By Steve Kubby The City Council rejected a proposed new medical marijuana cultivation ordinance with reduced penalties and improved security for patients from ripoffs and raids. Instead, the fine for noncompliance, which was reduced by the city manager and attorney to $100, was increased back to $1,000 per day. Even more disturbing, the City Council […]
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At 7:40am Thursday the sun is out with blue and gray sky, and it’s snowing in South Lake Tahoe. Here is the ski report for April 21 from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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• The South Shore will not have a Relay for Life event this summer. This event raises money for the American Cancer Society. • South Lake Tahoe’s Max DeLallo in his first year at Williston State College in North Dakota threw a perfect game April 16. He struck out eight in a 17-0 win. • […]
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By Kathryn Reed Many of the rules to control the cultivation of medical marijuana in South Lake Tahoe are already on the books, but it would be hard to know that based on the number of hours staff, council and the public has to endure when it comes to discussing the topic. Once again, it […]
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By Susan Skorupa, Reno Gazette-Journal Real estate is expensive. You pay for it in rent or a house payment, says a garden book author. So if you’re a gardener, make that real estate count. That’s what the authors of two new books hope to help gardeners achieve this season. One book cuts to the simplest […]
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To the community, In honor of the Month of the Young Child, Choices for Children organized the annual Provider Breakfast honoring our community’s childcare providers for the services they provide to families and children throughout the year. The Early Care & Education field came together on April 16 at the Lake Tahoe Golf Course. This […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — “My fear is we don’t even remotely have a clue how to deal with something like this.” Those are the words of Graham Kent, director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory and professor of the Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering at UNR. He is speaking about when the next big […]
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April 22 is locals’ day at Kirkwood Mountain Resort. Lift tickets are $20 for all locals – if you’re from Lake Tahoe, Carson Valley, Jackson or any of the surrounding areas, just bring in your ID. Kirkwood is giving $5 of every locals’ lift ticket sold that day to Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition.
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By Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee What would you do with a stack of old tires? How about a heap of plastic bags? Can a pile of junk become a gold mine? Inspired by a drive to recycle and powered by imagination, inventors and artisans are finding unusual uses for other people’s discards. They’re mining the […]
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The Nevada Division of Forestry will be conducting prescribed burns at Tunnel Creek in the Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park backcountry throughout late April and into May. The Tunnel Creek road from Highway 28 to Tunnel Creek Station may be closed in order to conduct the burns. Signs will be posted throughout the area when […]
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