The South Lake Tahoe Friends of the Library Program for April 26 has been changed. Gina Geldbach-Hall, the first Las Vegas female firefighter, is taking the place of Debra Gauthier who is unable to travel. Gelbach-Hall never intended to be a pioneer, but this “firegal” changed the firefighting world forever. At the end of a […]
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By Heather Somerville, San Jose Mercury News PLEASANTON — Safeway profits slid in the first quarter this year as the supermarket chain began to fully see the financial loss of selling hundreds of stores in Chicago and Canada. Safeway’s lackluster earnings for the first three months of the year show how dramatically the grocer has […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post Despite one of the worst winters ever for resorts around Lake Tahoe, Vail Resorts on Wednesday reported that stellar snowfall in Colorado buoyed the company’s performance for the 2013-14 ski season. “Our performance this year reflects our ability to drive outstanding performance across our business despite varied conditions,” Vail Resorts […]
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• Travel + Leisure magazine calls the 72-mile ride around Lake Tahoe one of the country’s most scenic waterside drives. • Comments on the Tahoe Donner Nordic Center recirculated mitigated negative declaration are being taken until May 20. For more info, go online. • There will be fund-raising party for the Truckee Bike Park on […]
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Kingsbury Grade is expected to reopen by 2:45pm Thursday after being closed for a couple hours because of an accident. Two SUVs collided head-on at an angle about halfway down the Carson Valley side. The two drivers were taken by air ambulance to Renown Medical Center in Reno with moderate injuries. Further details, including names […]
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By Kathryn Reed This was the first time Sue was disappointed the salad was gone. Clearly, I’ll be making more. My only disappointment is that I had not made it sooner. With strawberries being so sweet right now, I’m guessing we’ll be having this salad regularly. I only made a small bowl the first time […]
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By Rory Carroll, Reuters With California facing its worst drought in a century, state officials have fast-tracked first-in-the-nation water efficiency standards for new toilets, urinals and faucets, an action expected to save about 8.2 billion gallons of water the first year while cutting energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. The draft standards, released late last […]
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Updated April 24 2:50pm: Timothy Duran has been located and is safe. —- A 24-year-old South Lake Tahoe man has been missing since the afternoon of April 22. Timothy Duran has no history of being a danger to anyone, but is on medication for mental health purposes and can become confused without them, according to […]
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World Book Night is an annual celebration dedicated to spreading the love of reading, person to person. Each year on April 23, Shakespeare’s birthday, tens of thousands of people go out into their communities and give half a million free World Book Night paperbacks to light and non-readers. A group of givers from the Friends […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Tahoe High School is nothing like it was eight years ago. And that’s a good thing. While it took many people – including the voters of the school district – to help transform the school, it was the leadership of Principal Ivone Larson that led the charge. Larson has known for […]
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