Lake Tahoe Community College’s mandatory orientation for the 2011-12 Lake Tahoe Basin Fire Academy is Aug. 1. No reservations required. Simply show up with a pen at 6pm at the Student Center at LTCC. Attendance at this meeting is required to be eligible for the lottery to select students for the 2011-12 academy. For information, […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College’s mandatory orientation for the 2011-12 Lake Tahoe Basin Fire Academy is Aug. 1. No reservations required. Simply show up with a pen at 6pm at the Student Center at LTCC. Attendance at this meeting is required to be eligible for the lottery to select students for the 2011-12 academy. For information, […]
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IHOP’s Scary Face Pancake Giveaway returns to participating IHOP restaurants nationwide Oct. 28. Kids 12 and under may design and dine on their own Free Scary Face Pancake creations from 7am to 10pm. The pre-Halloween giveaway launched last year as a playful take on IHOP’s popular Funny Face Pancake. The Scary Face Pancake is an […]
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Tahoe Arts Project is having an evening of music on the beach on Aug. 4 from 7-9pm. Lakeshore Lodge and Spa in South Lake Tahoe is hosting this benefit for Tahoe Arts Project that will feature the music of Niall McGuiness, Trey Stone and Rocky Sleight. Bring blankets and low back chairs, but no pets. […]
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The North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce’s Business Mixer is in Incline Village Aug. 4, 5-7pm, at 250 Village Blvd. The mixer is hosted by businesses that occupy the 250 Village Blvd. building, including Simonian Flooring, Bradley Electrical Plumbing & Heating, James Costalupes Construction and Incline Tahoe Class. Attendees can dance to live music of […]
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Steve Wasserman, the South Lake Tahoe man in prison for nearly slashing his ex-girlfriend to death, will spend at least another seven years in prison. He was up for parole this week, but was denied. The parole board said he could try again in seven years. The victim, Susie Rizk Laney, had hoped the next […]
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There are about two weeks left to donate to the Friday Night Lights project at South Tahoe High as part of the Heavenly Mountain Resort-South Tahoe Alliance of Resorts matching challenge. Heavenly and STAR pledged to match the community up to $20,000 to help put in lights at the South Tahoe football field. The community […]
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The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District responded to a brush fire on the corner of Alder Avenue and Northwood Boulevard in Incline Village on the afternoon of July 27. The cause of the 15 foot by 30 foot blaze is under investigation.
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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee Eastern Placer County may see its political influence diminish as the county adjusts political boundaries to accommodate the Lake Tahoe area’s shrinking full-time population. Under tentative redistricting maps, the supervisorial district that includes the north shore of Lake Tahoe will grow to include Auburn. “It’s pretty much a foregone conclusion […]
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By Juan Lopez, Reno Gazette-Journal A more than 16,000-acre fire in Tulare County, Calif., an area about 300 miles south of Reno, is sending up clouds of hazy smoke into the Truckee Meadows area. Scott McGuire, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said the Lion Fire’s smoke is reaching “along the entire spine of the Sierra […]
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