By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal At a “gem” of a Sierra lake recently purchased for the public, native inhabitants are making a record comeback. At Independence Lake, one of only two lakes in the world with an indigenous population of Lahontan cutthroat trout, the threatened fish are now spawning at levels not seen since 1956. […]
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By Bruce Maiman, Sacramento Bee The decision last week by the California Legislature to approve a settlement for Jaycee Lee Dugard is costing us way more than $20 million. Kidnapped near her Tahoe-area home in 1991, authorities say that Dugard, then 11 years old, was imprisoned in the Antioch home of Phillip and Nancy Garrido […]
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Dear Publisher, On July 7, Mr. Dave Tirman, senior vice president for JMA Ventures, wrote a rebuttal to an article written by Mr. Tom Rosenberg in the Sacramento Bee on July 4 regarding Homewood Mountain Resort (HMR). It was inappropriate for Dave Tirman to mention Friends of the West Shore in his rebuttal. Friends had […]
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Tahoe Youth & Family Services recently received a $25,000 grant from Sierra Health Foundation through its Responsive Grants Program. This grant will provide counseling services for young children and will help expand the popular Little Latinas Program. The grant was one of 21 awarded by the Sacramento-based private philanthropy, which promotes improved health and quality […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal The bear gave him a bloody nose. That’s getting off lightly, for sure, but Sam McClure’s predawn encounter with a black bear while hiking the Tahoe Rim Trail two years ago was a frightening experience. McClure, then 16 and an experienced backpacker, had set up camp near the trail south […]
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Additional tickets in all price ranges are now availability for the Elton John show on July 25 at the 2010 Lake Tahoe Summer Concert Series at Harveys Outdoor Arena in Stateline. Tickets are $95.50, $150.50, $175.50 and $235.50, plus applicable service charges, and can be purchased via www.ticketmaster.com or www.apeconcerts.com. Showtime is 8pm.
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By Kathryn Reed It’s not the Boundary Waters, but canoeing on Lake Tahoe can be fun – even if it means taking deep breaths while some guy on a Jet Ski spins in circles close to our canoe. Unfortunately, the choppy water and deafening noise made me briefly forget I was in one of the […]
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Come to Café Campanile in El Dorado Hills Town Center to meet candidate for El Dorado County sheriff, John D’Agostini, on July 19 atpm.
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El Dorado County Vector Control will begin its adulticiding control program for mosquitoes next week. This program involves fogging selected areas around South Lake Tahoe and the West Shore to reduce populations of adult mosquitoes. These areas will be fogged early in the morning or in the evenings when wind conditions are at an optimum. […]
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By Sacramento Bee Don Phillips didn’t want to leave his mountain paradise. Now he doesn’t have to go – and we’re welcome to visit. Almost a year after Phillips announced the permanent closing of his Big Springs Gardens near Sierra City, the lush retreat is again open to the public. “We’re working to keep the […]
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