By Ari Levi, Bloomberg News Betfair Group PLC, a British online-gambling company, is wagering that it can revitalize California’s slumping horse-racing industry. The London company, which has spent a decade bringing legal sports betting to the Web, set its sights on California after the state passed a bill in September allowing horse betting through online […]
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By Erin Kelly, Gannett News Service WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Thursday postponed until next week a vote on the DREAM Act, which would allow young immigrants brought to this country illegally as children to earn legal status if they attend college or serve in the U.S. military. The Senate had been scheduled to […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee Jona Scher, an El Dorado Sheriff’s Office community services officer, was served with a notice of intent to terminate employment on Thursday, tantamount to being fired. Scher is the third employee of the Sheriff’s Office served with a termination notice in a week. Each of them is a plaintiff in […]
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The community is invited to buy a tree and shop for goodies to go under the tree at the Christmas in Tahoe: the Christ Kindle Mart. The Optimist Club of South Lake Tahoe and the South Tahoe Chamber of Commerce are partners in this project. In addition to the Optimist tree lot, Santa, and music, […]
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The community is invited to buy a tree and shop for goodies to go under the tree at the Christmas in Tahoe: the Christ Kindle Mart. The Optimist Club of South Lake Tahoe and the South Tahoe Chamber of Commerce are partners in this project. In addition to the Optimist tree lot, Santa, and music, […]
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Homewood Mountain Resort and Tahoe Donner Ski Area open today. Winds — again — may hamper operations on the upper parts of some resorts today. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By Lindsey Sine, U.S. Snowboarding COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. – Halfpipe athletes from around the globe were right back at home Thursday as they dropped into the qualification rounds of the Visa U.S. Halfpipe Grand Prix at Copper Mountain in Colorado. And none other than Olympic gold and bronze medalist Kelly Clark (Mount Snow, Vt.) was […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is looking for ideas for gifts that cost less than $20 to share with readers. Read this for details. South Shore potter Barbara Wesson has small horsehair raku vases for sale for less than $20, as well as a few planter pots in that price range. She describes her website […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Community College has reversed its policy regarding mailing quarterly class schedules. In what was touted as a green initiative in terms of money and fewer trees being destroyed is no longer the direction the two-year institution is pursuing. Tom Greene, who became vice president of Academic Affairs and Student Services […]
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• The Black Bear Inn in South Lake Tahoe is serving dinner Wednesday-Sunday. Reservations are mandatory. • Red Hut Café at Ski Run Boulevard is offering dinner Thursday-Friday-Saturday. • Bona Fide Books is seeking short fiction and nonfiction selections of 500 words or less for a Tahoe anthology. Subjects may range from the gritty to […]
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