• Caesars Entertainment Corp., owners of Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and Harveys, is planning to become a public company again. Expect an IPO next year. In 2008, private equity firms Apollo Management Group and Texas Pacific Group bought the Las Vegas-based company for $30.7 billion. • More than 50 people applied for the superintendent job at […]
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Publisher’s note: This is reprinted from the Fall Quarterly 1977 Lake Tahoe Historical Society newsletter. Temperamental weather failed to discourage 75 friends of the Lake Tahoe Historical Society who turned out to enjoy the 1977 opening of the Log Cabin Museum, Star Lake Road off Highway 50, on May 22. Museum Director Henry Newburgh greeted […]
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By Steve Kubby Medical marijuana is under assault like never before. Multiple federal agencies including the IRS, DEA, and DOJ all have their own proprietary programs to end California’s experiment with the medicalization of cannabis. Furthermore, an increasing number of voters are fed up with what they perceive as abuses of the MCDs and the […]
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By Kathryn Reed When the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 was adopted, the assumption was Nordic and Alpine skiing were the only activities a ski resort would ever want or need to offer its users. Clearly, things have changed. But for resorts that operate on U.S. Forest Service land, the act is […]
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The National Weather Service is hosting a Weather Spotter training course at the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District on Nov. 30 from 6-7:30pm. The training will highlight how spotters help the National Weather Service issue life saving weather warnings and includes topics such as severe thunderstorms, flash floods, winter storms, and other extreme weather. […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe police Officer Johnny Poland turned in his badge and gun Nov. 15, with Wednesday being his first day on paid administrative leave. “He is under federal criminal investigation. It would be inappropriate for him to continue to serve in a day-to-day capacity,” City Manager Tony O’Rourke told Lake Tahoe […]
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The Hellman Family of San Francisco has presented California State Parks with a $100,000 donation to support the restoration efforts of the Hellman-Ehrman Estate at Lake Tahoe. The mansion is located within Ed Z’berg Sugar Pine Point State Park on the west shore of Lake Tahoe. “The leadership and vision of the Hellman family is […]
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South Shore chiropractor Joshua Welch is working for food. Safe Haven Chiropractic in Meyers is conducting a food drive now through Nov. 23 to help the community. Welch is exchanging chiropractic care for five non-perishable food items that will be given to a local charity. Current, new or reactivating patients and families will receive a […]
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By Ed Vogel, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Tonight if you see your state senator and a lobbyist dining on Châteaubriand and drinking red wine in a fine Las Vegas restaurant, it’s a safe bet they aren’t going Dutch treat. The lobbyist will pick up the tab and no one ever will know he […]
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Zimride, the largest online ride-sharing service in North America, announced its San Francisco-Lake Tahoe route today, with service beginning Thanksgiving Day. The idea is to bring Bay Area residents convenient, inexpensive access to the basin. To celebrate the launch, Zimride is giving away a free tank of gas ($40 value) to the first 500 drivers […]
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