By Steve Kubby The November 2012 presidential election affords proponents of a ballot initiative to change state law concerning the regulation of marijuana a strong opportunity for success. The most significant consideration is that the California electorate for the next presidential election will be considerably younger. Our analysis indicates that 21 percent of all voters […]
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By Kathryn Reed To wipe-out an ongoing $3.4 million annual deficit, South Lake Tahoe staff members are proposing getting rid of positions, freezing wages, raising the hotel tax, and revamping employee pension and health care options. Some of the proposals brought forth during the City Council’s workshop Tuesday afternoon need to be vetted and approved […]
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Alpine Meadows Ski Resort’s Take the Lake Triple Jump Line Competition is March 18-20. Take the Lake hosts some of the country’s top amateur and pro-am skiers and snowboarders –- and this year’s competitors can expect a triple jump line judged by some of the industry’s most sought-after judges. A $15,000 purse is on the […]
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By Brenda Knox and Kathryn Reed PHILLIPS STATION — With the amount of snow that has fallen and the sudden meltdown of it, people living in Lake Tahoe know there is plenty of water in that white stuff. Officials from the California Department of Water Resources made it official Tuesday. The measurements taken March 1 […]
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Publisher’s note: Jeffrey Halperin of San Francisco has been identified as the snowboarder. By FoxReno.com TRUCKEE — Officials confirmed that an unidentified 30-year-old man was killed Sunday while snowboarding at Northstar-at-Tahoe. According to a press release issued Monday afternoon by Northstar Spokeswoman Jessica Van Pernis, ski patrollers and officials with the Northstar Fire Department were […]
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Pete Thomas, GrindTV Pro freeskier Ryan Hawks died early Tuesday of injuries suffered during an extreme competition in Northern California. He was 25 and a rising star in the sometimes dangerous sport of big-mountain freeskiing. Hawks, a Utah resident originally from Vermont, had had been attempting a 40-foot backflip Sunday during the North American Freeskiing […]
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In a ceremony last week, Douglas County Sheriff Ron Pierini presented special recognition and achievement awards to several members of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team. In the past 12 months, DCSAR has responded to numerous public service emergencies, including searching for lost or stranded skiers, hikers, mountain bikers, ATV and motorcycle […]
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Publisher’s note: Sue Schlerf is a former assistant city manager of South Lake Tahoe. By Susan Voyles, Reno Gazette-Journal Practicing what it had just preached, the Reno City Council today rejected an offer from one assistant city manager to serve as interim manager for the next six months after he wanted a raise for the […]
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A winter weather advisory in effect from midnight tonight to noon Wednesday. The National Weather Service in Reno is calling for snow to begin late tonight near the Sierra crest and spread into the Lake Tahoe Basin early Wednesday morning. Expect 6 to 12 inches above 7,000 feet, with 2 to 6 inches at lake […]
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• The bankruptcy hearing for South Tahoe Area Transportation Authority has been moved to March 14. • A veteran of Truckee’s now-defunct Joe Coffee, Chris McCormick, is back at it lending his savvy barista expertise to Elijah Bleu’s House of Coffee & Good Eats in Truckee. • According to the Reno Gazette-Journal, Richard Femenella, the […]
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