Lake Tahoe ski report, April 13
The sun has returned to the skies of Lake Tahoe. Note that some resorts like Homewood and Diamond Peak are closed for the season. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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TAP fundraiser at Bert’s
Bert’s Spaghetti Night, a benefit for Tahoe Arts Project, is April 22 from 5:30-7:30pm. Bert’s Cafe is at 1146 Emerald Bay Road in South Lake Tahoe. Cost is $10 per person. Call Tahoe Arts Project for tickets — (530) 542.3632.
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2 Fallen Leaf Lake board members threatened with recall
By Susan Wood Although a contract for a new concessionaire at the Fallen Leaf Lake store and marina was sealed last weekend, some want two community service board members to be recalled. Two notices obtained by Lake Tahoe News target CSD board members Mike Kraft, the president, and Eric Thaden. “Unresponsiveness to (their constituencies)” is […]
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Tahoe Rim Trail 3-day leadership workshop
Join the Tahoe Rim Trail Association and partners for the 5th Annual Trails and Outdoor Leadership Workshop at Washoe County’s Galena Creek Park May 14-16. Each year, local trails organizations and agencies gather to train trail crews and volunteers in the art and science of trails at our nationally recognized workshop. The weekend kicks off […]
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Concessionaire has 6 weeks to get Fallen Leaf Lake ready
By Susan Wood The community services district managing Fallen Leaf Lake operations put to bed months of ambiguity by awarding its concessionaire contract to Rob and Sandy Wirth, who run a South Shore electrical company with ties to the mountain haven. The Fallen Leaf CSD board voted 4-0 Saturday in a special meeting at Lake […]
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Tahoe teens among NIAA’s top 10 student-athletes
By Scott Oxarart, Reno Gazette-Journal This year’s group of NIAA Top 10 Student-Athletes of the Year includes students from Eureka to Incline Village. They are once again leaders in their schools — as team captains and student body officers, as volunteers and tutors. And they were selected from one of the largest applicant pools in […]
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Contest winners to win a stay at Granlibakken
Granlibakken Conference Center & Lodge in Tahoe City invites the public to be victorious by creatively naming the resort’s three Viking Ambassadors. Tahoe’s original ski resort recently selected three Vikings to represent Granlibakken and is hosting an online contest to give them proper names by May 5. Contestants can enter here for a chance to […]
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Explorer talks about what’s in Lake Tahoe
When we are asked, “What do you see under there?” the most common response by divers with the Tahoe Divers Conservancy is “not much.” Swimming among beautiful waves of granite boulders the size of houses, bright reflections of light from mica studded sandy lake bottom and a generally stark but surreal crystal environment. TDC often […]
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Bank robber strikes in Carson City
The fedora-wearing bank robber struck again. This time it was the Bank of the West in Carson City on Monday about 4pm. The suspect, who authorities believe to be the same person, has hit Bank of the West branches in Grass Valley on Dec. 22 and March 31, South Lake Tahoe on Feb. 18 and […]
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Ex-priest in Vatican pedophile case lived in Truckee
By Frank X. Mullen Jr., Reno Gazette-Journal A defrocked Catholic priest now at the center of a Vatican pedophilia scandal is a former Truckee resident who in 2002 was investigated for possible connections to the 1988 disappearance of Amber Swartz — for whom Amber Alerts are named — and to the 1991 abduction of South […]
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