Publisher’s note: The following letter was sent to Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority Executive Director Carol Chaplin on March 26. It is reprinted with permission. Dear Ms. Chaplin: I am writing on behalf of the South Tahoe Chamber of Commerce, its board of directors and membership. As you know, the South Tahoe Chamber represents many smaller […]
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A tornado warning was issued earlier this evening for west central El Dorado County and southwester Placer County. Here is a link to a video of a funnel crowd caught by KCRA-TV.
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A bear rehabbed at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care was released back to the Los Padres National Forest near Lebec. The male cub was found in distress near the town of Lebec in August 2013. “People frequently encounter young wild animals such as bears and assume they need assistance or have been orphaned,” CDFW Senior Environmental […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Tahoe Public Utility District board members on Wednesday somewhat hamstrung future board’s when it comes to allowable rate increases. They also agreed to potential water and sewer increases that are well below what staff recommends. “It really decreases the water line replacements. Hopefully, there is not a fire in the area […]
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The 14th annual Dummy Downhill returns to Diamond Peak on April 6. Participants build a dummy on skis or snowboards that get launched off of a big jump, while spectators watch as the unique characters fly down the hill or crash hard. The Dummy Downhill is open to the public and there are no registration […]
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Lake Tahoe Community Colleges’ classified staff is about to have its first contract. The group officially organized to establish a union in August 2011. They have been working with the college since then to create a contract. In the first go-round discussions reached impasse regarding health and welfare, and binding arbitration. The board of trustees […]
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Lake Tahoe Historical Society’s second Do You Remember? program is April 15 at 7pm at the Lodge of Camp Richardson. It will be a panel of longtime residents telling stories and answering questions about the past. Dave Borges will moderate. Panelists include Carolyn Meiers, Jerry Johnson, Jack Martin, Del Laine, Steve James and Melba Rakow. […]
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By Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times California renters must earn more than triple the minimum wage to afford a two-bedroom apartment, underscoring a housing shortage throughout the state, a report said. A worker earning the minimum wage — $8 per hour in California — would have to toil away for 130 hours a week to […]
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University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s 15th annual best management practices workshops for contractors and landscape designers are April 17 and 18 at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village. The half-day refresher course is 8am-noon on April 17, and the full-day basic workshop is 8am-4:50pm on April 18. Best management practices are land-management and landscaping practices […]
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The Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species coordination committee is putting on a talk to highlight aquatic invasive species control and prevention efforts in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The event is May 22 from 5:30-7:30pm. It is at Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, 291 Country Club Drive, Incline Village.
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