By Thomas Peele, Contra Costa Times Boaters who ignore or don’t know basic safety rules cause 88 percent of reported recreational boating accidents in Northern California’s waters, a Times analysis of U.S. Coast Guard data shows. The unforgiving nature of narrow, curving rivers and sloughs, faster and faster boats, reckless behavior and the lack of […]
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By Karen Houser Youth in South Lake Tahoe have set the wheels in motion and are taking the next steps to form a South Lake Tahoe Youth Commission. In 2009, high school and community college students began meeting and looking into what it would take to form a Youth Commission. The purpose of the commission […]
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By Kathryn Reed Things are beginning to sizzle at Chase’s Bar and Grill inside Lake Tahoe Airport and it has nothing to do with what’s being prepared in the kitchen. Owner Sam Sonki Ahn believes the city of South Lake Tahoe, as his landlord, is not acting in good faith in negotiating a new lease. […]
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Charges against John Andoh, administrator of the South Shore’s bus system, have been dropped. Andoh was arrested in October on a warrant stemming from allegations he lied to South Lake Tahoe officers about a summer traffic accident. “I just got the minute order in the mail. No apology from anyone. A very costly endeavor for […]
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Reno Gazette-Journal A bear suspected of prior break-ins to homes in the Incline Village area was shot dead today as it rushed a Washoe County sheriff’s deputy, officials said. The black bear, a 10-year-old male weighing about 600 pounds, was discovered hibernating beneath a condo in the Bitterbrush development, said Carl Lackey of the Nevada […]
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By USSA WHISTLER, British Columbia – Wednesday morning marks a change of gears for U.S. women as 2010 Olympic medalists Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) and Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) gear up for giant slalom at Whistler Creekside along with Sarah Schleper (Vail, CO) and Megan McJames (Park City, UT). Mancuso is the defending Olympic […]
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Who has the best omelets? Bobby Flay of Food Network fame is challenging the chefs of Squeeze In. Squeeze In, which started in Truckee more than 20 years ago, recently opened a location in Reno. More than 60 omelets are on the menu. The winner will be announced March 3 at 9:30pm on the Food […]
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Hollywood celebrities and U.S. Olympians will meet up with business leaders and Special Olympics athletes for Celebrity Winterfest in a day of alpine racing at Diamond Peak Ski Resort and a weekend of community activities at Incline Village, Marc 5-7 This is the 14th Special Olympics Celebrity Winterfest, the largest single Special Olympics fundraising event […]
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The 46th annual DeCelle Memorial Lake Tahoe Relay, the oldest distance relay in the United States, is June 12. The start and finish is in South Lake Tahoe near the Y. Runners go around the 72-mile lake. The cost is $320 per team. Proceeds benefit area high school running teams. April DeCelle Carter, race director, […]
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A winter storm warning goes into affect this afternoon. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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