By Kathryn Reed Kindertown day care-preschool is slated to be closed at 5 today by the state of California. Maria Barrows-Crist, who has run the South Lake Tahoe facility for more than 30 years, took her cause to Assemblyman Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, when he was in town Wednesday. He told the nearly 50 people gathered […]
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Business Boot Camps are being offered throughout the region –Â South Lake Tahoe Oct. 20-22, North Lake Tahoe Nov. 17-19, Auburn Jan. 26-28, and Placerville Feb. 23-25. They are from 8am-8pm the first two days and until 5pm the third day. Lunch, dinner and homework included. The three-day course covers market analysis, marketing strategies, finances, […]
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The El Dorado County Commission on Aging has a vacancy. The preference is for someone at least 60 years old. The deadline to submit an application is Oct. 30. Call (530) 642.4833 for an application. Commissioners act in an advisory role to the Area Agency on Aging and the county Board of Supervisors.
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Free skiing – it’s all about the price tag, not the style on Friday when Mammoth Mountain opens. The storm that just blew through Lake Tahoe brought substantial white stuff to the resort south of the basin off Highway 395. Six feet is what the mountain has up top. Oct. 16 is the second earliest […]
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By DeAnna Briton, Hofstra Chronicle Before every game, Monica Knight, the senior captain of the volleyball team, closes her eyes and visualizes the game for five minutes. Then, she leads her team onto the court and works her hardest to make sure those visions come true. There was no question as to whether Knight would […]
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No appropriate code exists for when an emergency vehicle arrives at its destination not under its own power. Such was the case Wednesday as Scott DeChambeau of South Tahoe Towing brought a South Lake Tahoe firetruck to the city’s maintenance yard on D Street. Phil Harwood, a city mechanic, said the turbo will have to […]
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World Water Issues Film Festival — Oct. 14, Oct. 28 and Nov. 11, 6:30-8:30pm, Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, Rooms 139 & 141 The Earth has vast amounts of water, yet less than one percent of the world’s fresh water (estimated 0.007 percent of all water on earth) is accessible for direct human uses. This […]
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People Magazine After being held against her will for 18 years, much of it in a backyard hell straight out of a horror film, Jaycee Dugard wants the world to know: “I’m so happy to be back with my family,” she tells People. Read whole story
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By Kathryn Reed and Susan Wood Pelting rain pummeled Lake Tahoe for more than 24 hours, making Tuesday one of the wettest days on record, which in turn is likely to make this a record month if storms keep rolling in. National Weather Service officials were a bit harried all day and didn’t have previous […]
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By Kathryn Reed Matt Tillson doesn’t understand why he won’t be coaching the South Tahoe High School baseball team in the spring. After five years as the varsity coach and another five with the junior varsity team, he was let go at the end of last May. He went before the Lake Tahoe Unified School […]
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