15th Annual “Terror in Paradise” Haunted House runs through Halloween from 6-10pm each night. It’s in the Bijou Center at 3446 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. Cost is $7 for adults, $4 for ages 6-12, free for those who are younger. Money raised goes to Christmas Cheer. For information, call (530) 542.3934.
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By Angie Keil A lot has happened since Nov. 4, 2008, when almost 60 percent of South Lake Tahoe voters approved Measure G for $64.5 million. The Master Plan that was developed by a group of citizens, staff, and others between December 2007 and February 2008 outlines plans for new construction and modernization at all […]
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South Tahoe High School music teacher Casson Snowcroft invites everyone, and particularly veterans, to the Performing Arts Department’s “A Veterans’ Musical Tribute†on Nov. 9 at 7pm at South Tahoe Middle School Multi-purpose Room. The event is free. Activities are planned to honor veterans and those currently serving in all branches of the military.
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By Kathryn Reed Eleven Lake Tahoe Community College students may be evicted from the Alder Inn because the man who for several years represented himself as the owner of the Ski Run Boulevard property has allegedly absconded with their money and that of the real owner’s. No one is sure where Joseph Balius is — […]
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By Hillary Johnson, New York Times Earlier this month, a study published in the journal Science answered a question that medical scientists had been asking since 2006, when they learned of a novel virus found in prostate tumors called xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus, or XMRV: Was it a human infection? XMRV is a gammaretrovirus, […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College presents the work of snowboard photographer Tim Peare on Oct. 30 in the Duke Theatre. Take an intimate look into the world of professional photography and a special showing of Forum Snowboards “Forever,†its sixth team-inspired snowboarding film starring Peter Line, Joni Malmi, Eddie Wall, Jake Blauvelt, Pat Moore, John Jackson, […]
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US Forest Service fuels management crews will begin prescribed fire operations in the Zephyr Heights area (Zephyr Cove urban lots) and near Zephyr Shoals, north of Zephyr Cove Resort, starting Oct. 29, as weather and staffing allows. Residents and travelers can expect to see smoke from prescribed fire project areas. Other fire protection agencies, state […]
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Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal STATELINE — Experts have identified an effective way to kill Lake Tahoe’s Asian clams, a promising development to control an invader spreading around the landmark Sierra lake, land-use regulators were told Wednesday. Scientists briefed governors of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency on studies concerning invasive species at Tahoe and said that […]
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Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal A pre-preliminary hearing is scheduled Thursday in Placerville for Phillip and Nancy Garrido, Pierson. At the hearing in El Dorado Superior Court, prosecutors may seek a date for a preliminary hearing or continue the case, said Nancy Anderson, executive secretary for El Dorado District Attorney Vern Pierson. Read the whole story
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Publisher’s note: Spider Sabich was born in Sacramento and raised in Kyburz along Highway 50. He is buried in Placerville. By John Meyer, Denver Post For those who didn’t know Spider Sabich or see him race, he usually is remembered for the way he died — shot by girlfriend Claudine Longet at their home in […]
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