Join the Tahoe Rim Trail Association for its annual National Winter Trails Day. Participate in a day of winter recreation, presentations, and activities on Jan. 8 between 10am and 2pm. The event will be near the west end of Tahoe Meadows on the south side of Mt. Rose Highway. To participate, contact Tom at (775) […]
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To the community, Help is very much needed for the St. Theresa Church annual Free Christmas Food & Gift Basket give away for those that are in need throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin. St. Theresa has offered free food baskets annually for more than 30 years. Sue Davis, the director of Religious Education at St. […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe is inching toward recognizing it needs to do something regarding nepotism. But the bigger policy issue regarding employees will not be brought to the council until February or March. A revision to the basic nepotism policy was before the council Dec. 14. What was altered is the code of […]
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Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra meets every Thursday at 7:30am at the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center. Breakfast and coffee are served. The speakers, who start at 8am, in January are: Jan. 13 ~ Amber Wilson, nutritional consultant. Jan. 20 ~ Carolyn Meiers, Habitat for Humanity in South Lake Tahoe.
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St. Theresa School is the recipient of a $1,500 grant from Raley’s. The South Lake Tahoe school was one of four schools nominated in the Northern California region. They received the most online votes and will be presented with a check Dec. 14 at 6pm during the Christmas performance of the Nativity Play. This will […]
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The North Face Park and Pipe Open Series, a two-stop tour featuring ski slopestyle and halfpipe competitions, is Jan. 6-9 at Northstar-at-Tahoe in Truckee and Feb. 17-20 at Waterville Valley in New Hampshire. The North Face Park and Pipe Open Series will dedicate one competition day to halfpipe and two days to slopestyle. Judging will […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe has a new mayor of sorts – Hal Cole. He had the position during his first tenure on the council, so he knows what he is getting into. He was mayor in 1998, 2001 and 2006. Claire Fortier, the top vote getter in the November election, was unanimously appointed […]
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By Joan Aragone, AARP Bulletin Bob Hyman, a retired salesman with health problems, stocks up at the weekly food pantry at his subsidized senior housing facility. From food provided by the San Francisco Food Bank, he selects carrots, cabbage, potatoes, celery, onions, apples, pears, canned beans, bread and rice. “It’s a good program, and it […]
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The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a winter weather advisory for the Lake Tahoe basin from 7am today through 1am Wednesday. Expect the roads to be nasty, especially with rain on the roads before the temperatures drop — which is the perfect way to make ice. Road conditions may be accessed from the […]
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By Chelsea Phua, Sacramento Bee An El Dorado County Superior Court judge on Monday sentenced David Charles Zanon to death for running down and killing California Highway Patrol Officer Scott Russell more than three years ago. A jury in September recommended the death sentence, after convicting Zanon of first-degree murder in early August. Zanon, who […]
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