Taste of Tahoe features one local restaurant each week for the weeks leading up to South Lake Tahoe Relay for Life on Aug. 7. The focus is to raise money for the fight against cancer while having great food, drinks, entertainment and fun with friends, family, co-workers and neighbors at South Shore restaurants. Nearly 30 […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Douglas County officials on Thursday let businesses in the Nugget Building at Stateline know the 57 parking spaces on the west side of the building will be off-limits to their patrons. Today, property owner Chuck Bluth plans to deliver a letter to each county commissioner expressing his side of the […]
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By Kathryn Reed June 18 will be the last day people can retrieve mail from the Bijou branch of the South Lake Tahoe post office. After months of speculation, the U.S. Postal Service decided May 20 to close the small facility in the middle of South Lake Tahoe. In February the Incline Village branch was […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Controversial pension fund placement agent Alfred Villalobos launched a broad defense today against a state lawsuit accusing him of plying CalPERS officials with favors. He also demanded that his assets be unfrozen. The former CalPERS board member denied several of the allegations contained in a lawsuit filed two weeks ago […]
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Wine country events certainly aren’t a new thing, but the four wineries of Pleasant Valley offer something unique. They celebrate one genre of wines at a festival showcasing the flavors, talent and diversity of Pleasant Valley and El Dorado County. Festival attendees will visit each winery and taste gourmet foods prepared from local farms expertly […]
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By Kathryn Reed It took five motions Thursday afternoon before the board voted 3-2 to increase sewer rates 2 percent and water rates 2.5 percent. South Tahoe Public Utility District customers can expect to see higher bills beginning July 1. Based on the quarterly billing system the South Shore district uses, the average residence will […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee A judge today postponed a hearing for Phillip and Nancy Garrido until next month, with officials saying a psychiatrist who treated him in the 1990s was delivering her medical records to court as ordered. The records had not been sent in time for a hearing last month, which sparked today’s […]
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Paramedics, emergency medical technicians, firefighters and base hospital medical staff in El Dorado County are being recognized this week as part of National Emergency Medical Services Week, May 16–22. Each year in El Dorado County more than 14,000 calls for emergency medical assistance are received through the 911 system. The local EMS system is highly […]
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Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Dan Gordon will present a three-hour safe driving seminar for teenagers May 22 from 9am to noon. The class will be at the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Minden Station. The class is free. Students need not reside in Douglas County. No pre-registration or sign-up necessary, interested teens can just show up. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tromping through the forest with hard hats on, the group listened intently to scientists talk about the affects of fire on the landscape. The 150 people with Project Learning Tree were divided into groups Wednesday as they scoured the Tahoe Mountain area that was burned in the 2007 Angora Fire. Today they […]
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