By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Despite grape shortages in California, consumers can count on another year of wine discounts, according to a UC Davis survey released Monday. The university’s 10th annual survey of top California wine executives shows an industry slowly emerging from the recession. Weather and financial concerns have created crop shortages, but consumers […]
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By James S. Fell, Los Angeles Times Do you ever feel like making a voodoo doll in the image of your boss, stabbing it full of pins, twisting its head off, then setting it on fire? I remember those days. Speaking of the old days, here’s to the good old mammoth-slaying Stone Age, when we […]
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By Kathryn Reed Saturday marks one full month since South Lake Tahoe turned the ice rink keys over to private operators. The most noticeable difference walking in is the retail shop on the right is not there. Instead, those goods are being moved to the left of the front doors, with office space being taken […]
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Open letter to the community: At the Sept. 15, 2011, special City Council meeting to discuss the city’s projected $5.2 million deficit, several members of the community made statements during public comment that could be construed as fact and thus, need clarification. But first, some background on the framework of the proposed fiscal year 2012 […]
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This weekend TAMBA is having two trail days in honor of National Public Lands Day. The first is Sept. 24 on Mr. Toads-Saxon Creek Trail in South Lake Tahoe. The Sept. 25 event is on the East Shore near the Flume Trail on the new Marlette-Hobart Connector. Work will primarily be on the main rock […]
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The Kiwanis Club of Lake Tahoe is hosting “Murder in an English Manor” on Oct. 1 at 6:30pm at the South Tahoe High School theater. The event is to raise money for Friday Night Lights — aka renovations to the football field. The dinner, auction and “murder” tickets are $30. Call (530) 541.6487 for information […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal The 15-acre Goni Fire burning on BLM land in the hills north of Carson City is burning in moderate brush and should be controlled soon, a Carson City Fire Department official said. Carson City and BLM crews have six brush engines on the fire, said Carson City Fire Battalion Chief Eric Bero. […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal A pilot appears to have serious injuries after a crash this morning at Truckee Tahoee Airport, according to Kevin Bumen, director of aviation at the airport. It was only the pilot on board the aircraft. The Piper Aztec burst into flames as he was getting out of the aircraft. Bumen said it’s […]
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To the community, Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce and the Leadership Lake Tahoe Task Force would like to offer a special thank you to Aston’s Lakeland Village for providing transportation and meeting space for this year’s Leadership Lake Tahoe class. Leadership Lake Tahoe lasts through June 2012. Twenty-five students are taking part in […]
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By David Siders, Sacramento Bee Wall Street, which has long frowned on California and its budget grief, cracked a smile Tuesday. In its first sale of general obligation bonds since the passage of a rare, on-time state spending plan, California will pay tens of millions of dollars less in interest than it did last fall. […]
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