By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee California’s regulation of logging on private land has run afoul of state law as a result of recent budget cuts, a coalition of environmental groups claims. In a letter last week to John Laird, secretary of the state Natural Resources Agency, the groups charge that a $1.5 million cut to […]
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Publisher’s note: Apples are being sold at the Tuesday farmers’ market in South Lake Tahoe, which runs through Oct. 11. By Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee It’s our favorite fruit and American as, well, its most popular baked good. A new apple season is here, offering a crisp, sweet edge to fall meals plus the promise […]
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By Vicki Barber I thought this brief, succinct message from Mental Health America was appropriate, particularly at the beginning of the school year. I could not have said it better, so am sharing the information with your readers. My thanks to John Bachman, behavioral health services director with the El Dorado Community Health Center and […]
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• South Lake Tahoe Mayor Hal Cole’s state of the city address has been moved to Oct. 18 at 6pm at Lake Tahoe Airport. • Julia Mancuso left Chile for her home at Squaw Valley to shoot a profile piece last week for NBC that will air this winter during the Aspen Winternational World Cup. […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is profiling the six candidates who will be on the Nov. 8 ballot for the South Tahoe Public Utility District board. They are being published in the order they were submitted. Claude Gunsch is running for the seat vacated by Marylou Mosbacher. Name: Claude Gunsch Age: 62 How long have […]
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By Central Valley Business Times A new law is letting the California Department of Fish and Game to continue an aggressive strategy to combat the spread of quagga and zebra mussels in state waterways. “If we didn’t allow the DFG to continue with this aggressive control strategy, dreissenid mussels will colonize with alarming speed and […]
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By Allen Pierleoni, Sacramento Bee See that man over there, the one with curly, grayish-white hair? Is that Mark Twain of Hannibal, Mo., or McAvoy Layne of Incline Village? It’s hard to tell them apart – and that’s the point. For 24 years, Layne has transformed himself into the famous humorist as the “Ghost of […]
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The Al Tahoe neighborhood in South Lake Tahoe is having a clean-up day on Oct. 15 from noon-3pm. This clean-up day event is the result of feedback from a neighborhood service team meeting this summer. The clean-up event is focusing on collecting trash, not large scale items such as furniture. Trash bags are being provided […]
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“Pregnant in America” is having a showing at Bona Fide Books in Meyers Oct. 12 at 6pm. This is the true story of Steve and Mandy Buonaugurio, a young, adventurous, expectant couple, who decide to take a daring and potentially dangerous approach to having their first child — outside the modern American medical system. This […]
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Two South Tahoe High School students have been suspended and face criminal charges after School Resources Officer Aaron Crawford said marijuana and paraphernalia were found in their vehicles on campus. K-9 units from the South Lake Tahoe Police Department were brought to STHS and South Tahoe Middle School on Sept. 26 to sniff around lockers […]
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