Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the May 24, 2011, Reno Gazette-Journal. More than 40 years after Nevada and California governors agreed on the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency compact and President Richard Nixon signed it into law, it may well be time for the two states and Congress to get together and take a new […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is having open house at the new Spooner Summit Fire Station from 11am-1pm on June 1. Staff will be on hand to answer questions about the green construction techniques used in the fire station, the Spooner Summit fuels reduction project, USFS Engine 44 and Patrol 44, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Money, TRPA, redevelopment agencies, water meters, ADA lawsuits, and California’s lousy business climate were some of the topics brought up Tuesday during an open forum with state Sen. Ted Gaines. This was Gaines’ first visit to South Lake Tahoe since being elected to the state Senate in January. The Republican from Roseville […]
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Truckee video production company Eureka Productions won seven awards this month at the 44th annual Worldfest-Houston International Film festival. “We are delighted to say that your awards assume a very special significance this year, as more than 4,200 category entries were competing from 32 countries,” Hunter Todd, director of WorldFest Houston, said in a press […]
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O’Neill, the original surf, snow and youth lifestyle brand, is poised to make a big impact this summer in the stand up paddle community by bringing SUP to New York City for the O’Neill SEA Paddle NYC; hosting all three stops of the Tahoe Cup Series; adding SUP champion Rob Rojas to its team of […]
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Don’t put away the sweaters. Snow is in the forecast for Wednesday in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Rain is expected below 7,000 feet, snow above that level for most of May 25, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. Sun will return on Thursday. The Memorial Day weekend is expected to have more sun […]
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By Kathryn Reed With occupancy only at 35 percent for the long holiday week, the people who had planned to stay at the Mountain Club at Kirkwood won’t be severely inconvenienced. All of those guests and the ones staying in the condos Monday night are sleeping elsewhere because of a fire that started about 10:20pm. […]
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Inspections for Lake Tahoe boaters will take place at roadside inspection stations starting May 25. Off-highway inspection stations will be staffed by Tahoe Resource Conservation District inspectors from 8am to 8pm for the 2011 boating season. Locations include: * Meyers at the junction of highways 50 and 89 * Spooner Summit at the junction of […]
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The Avoid the 6 DUI Campaign will be deploying officers this holiday weekend at DUI/Drivers License Checkpoints and DUI Saturation Patrols throughout El Dorado County to arrest impaired drivers who still don’t get the message. The Memorial Day weekend is witness to the kick off of summertime recreation and holiday travel, along with many college […]
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Publisher’s note: This is reprinted from the July 1975 Lake Tahoe Historical Society newsletter. Fred (Fritz) Perry shared his experiences and pictures collected over more than 30 years as “Bug Inspector” at Lake Tahoe at the March LTHS meeting. His first job as a Plant Quarantine Inspector was a seasonal job at Smith River in […]
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