue through the week. Residents and visitors can expect to see smoke from this prescribed fire […]
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By Kathryn Reed Epidemic is the word South Lake Tahoe police Officer Rebecca Inman used to describe bath salts and Spice. These are not substances to be used in the bathtub or kitchen. Instead, they are manufactured drugs that are legal to possess or use in California and Nevada. On Jan. 1 they will be […]
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