To the South Lake Tahoe City Council, Councilmember Bruce Grego returns the $937.50 to the city that the grand jury said was unlawful to receive. No conference money for the City Council. Council takes the same cuts in benefits as city employees. No PERS for councilmenbers. No line item in budget for the City Council. […]
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Tim Zehring, retired 22-year veteran of the Mesa Arizona Police Department and executive director of the International Crime Free Association, will teach “Train the Trainer Workshop” in October. The Oct. 11 8am-5pm session is to train managers, while the Oct. 12 9am-5pm event is only for law enforcement. Zehring developed this law enforcement based crime […]
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By Kathryn Reed Twenty-seven restaurants and only eight days. It’s going to make the decision about where to eat difficult. The second annual Lake Tahoe Restaurant Week, which includes Truckee, is Oct. 2-9. To give locals an added incentive to eat out and visitors a reason to come to the basin, the event was moved […]
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By Lisa Fernandez and Howard Mintz, Contra Costa Times The San Francisco 49ers are going into the theme park business, investing in a $70 million deal to buy the Great America theme park — and bumping out of the way one of their biggest opponents to building their new stadium in Santa Clara: the park’s […]
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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 Update 7:50pm: While the death toll from Friday’s air races crash rose to 10, federal investigators left the region Monday to begin the process of figuring out what caused a vintage World War II plane to slam into the tarmac near a group of VIP box seats during the National Championship Air […]
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By Kathryn Reed What exactly was dumped into Taylor Creek should be known late Tuesday afternoon when results from water samples taken Monday are delivered to South Shore officials. While the substance appears to be petroleum, that still needs to be confirmed. The U.S. Forest Service is recanting its earlier statement when officials said it […]
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Douglas County School District is having two meeting to tell the community more about Common Core State Standards. The meetings will include information about future small group work sessions by grade level and subject area on this topic. Those will begin in October, with the initial focus on writing instruction for grades K-6. The first […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal Boy Scout Ryan Collins of Tahoe City is looking to bring local musicians together to perform for senior citizens. “Play it Forward — Musicians Performing for Community” is Collins’ Eagle Scout Project. Collins belongs to Incline Village’s Boy Scout Troop 37. Collins, 17, of Tahoe City, developed the nonprofit project as a […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal These are the known victims of Friday’s crash at the National Championship Air Races that have been confirmed by family members or the Washoe County Medical Examiner’s Office: Jimmy Leeward, 74, pilot, Ocala, Fla. Greg Morcum, 47, Marysville, Wash. Michael Wogan, 22, Phoenix George Hewitt, 60, Fort Mohave, Ariz. John Craik, 47, […]
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