By John Holland, Modesto Bee BIG OAK FLAT — This tiny town on the way to Yosemite National Park could get two large hotels, an indoor water park, an IMAX theater and other attractions. The project, planned for a long-barren site on Highway 120 that local residents refer to as “the scar,” would be the […]
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By Chris Macias, Sacramento Bee Diego Bartolome just wanted to start a salsa business to help his mom after she lost her job. What the El Dorado County fourth-grader didn’t expect was a crash course in red tape. The 10-year-old co-founded a hot little salsa company, grossing $1,000 from his Diego’s Awesome Salsa by December […]
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To the community, The Nevada Department of Transportation’s (NDOT) 511 Nevada Travel Info system has served more than 2 million calls for instant, free road weather and construction conditions. Motorists can dial 511 toll-free, 24 hours a day for automated Nevada state road conditions, construction updates, weather forecasts, chain controls and scheduled event road closures. […]
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By Ashley Power, Los Angeles Times You’d expect some weird things in Candace Wheeler’s work space, since she helps manage burial grounds near the former Comstock Lode, and the 120-pound sleeping cherub on her filing cabinet certainly fit the bill. Someone had swiped it from a Virginia City cemetery decades ago. A woman rediscovered it […]
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Call in to KTHO FM 96.1/AM-590 (530.544.8255) Thursday morning starting at 10:15 when Lake Tahoe News Publisher Kathryn Reed moderates the Ask the TRPA radio show. Or listen online at www.kthoradio.com. Email a question to info@LakeTahoeNews.net before 9:30am Thursday to have it asked and answered on the air.
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Expect the sun to be shining all day. A small storm may roll in tonight. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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The 5th annual STARS of Tomorrow Talent Competition is April 22 at the South Tahoe Middle School Theater from 6-9pm. The competition is open to students in grades 9-12 on the South Shore, California and Nevada. Applicants will be judged on technique, difficulty, staging, and presentation. The competition will be open to soloists, duets, trios, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sue Shannon will in essence be graduating with the class she welcomed as freshmen to Whittell High School. The principal is retiring at the end of the school after being at the helm for four years and in education for 39 years. The Zephyr Cove 7-12 school is a much different place […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee El Dorado County voters may be asked to decide three county charter-related issues in November, including whether to repeal the charter. Following a special meeting last week to discuss recommendations of the charter review committee, the county supervisors directed staff members to further investigate issues and prepare language for three […]
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By Kathryn Reed When the 2010 season opens for the Tahoe Tallac Association in five weeks, it will be under the direction of new leadership. Steve Farnsley, who had been executive director for a little more than two years, was let go earlier this month. In his place on an interim basis is Lori Cramer. […]
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