• El Dorado County Fair has a deal for dads on Father’s Day – June 19. • Lilly’s Tires is thriving. The South Tahoe store’s sign is down only because first a truck took it out and then a windstorm finished it off. • South Tahoe Public Utility District is having a meeting May 5 […]
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By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee For the second time in a year, a University of California, Davis, study has found that most olive oil imported into the United States fails to meet the international criteria for “extra virgin.” The new study released by the Olive Center at UCD found that 73 percent of 134 samples […]
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Combine an Easter egg hunt with an avalanche beacon search practice session, and the result is the 5th annual Beacon & Eggs beacon search contest at Alpine Meadows Ski Resort. Beacon & Eggs is a fun, free beacon hunt out on the mountain on April 24. Avalanche beacons will be buried in a 1-acre area […]
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By Kathryn Reed Alcohol will be sold at Fallen Leaf Lake this summer. That is assuming a concessionaire is ever hired and then that person acquires the necessary permits. After a 3½-hour meeting Saturday that was dominated by issues related to the operation of the store and marina at the South Shore lake, the board […]
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International real estate investment and services company Kennedy Wilson is auctioning off a limited collection of ski-in ski-out luxury condominiums at Resort at Squaw Creek on April 30. Starting Bids on the 17 one- and two-bedroom condominiums range from $130,000 to $185,000 on homes whose original (2005) launch prices ranged from $374,900 up to $965,900. […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will resume prescribed fire operations on Kingsbury Grade near North Benjamin beginning April 18, weather permitting. The project area is approximately 10 acres. Operations are expected to continue through the week if favorable weather conditions continue. Residents and visitors can expect to see smoke from prescribed fire project areas.
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By Ty Polastri In 2000, the residents of South Lake Tahoe approved a bond to raise monies for recreational facilities and bicycle path maintenance. In 2009, an effort by the Joint Powers Authority, who administers the bond monies, advanced a Measure B to reallocate the accruing bicycle path maintenance funds for recreational facilities beyond the […]
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By Steven Greenut SACRAMENTO – When I lived in Iowa, I was an average citizen, and, one day, I had a question for the governor’s office for an article I was writing for a small newsletter. I called the Capitol number and was transferred to an aide, who responded with something to this effect: “Why […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the April 13, 2011, Reno Gazette-Journal. The Federal Aviation Administration has a problem. It’s not simply that a controller fell asleep in the tower at Reno-Tahoe International Airport early Wednesday as a medical flight was attempting to land, as troubling as that is. One incident of that nature can […]
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Sierra Nevada College’s free Cultural Festival is April 23 from 11am until 3pm in Patterson Hall, Incline Village. This family-fun festival celebrates the diversity of cultures, languages, and histories in the local communities. Multicultural entertainment will feature five live music and dancing performances and two international film screenings. Cultural activities and exhibits include origami, Buddhist […]
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