Jef Bauer is MontBleu casino’s new general manager. Before taking the job at the Stateline casino, Bauer was vice president and general manager of Golden Casino Group in Black Hawk, Colo., where he was responsible for overseeing all three of Golden’s casinos – Golden Mardi Gras, Golden Gates and Golden Gulch. The combined enterprise operated […]
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Publisher’s note: This is from the July 1973 Lake Tahoe Historical Society newsletter. By Mike Magliari, Lake Tahoe Historical Society Until recently, little research was done concerning the Washoe Indians. Aside from the Washoe Indian Trail on Taylor Creek and Dat-so-la-lee basket collections, there wasn’t much one could see pertaining to Lake Tahoe’s earlier inhabitants. […]
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The El Dorado County Mental Health Division of the Health Services Department is having two public meetings Oct. 22. The first is from 1-2:30pm at 1900 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe and then from 3-4:30pm at 670 Placerville Drive, 2nd Floor, Placerville. The public meetings will be hosted by the El Dorado County Health […]
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By Tom Knudson, Sacramento Bee With button-brown eyes, striped cheeks and a bushy orange-black tail, the Inyo chipmunk has darted among the gnarled pines of the Sierra Nevada for centuries. But it has apparently vanished. “We have not been able to find it anywhere,” said James Patton, a retired UC Berkeley professor of zoology who […]
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Nevada Day, a four-day celebration of the Silver State’s admission to the Union in 1864, will recognize “100 Years of Aviation in Nevada.” The centennial marks the history-making flight of daredevil pilot Ivy Baldwin just west of Carson City – at elevation 4,675 feet the highest at that time. Lt. Col. (Ret.) Dick Rutan of […]
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By Stephen Ward In 1983, Dr. Donald Trunkey, an innovative physician with a dream to help injured patients regardless of their financial constraints, formed the California Shock/Trauma Air Rescue service. Since then, CalStar has helped the Tahoe area provide quick transportation to nearby hospitals, with more than 3,000 transports since Tahoe’s CalStar-6 base opened in […]
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By Kathryn Reed A 60-year-old South Lake Tahoe woman who lives in her van had the windows shot out with bean bags by police after she nearly ran over a sergeant, led officers on a chase and held them at bay for 30 minutes. South Lake Tahoe police officers responded to a call of gunshots […]
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By Tracy Correa, McClatchy Newspapers Monica Hoenig could have enrolled her 4-year-old son Ryan in kindergarten this year, but she was concerned that his lack of maturity would cause him to lag academically – not only now, but in years to come. So she signed him up for a pilot transitional kindergarten program at Washington […]
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The Dakota Organization will present “Talking With…,” a study of love, loneliness and obsession where laughter mingles with perpetual sadness. The play is Oct. 21-23 at 7:30pm and Oct. 24 at 2pm at the CVIC Hall, 1602 Esmeralda in Minden. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $10 for students and seniors. This play consists […]
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Barton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary’s annual Holiday Faire at St. Theresa Catholic Church is Nov. 7 from 9am-3pm. The church is at the corner of Lyons Avenue and Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe. The auxiliary’s famous cheese balls will be for sale.
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