An altercation at Lakeview Commons late Sunday afternoon sent one person to jail and another to the hospital. Zachariah Libby of South Lake Tahoe was arrested July 21 on assault with a deadly weapon charges and child endangerment. Police told Lake Tahoe News the initial investigation shows that Libby punched another man for “entirely unprovoked […]
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It took a three-hole playoff Sunday to determine the winner of the American Century Championship golf tournament. Two former NFL quarterbacks Mark Rypien and Billy Joe Tolliver vied for the title, with Tolliver coming out on top on the third hole. Each has won the celebrity golf event before – Rypien in 1990 and Tolliver […]
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By Karoun Demirjian, Las Vegas Sun Just a year ago, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid was busy making it his mission to prove that Nevada Sen. Dean Heller was inept at the delicate art of culling votes for Internet poker legislation. Now that there’s no Shelley Berkley candidacy to defend, though, Reid can’t stop singing praises […]
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El Dorado Savings Bank posted second quarter gains last week. The Placerville-based company’s profits ending June 30 of nearly $2.17 is an increase of about 2 percent from the same period in 2012. An increase in interest rates on new investments and more loans being written what the company attributes the gains to. — Lake […]
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Kate Parkhurst will share her new children’s picture book, “The Invasion of the Cavity Creatures” at the South Lake Tahoe library on July 27. This story illustrates the importance of oral hygiene. The characters take readers on an adventure through Tongue Town as they fight off the Cavity Creatures that have invaded their precious Molar […]
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Nineteen Placer County local museums from Roseville to North Lake Tahoe will participate in the 6th annual Heritage Trail on Aug. 10-11. The event captures the county’s history with exhibits and activities. Admission is free on this special weekend and the museums will be open from 10am until 4pm. Six of the 19 museums are […]
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Barton Hospice encourages people who have experienced the loss of a loved one or have endured a significant, life-altering event to their ongoing bereavement group called “Reflections of Life and Loss.” Sessions are the first and third Thursday of each month from 5-6pm at 2092 Lake Tahoe Blvd., Suite 600, South Lake Tahoe. The benefits […]
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Lake Christopher was a man-made 55-acre reservoir at South Tahoe near the southwest corner of Black Bart Road and Pioneer Trail. I’m told that in the late 1950s the lake was 4- to 50feet deep, was fed by Cold Creek (that road sign exists today), and that it had lots of fish. A decade later, […]
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By Robert S. Wood GLACIER NATIONAL PARK – It was shocking to learn that the last of famous Glacier Park’s hundreds of glaciers will be dead and gone in as little as seven years. With an extra month of summer on our hands, it seemed a good time to go up and have a look […]
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By Lynn Gillette Since Sierra Nevada College’s 2013 fiscal year just ended on June 30, I wanted to share some of the highlights of what we have accomplished during the past year. At a time of significant change in higher education, I am proud to lead a nonprofit institution committed to academic excellence and student […]
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