Bread & Broth, a non-denominational ministry that prepares and serves meals twice a week at St. Theresa Church and Lake Tahoe Community Presbyterian Church, has several volunteer opportunities available. Volunteers are needed for food preparation, food service, and clean-up. If you have some spare time on Monday or Friday afternoons and would like to volunteer […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is profiling candidates for South Lake Tahoe City Council and Douglas County Commission. The stories are being published in the order they were received. Name: Alice Jones Age: 34 How long have you lived in South Lake Tahoe?: 8 years Job/profession: CPA; Controller, Tahoe Keys Property Owners’ Association What would […]
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By Janis R. Hirohama Proposition 26 is another attempt by the oil, alcohol and tobacco industries to shift onto taxpayers the burden of paying for the pollution and public health impacts of their businesses. It is so broad and so poorly written that it will negatively affect virtually every area of state and local government […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s the lull before the storm when it comes to bear activity, though Lake Tahoe homeowners who are having their houses broken into might disagree. Normally this time of year with all the berries, abundance of pine nuts and ripe Manzanita bears have plenty of natural goodies to eat. It often means […]
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By Julia Read, Newsweek In 1934, when Gertrude Stein was invited to return to America from Paris to deliver a series of lectures, the thing that troubled her most, according to her companion, Alice B. Toklas, was “the question of the food she would be eating there.” A French friend who’d made a trip to […]
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By Kraig Becker, Gadling With the adventure travel market continuing to grow at an astonishing rate, women only adventures have become an increasingly popular option as well. These trips generally offer all the same wild and challenging options that any other adventure vacation would, with perhaps a few creature comforts added in for good measure. […]
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Publisher’s note: It’s the 50-seat Bombardier jets that South Lake Tahoe officials have said would be perfect for Lake Tahoe Airport if commercial service were to return. By Mary Jane Credeur and Mary Schlangenstein, Bloomberg News The 50-seat jets once prized by carriers such as Delta Air Lines Inc. are being culled from U.S. fleets […]
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By Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee Three months into the state’s longest budget impasse, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders reached a handshake deal Friday to close the state’s $19 billion deficit, leaders announced after a five-hour meeting. To bridge the gap, they are relying on about $7.5 billion in spending cuts, as well as delaying […]
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The hearing scheduled for Oct. 1 in El Dorado County Superior Court regarding the future of the Lakeview Commons project in South Lake Tahoe has been postponed to Oct. 4.
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee Using secret testimony from kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard, prosecutors today unveiled a new 18-count indictment charging Phillip and Nancy Garrido with abducting Dugard in 1991, when she was 11. Nancy Garrido was arraigned and pleaded not guilty to the new charges, which were handed up by an El Dorado […]
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