The South Lake Tahoe Fire Department will be hosting a series of multi-jurisdictional wildland fire drills on city owned land in Cold Creek Canyon off Pioneer Trail. These drills will consist of attacking a simulated wildland fire that is threatening structures. These drills will be utilized to hone the suppression skills of the area firefighters […]
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By Geralda Miller, Reno Gazette-Jounral As a child, growing up in Toledo, Ohio, Jun Morris would peek at the beautiful boats over the fence and dream of one day owning one. His 1930, 22½-foot runabout, named Miss Lucy, won best of show Sunday at the three-day 38th annual Lake Tahoe Concours d’Elegance classic boat show […]
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By Sam Stanton and Chelsea Phua, Sacramento Bee On a bright, sunny afternoon last week, about 60 people gathered inside Thunder Valley Casino, pressed together five deep at the midi baccarat tables, where the stakes go up to $2,000 a hand. Others sat intently at the pai gow poker tables nearby. Almost all were of […]
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• The presentation and summaries from the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Forest Plan Revision Public Meetings are available here. • After a summer spent exploring wine and food traditions in Europe, Rose Levinson and Chris Cooke are opening Avec Wine + Food in Truckee. For more information, call (530) 582.1903 or visit www.avecwineandfood.com. • […]
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To the community, • Extortion, outwresting, and/or exaction is a criminal offense which occurs when a person unlawfully obtains either money, property or services from a person(s), entity, or institution, through coercion. • Coercion: is the practice of compelling a person or manipulating them to behave in an involuntary way (whether through action or inaction) […]
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Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with AlertID to protect missing and injured children. In an emergency, AlertID will enable the sheriff’s office or other emergency personnel to instantly access vital information to help identify and protect children. This system is the first of its kind and goes far beyond identifying a child after there […]
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Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course & Restaurant has chosen four local high school seniors to receive $2,500 scholarships in support of their college educations. Each has demonstrated exceptional academic and athletic abilities, maintaining their honor roll statuses while participating in educational, sports and community-oriented activities. Edgewood Tahoe partnered with Whittell and Douglas high schools in Douglas […]
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By Kathryn Reed A private property sign where one has not existed for at least a decade is causing some unrest on West Way in South Lake Tahoe. In October, when Paul Lara bought the house that backs to the Pope Meadow he knew a trail skirted the far edge of his property. What he […]
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By John Seelmeyer, Northern Nevada Business Weekly The top executive of a small developer of audio systems headquartered at Incline Village thinks his company will gain a big voice though an alliance with a global manufacturer of lighting systems. Artison LLC partnered with OSRAM Sylvania to market a product developed by Artison that allows consumers […]
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By Dixie Reid, Sacramento Bee Charles E. Davis was a one-time sea captain who, in the early 1900s, ran a dance hall and boat landing on the Salton Sea. He was obsessed with the Donner Party, the California-bound pioneers trapped in the Sierra during the brutal winter of 1846-47. Davis believed there was more to […]
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