The California Highway Patrol is offering a driving class called Winter Driving Safety & Survival. Winter Driving Safety & Survival is aimed at helping educate all drivers about the hazards of winter driving. The class was created in an effort to preemptively reduce the incidence of injuries and deaths resulting from winter-related motor vehicle collisions […]
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North Lake Tahoe celebrates its long winter season with SnowFest, a 10-day carnival. SnowFest is scheduled for March 4-13 and will beat a variety of venues throughout North Lake Tahoe. In its 30th year, SnowFest is expected to draw thousands of attendees, with the majority of events free to spectators. The annual favorites are back, […]
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By David Jacobs, Reno Gazette-Journal If the Reno-Lake Tahoe region were to land a bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sparks would play a key role, the leader of the Regional Transportation Commission is telling city leaders. “Clearly, Sparks first off has a significant number of the region’s hotel rooms, and that’s where folks are […]
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With a potential vacancy in Assembly for the seat representing Lake Tahoe, speculation is two women well known to South Lake Tahoe would vie for it. But the rumor mill is inaccurate this time around. Kathay Lovell and Norma Santiago told Lake Tahoe News they have no interest in running for the seat if Ted […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will continue prescribed fire operations in the Pioneer Trail area of the South Shore today, weather permitting. Additionally, fuels crews will conduct operations on an urban lot in Tahoe City. If favorable weather conditions continue, operations are expected to continue through the week. Residents and visitors can expect to […]
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• Aimi Xistra-Rich is leaving her PR job at Heavenly to be executive director of the Heavenly Ski and Snowboard Foundation. • Boulder Bay hearings before the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency for November have been canceled and will be rescheduled at the applicant’s request. The Nov. 10 APC meeting has been canceled. • Expect boat […]
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By Sharon Sterling Members of Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe participated in the Sugar Pine Foundation’s community planting event Nov. 6, helping to plant 750 sugar pine seedlings on U.S. Forest Service land in the Angora Fire burn scar area near Coyote Ridge Circle in South Lake Tahoe. According to the Sugar Pine Foundation, […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal One of the windiest places in Northern Nevada, Washoe Valley can be just plain scary. Erik Wingfield of Reno certainly knows. He commutes through the valley daily to his job in Carson City. Driving there with his girlfriend during a recent storm, “it was just scary, period. It was blowing […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Nov. 4, 2010, Los Angeles Times. California voters have given the majority party the power to adopt a state budget on a majority vote. But in passing Prop. 26, they have stripped the same lawmakers of one of their chief budget-balancing tools. Were California voters especially wise Tuesday […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Rubber mats laid atop beds of Lake Tahoe’s invading clams seem to have done their deadly job. Last week, divers removed mats from two half-acre-sized swaths of clam-infested lake bottom. While data still are being analyzed, the test indicates the mats appear to be the most effective weapon against Tahoe’s […]
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