By Kathryn Reed SOMERSET – It was one of those only in El Dorado County days. Schussing through fresh powder in the morning at Sierra-at-Tahoe, drinking from the barrel in the afternoon at foothill wineries. With 26 wineries to choose from for the annual Bring out the Barrel wine tasting event, we knew we couldn’t […]
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Services for Vee Gay will be at Our Lady of Tahoe Catholic Church in Zephyr Cove on Feb. 12 at 10:30am. A reception immediately following the service will be at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Stateline.
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Details of the contentious plan to conduct Nevada’s first black bear hunt beginning next summer are set to be finalized Friday in Las Vegas, with little sign rancorous debate over the plan is near an end. The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners, which unanimously approved a hunt Dec. 4 in […]
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By Kim Minugh and Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee The principal at Louisiana Schnell Elementary School in Placerville was shot to death today in his office on campus. Sam LaCara, 50, died at Marshall Hospital from a single gunshot wound, said Placerville Police Chief George Nielsen. The suspected shooter has been identified as John Luebbers, 43, […]
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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee Over its nearly 70-year run, the Denver Ski Train helped link hundreds of thousands of city dwellers with Colorado’s rich winter sport assets. Squaw Valley USA’s new president and CEO, Andy Wirth, likes the idea of offering San Francisco and Sacramento area residents a mass transit option for travel to […]
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By Tom Parkhill This past weekend the Tahoe Grizzlies Pee Wees (ages 11-12) were on the road to Fresno. They were set to take on the Falcons who they had previously beat 13-1 and 3-0 in their two meetings in South Lake Tahoe in November. The game on Saturday was tied, but then the Falcons […]
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It’s going to be cold on the slopes today. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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Rep. Tom McClintock will be the keynote speaker at the annual Placer County Republican Party Lincoln Reagan Dinner on Feb. 12. The Republican candidates for the 4th Assembly District special election are also on the agenda. The event is from 6:30-8:30pm at the Timber Creek Ballroom at Sun City in Roseville. Cost is $60/person, $110/couple […]
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By Kathryn Reed Watching the suspect make his deliveries around South Lake Tahoe, his clientele runs the gamut of residents from moms to construction workers to the seedier elements of town to cooks. “This guy had established a little network,” Jeff Catchings, commander with South Lake El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team, told Lake Tahoe News. […]
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• Lake Tahoe Community College’s Rail Jam is Feb. 12 from 2pm-midnight. • South Tahoe Middle School has a new website. • Lake Tahoe Community College will have the first round of interviews for the next president on April 18-20. The board will interview the finalists May 11-13. • Washoe County Regional Parks and Open […]
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