By Deena Prichep, NPR If you’ve been to a fancy restaurant, you’ve probably seen a sommelier — those wine experts who make sure you get the best possible match for your meal. But what if you don’t want a Chardonnay or Pinot? What if you want a nice cold beer? A new program is working […]
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Arborist William Probst will give a talk title Pruning — The Proper Way, The Proper Tools on Sept. 10 at noon. This free talk is sponsored by the South Tahoe Garden Club. It will be at the Ledbetter Terrace at Lake Tahoe Community College in South Lake Tahoe.
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Appreciable smoke continues to linger in the Lake Tahoe Basin this morning. The Rim Fire that is burning near and in Yosemite National Park is bringing the smoke to the South Shore and Carson Valley. Reports are that the smoke is worse in the Carson City-Dayton area than in the basin. Counties throughout the region […]
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South Lake Tahoe is accepting applications for the fall 2013 Citizens Academy. The Citizens Academy will be on Wednesday evenings from 5:30-8 from Sept. 25–Oct. 30. The application deadline is Sept. at 5pm. The South Lake Tahoe Citizens Academy is a free, six-session interactive course designed to provide residents with an in-depth look into municipal […]
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By Kathryn Reed While the calendar says fall is still about a month away, the foliage throughout California is saying it’s on its way. Signs of autumn started appearing in earnest last week. Trees in the Lake Tahoe Basin are starting to turn yellow, with the change even more prominent at higher elevations. But it’s […]
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Publisher’s note: This letter was sent to South Lake Tahoe officials and then the author asked for it to be published on Lake Tahoe News. The City Officials of South Lake Tahoe, I am a new resident of Nevada. I reside in (Southern) Nevada. I recently visited Lake Tahoe for the first time ever on […]
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The annual Signature Cocktail Contest at Riva Grill in South Lake Tahoe is Sept. 12 from 5:30-8pm. Money goes to Barton Health’s Festival of Trees & Lights. Local bartenders will vie for best cocktail and most congenial bartender. So far the contestants will be from Chart House, Heavenly, LewMarNel’s, MontBleu, Naked Fish and Riva Grill. […]
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By Paul M. Barrett, Bloomberg News Over the past 18 months, a group of plaintiffs’ lawyers who got rich suing the tobacco industry have turned their litigious attention to what they hope will be the next big thing: challenges to healthy-sounding food labels they allege are misleading. Hailing from across the U.S., the lawyers decided […]
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By Kathryn Reed A fire hundreds of miles from Lake Tahoe has forced the cancellation of the 24th annual Lake in the Sky Air Show. South Lake Tahoe City Manager Nancy Kerry said the FAA requires 1.5 to 3 miles of visibility and that as of Friday afternoon it is only at one mile. And […]
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The Bank of the West in Kings Beach was robbed Friday morning. A man entered the bank about 10:30am Aug. 23 and showed a black handgun to a teller. The teller then gave the man an undisclosed amount of cash. Placer County sheriff’s detectives are working with South Lake Tahoe police officers to see if […]
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