Avoid the 6 El Dorado County DUI Task Force will join nearly 10,000 other law enforcement agencies nationwide in support of an intensive crackdown on impaired driving Aug. 19–Sept. 5, known as “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.” DUI-driver’s license checkpoints, multi-agency DUI task force deployments and local roving DUI patrols are schedule locally in […]
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• Fireworks on the South Shore start at 8:30pm on Sept. 4. • Lake Tahoe – both ends – are working together again to be part of the 2012 Tour de California cycling event that almost started on the South Shore this year. • Eppic Studios, a media production company providing marketing, mobile media, and […]
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Publisher’s note: The following is Ty Polastri’s speech from the Aug. 16, 2011, environmental summit at Homewood. By Ty Polastri How many of you have ever ridden a bicycle? How many continue to ride today? The No. 1 reason people no longer ride is because they don’t feel safe. They don’t feel safe riding a […]
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Roxanna Lopez, operations manager in the U.S. for Green Key Global, will give one of the main talks at the 2nd Annual West Coast Green Lodging Conference in South Lake Tahoe Aug. 21-24. She will address the gathering of hotel owners, general managers and engineers on Aug. 22 at 3:30pm at Embassy Suites. Lopez will […]
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Mother Goose on the Loose Storytime is Thursdays at 11am on Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29; Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27; Nov. 3, 10, 17; Dec. 1 and 8. A lap sit storytime for little ones upt to age 2. Mother Goose on the Loose is an award-winning program that combines music, movement, visual literacy […]
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By Alexander Wolff, Sports Illustrated Examine what military tacticians call the tip of the spear—the leading force in combat—and you’re liable to find 1st Lieut. Melissa Stockwell, U.S. Army (ret.). It’s a role she has embraced since April 2004, when a roadside bomb in Baghdad blasted off all but six inches of her left leg […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal The Ray May Fire near Gardnerville has burned close to 2,000 acres and has necessitated some people be evacuated. The neighborhood near the wildfire was dark Tuesday night as crews turned off electricity and propane as a precaution. Douglas County sheriff’s Capt. John Milby said though the fire is primarily threatening Pine […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Invasive smallmouth bass have become established in Lake Tahoe, posing what researchers call a “much more ferocious threat” to native fish than anything that has come before. “We’ve had reports of smallmouth bass before, but now we’ve 100-percent confirmed its presence in Lake Tahoe,” said Kevin Thomas, environmental scientist at […]
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As part of its Chamber EDucation program, the North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Sierra Economic Development Corporation is hosting a How to Start a Business workshop on Aug. 25 from noon to 1:30pm at the Mark Twain Cultural Center, 760 Mays Blvd., Ste. 10 in Incline Village. Deadline to register […]
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