Two men armed with at least one gun and wearing masks robbed a South Lake Tahoe gas station Saturday night. Officials are not saying how much money the men stole from the USA gas station at 2470 Lake Tahoe Blvd. The suspects entered the store area of the station about 10:30pm Oct. 8, “pulled a […]
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Updated: Oct. 17, 2011. As part of the Regional Plan update, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has released the public draft of an overhauled Code of Ordinances that is more than 1 pound lighter than the current code. Most of the changes in the draft document will not need to wait next year’s scheduled adoption […]
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Former San Francisco Giants pitcher Dave Dravecky will speak at LifePoint Church in Minden Oct. 22-23. Dravecky pitched for the Giants from 1987-1989. He came back from cancer, but career ended when his pitching arm snapped during a game in 1989. LifePoint Church is at 1095 Stephanie Way. For more information, call (775) 267.0151.
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The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District will be teaming up with schoolteachers and students to talk about fire safety during the month of October. Fire Prevention Week is celebrated nationally Oct. 9-15. The district will host tours of the fire station and visit pre-schools all month. The theme this year focuses on protecting your […]
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By Susan Wood SAUSALITO – The term R&R must have been born here. When visitors are ready to venture out of their rooms in this Marin County haven, they’ll find plenty to do – activities that encompass relaxation and recreation. For starters, the historic Casa Madrona hotel sits in the center of town on Bridgeway […]
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By Kathryn Reed “Can we trust Lahontan to protect our interests? I don’t know.” Those were South Lake Tahoe City Councilman Bruce Grego’s words at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Lahontan was in the building to give a presentation about the likelihood of the water board soon allowing pesticides to be used to eradicate aquatic invasive […]
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The Tahoe City PUD Parks and Recreation Department’s annual Harvest Festival and Pumpkin Patch is Oct. 22 from 10am-2pm. This family event is the wrap up to the Tahoe City Downtown Associations yearly Oktoberfest which is the backbone of the fall celebration in Tahoe City. Although there isn’t much fall harvesting in the basin besides […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Oct. 5, 2011, Contra Costa Times. There’s nothing like a couple of wet years to dampen arguments that environmental protection regulations are depleting water supplies needed by agricultural and urban users. A record 6.5 million acre-feet has been pumped from the Delta this year, mostly to Central Valley […]
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By Rudy Ruitenberg, Bloomberg News U.S. wineries producing lower-cost wines face shrinking profit margins as a tightening supply of domestic grapes lifts prices for the fruit, Rabobank International said. Rising grape costs are prompting some large U.S. wine companies to rethink supply strategies, Rabobank analysts Stephen Rannekleiv, Marc Soccio and Valeria Mutis wrote in a […]
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By Susan Wood SAUSALITO – In a place where boats dominate the landscape, the fantasy of permanently drifting through life here like the ebb and flow of the tide became our weekend reality at the Inn Above Tide. From the moment we drove in, inn staffer David greeted us with a sincere welcoming to the […]
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