By Susan Wood At this point, Fallen Leaf Landing has no place to land given the current quagmire its manager and the community board overseeing the concessionaire operation are in. No agreement was reached on a contract between the Fallen Leaf Lake Community Services District and John Rich, who has run the South Lake […]
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By Kathryn Reed A meeting set for yesterday at 10am never occurred. Apparently South Lake Tahoe Police Chief Terry Daniels took it upon himself to schedule the meeting with the three pot dispensaries in town without the knowledge or consent of the City Council. Daniels said the meeting was like any other when an ordinance […]
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With the creative parking job by many Lake Tahoe Community College students, it’s obvious there’s a lot of them this quarter. The South Lake Tahoe campus began the fall quarter Monday. At Tuesday night’s board of trustee meeting it was revealed that only seven more students are on campus compared to a year ago, but […]
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The woman who died at Sand Harbor State Park has been identified as Marie Wolf of Fallon. The 67-year-old Nevada resident collapsed Saturday on the shore of Lake Tahoe after completing a dive with an instructor and complaining of abdominal pain. An autopsy was conducted Monday by the Washoe County coroner. Results could take months. […]
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By Sam Stanton and Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee Nearly eight years after Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped, Phillip Garrido received a certificate from the U.S. Parole Commission lauding him for his behavior since his release from prison in 1988. “You are hereby discharged from parole,” the March 9, 1999, certificate read. Read the whole story
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The North Lake Tahoe Resort Association in collaboration with the North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce has $30,000 in grants to give away — three times what it had in 2008. The grants are to help organizations market and promote their events. New events will be given priority. For more information, go to www.northlaketahoechamber.com.
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Organizers of the largest cleanup and fix up of America’s public lands expect to see a historic turnout of volunteers when National Public Lands Day begins Sept. 26. Nearly 2,000 service projects have been registered at sites across the country, from Washington, D.C.’s Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens to San Francisco’s Golden Gate National Recreation Area and […]
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By Kathryn Reed Weight Watchers is scaling back. The national weight loss machine has stopped operating on the South Shore even though dozens of people regularly attended meetings at South Lake Tahoe Rec Center. “It gave me my life back,†Pam Wheeler said of Weight Watchers. She joined a handful of years ago. Over time […]
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Sierra Resort’s annual Keep Sierra Clean day is Oct. 11. The goal is to collect 2,000 pounds of trash from the slopes. Last year’s clean up effort yielded more than 1,820 pounds of trash including three snowboards, an iPod, a digital camera and a Blackberry. Members of the community are invited to join Sierra Resort […]
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The Lake Tahoe Marathon is more than running 26.2 miles. The multi-day event includes a 5K through historic Lake Tahoe estates of yesteryear and an all-downhill 10K that kicks off at Emerald Bay’s Inspiration Point – both scheduled for marathon race day, Sept. 27. For those not ready to swim, bike and run back-to-back, they […]
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