Nancy Zarenda from the California Department of Education this week presented Lake Tahoe Community College’s Intensive Spanish Summer Institute with letters of recognition from Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado. The institute at LTCC, which is in its 17th year, is hosting more than 450 students for a week of intensive study of the Spanish language and […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s possible Lake Tahoe will have a new assemblyman and state senator in a matter of months. Ted Gaines, who currently represents the area in the Assembly, is running for the seat of the late state Sen. Dave Cox. Cox died in July at age 72. Gaines, R-Roseville, is wrapping up his […]
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The Coyote Grill welcomes the Lions Club of South Lake Tahoe for an All You Can Eat Chili fundraiser tonight starting at 5. Coyote Grill is in the Round Hill Center near Safeway.
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Results. That is how Tony O’Rourke wants his tenure as city manager of South Lake Tahoe to be judged. Part of Day 3 on the job was spent speaking to Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe during the group’s weekly lunch at Harveys. Looking out and down from the 12th […]
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Bids for a 1.3 million gallon water storage tank came in well below what North Tahoe Public Utility District board of directors was ready to pay. At the Aug. 10 meeting directors awarded the $1.76 million project to Paso Robles Tank Inc. This is more than $250,000 less than engineers estimated. This project includes the […]
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By Lenita Powers, Reno Gazette-Journal They’re fast, they’re bright and they’ll put on a free show in the nighttime sky in the next couple of days for Nevadans willing to give up an hour or two of sleep. The Perseid meteor shower that shoots across the summer sky each year will be at its most […]
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Lake Tahoe Chautauqua continues its quest to blend the insights of historical research with the fun of theatrical entertainment as it presents “Hot Dogs to Haute Cuisine” at Sand Harbor State Park on Aug. 19 beginning at 6pm. For those unfamiliar with this entertaining and educational presentation, Chautauqua format is simple: for this summer’s show, […]
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Updated Aug. 14, 2010, 9:20am: The person flown to Renown Medical Center has been discharged from the hospital. By Kathryn Reed Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe was closed for a couple hours Wednesday afternoon after a suspected drunken driver caused a four-car accident that sent three people to the hospital. Eric Acri, 50, of […]
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The Tahoe Resource Conservation District is hosting the 3rd Annual Conservation Landscape Tour on Aug. 15th from 1-5pm. Explore seven gardens in the Angora Burn area that highlight Lake Tahoe Basin conservation techniques. The tour highlights native and adapted plant selection, water conservation techniques, defensible space methods, Best Management Practice demonstrations and wildlife enhancement features. […]
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By Sean Collins Walsh, Reno Gazette-Journal Foreclosures, unemployment and as of Monday, personal income growth. Another economic indicator shows Nevada was hit harder by the nationwide recession than any other state: Silver State residents saw the greatest rate of decline in their personal incomes, 0.9 percent, from the first quarter of 2008 through the first […]
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