968 Park Hotel in South Tahoe has received California’s highest green rating for a hotel. Slow Food Lake Tahoe, a group based in Truckee, is partnering with other organizations to bring the educational program Harvest of the Month to schools. Students will munch on tomatoes, bell peppers, Satsuma mandarins, beets, dried fruits and salad greens. […]
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If hotel owners have their way, it will cost a little more to spend the night in South Lake Tahoe. The Tourism Improvement District is rallying its membership to raise the special hotel tax by $1 for hotels and motels to $3 a night, and for property management-time shares by $1.50 to $4.50. These charges […]
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More parking — that is the main issue South Lake Tahoe City Council members wanted to make sure was added to the multi-page draft General Plan that was approved 5-0 this month. “We have places where parking doesn’t meet the demands,” Councilman Hal Cole said. Cole said it’s ridiculous in a drive-up tourist market without […]
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More than 2,000 food and wine lovers came out for the 24th Lake Tahoe Autumn Food and Wine Festival last weekend, where they were treated to gourmet demonstrations, fine libations and dozens of delectable creations from some of Sierra Nevada’s finest restaurants. The festival, which took place at the Village at Northstar in Truckee, featured […]
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Governor – it’s a title Tom Millham is looking forward to getting used to. Millham, 59, is governor-elect of the California-Nevada-Hawaii district of Kiwanis. With more than 16,000 members, it is the largest district of Kiwanis International. The South Lake Tahoe man has been a member of the Kiwanis Club of Tahoe Sierra since 1976. […]
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By Garry Bowen In the past year, the city of South Lake Tahoe has launched initiatives geared to taking the community in sustainable directions. First, they created a Sustainability Action Plan, followed by the creation of a Sustainability Commission, currently engaged in discussions about SLT’s coming-of-age. There are 10 items in the sustainability action plan, […]
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By ARNOLD M. KNIGHTLY, LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Harrah’s Entertainment is buying up the Planet Hollywood Resort’s debt in what an analyst said could be a bid to take over the financially troubled Strip resort. Sources confirmed this weekend that Harrah’s has purchased a portion of the resort’s $860 million debt that is leveraged against the […]
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By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News With the Schwarzenegger administration preparing to announce Sept. 18 the closure of up to 100 state parks, California’s top environmental groups are quietly putting together a ballot campaign they hope will turn the bad news into a renaissance for the state’s long-struggling park system. The Nature Conservancy, National […]
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St. Theresa School all you can eat spaghetti dinner raises funds for the eighth-grade class to go to Washington, D.C., $10 for adults, $5 for 10 and younger, beer and wine are additional, silent auction, raffle. Tickets available from any eighth-grader or at the front office at Saint Theresa School at 1081 Lyons Ave., South […]
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