Weekend poll results from the Sacramento Bee. Where will you watch the Amgen Tour of California? • Lake Tahoe area: 8 percent • As it heads toward Sacramento: 18 percent • Auburn: 6 percent • TV coverage on VS: 14 percent • Not interested: 54 percent Total votes: 181 – Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee
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South Lake Tahoe residents probably woke to flashing alarm clocks Monday morning. This is because the power was out from 12:08 to 3:29am. It affected about 24,000 customers. Liberty Energy officials said the problem started with NV Energy’s Buckeye substation in Carson City. The Buckeye Substation delivers power to two Liberty Energy substations — one […]
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• Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority has a mobile phone app out called Tahoe South. Features include events calendar, outdoor recreation, activities, weather and road conditions, accommodations, businesses direct calling and GPS-enabled mapping that detects current locations to the nearest facilities. • Caesars Entertainment, which owns Harrah’s and Harveys in Lake Tahoe, rolled out a loyalty […]
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Gypsy is a sweet 4 year old shepherd-husky mix. She came to the shelter from a home where she lived with lots of other dogs. She is very affectionate with people. She is sometimes a little unsure about other female dogs, so she’d need to meet yours before going home. Gypsy is about 60 pounds, […]
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By Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee Children in frigid areas have “snow day” school closures. Could students across sunny California face “budget days” in bad fiscal times? Gov. Jerry Brown and school officials warn that shutting down school one month early – 20 instructional days – is a real possibility for the next school year without […]
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North Tahoe Public Utility District has expanded hours at the North Tahoe Regional Park from 7am-7:30pm. Beginning June 1, the park hours will close at 9pm. To maintain the park, stay off turf areas until they have dried. Construction will start again at the new playground in the park once the area has dried out […]
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By Deborah McNaughton Foreclosure filings spiked upward another 7 percent in March. There are alternatives consumers can use to avoid becoming part of next month’s statistic. During March, the amount of foreclosure filings totaled 239,745, according to statistics released from RealtyTrac. This is up from February, when filings totaled 225,101. Granted, the rate of increase […]
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Habitat for Humanity “A Brush with Kindness” is having a volunteer informative meeting May 17 at 6:30pm at Hope Lutheran Church, 930 Julie Lane, South Lake Tahoe. A Brush with Kindness is a nationwide program serving low-income homeowners to maintain the exterior of their home to include exterior painting, minor repairs, and landscaping. For more […]
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By Kathryn Reed Pacing back and forth, head out the window trying to sniff out trouble. Argo is ready to respond. He is one of the newest officers in the South Lake Tahoe Police Department. In March, this German shepherd marked his first year working to patrol the streets with Officer Mark Hounsell. In some […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee Phillip and Nancy Garrido will be sentenced June 2 for the kidnapping and rape of Jaycee Lee Dugard, but that won’t be the end of the case that day. El Dorado Superior Court Judge Douglas Phimister has scheduled a hearing after the sentencing to decide whether to unseal the transcripts […]
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