Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is having an open house Sept. 29 from 4-7pm at 128 Market St. on Lower Kingsbury Grade in Stateline. The event will include live music, free food, activities for kids, and info-tours of TRPA programs and initiatives. TRPA will also be announcing the winners of the Lake Spirit Award honoring people […]
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Tahoe Sierra Century Ride is Sept. 24. The three routes of varying distances start and finish in the Village at Squaw Valley. The ride benefits the music students at North Tahoe middle and high schools. To register or for information, go online.
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Douglas County commissioners on Sept. 15 are expected to approve environmental documents, the feasibility report and allocate money for the Stateline-to-Stateline Bikeway. The meeting starts at 1:30pm at the Stateline offices. It was hoped the South Demonstration Project from Stateline to Roundhill Pines Beach would have broken ground this year. However, the environmental assessment by […]
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By Carlos Alcala, Sacramento Bee El Dorado County Superior Court Judge James R. Wagoner has received public admonishment from the California Commission on Judicial Performance. The admonishment is the lowest of three levels of public discipline administered by the Commission and has neither further sanctions nor appeals. The commission’s investigation showed that Wagoner, currently assistant […]
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CASA El Dorado is hosting two FBI agents to talk about human trafficking. The talk by Special Agent Minerva Shelton and Victim Specialist Janice Dean is Sept. 22 from noon to 1:30pm at Department 3 of the El Dorado County Superior Court in South Lake Tahoe. RSVP by Sept. 20 to Amanda@casaeldorado.org or call (530) […]
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By Joel Brinkley As the congressional debt-reduction “super committee” begins work this month, it had better take into account trillions of dollars in anticipated war costs that no one in Washington seems willing to acknowledge. For decades now (and probably much longer), government estimates of war costs strove not to count numerous secondary expenses that […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe Councilman Tom Davis said, “I don’t want to be the taste police” when it comes to what kind of decorative lights people use on their businesses. The irony is the overall discussion was about signs – which is subjective and a matter of taste. With more discussion Tuesday about […]
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Due to thunderstorm activity in recent days and the current weather forecasts for this storm pattern to continue in the Amador-El Dorado Unit of CalFire, Unit Chief Kelly Keenan wanted to remind everyone of some basic lightning safety tips: — Lightning bolts can strike 10-15 miles from a thunderstorm, — If you hear thunder, then […]
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By Kyle Trygstad, Roll Call Republican Mark Amodei ran away with a victory Tuesday night in the special election for Nevada’s 2nd district. Amodei, a former state legislator and ex-state GOP chairman, took 57 percent of the vote to Democratic state Treasurer Kate Marshall’s 37 percent with 66 percent of precincts reporting. Amodei keeps the […]
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