Composting: From Garbage to Garden will focus on building your own compost and how to use it. The lecture is July 22 at 5:30pm at Lake Tahoe Community College. Green Thumb is a series of talks and demonstrations on gardening in Tahoe, presented by the Lake Tahoe Master Gardeners. All lectures are free and open […]
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Nominees for the Reno Tahoe International Sports Hall of Fame are being sought. Th Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition criteria are that the person was born and raised in the Reno-Tahoe area, spent a considerable amount of training time here or competed for a Northern Nevada college or university. Nominees should be retired, but coaches […]
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Savor the Season is a recipe contest for Northern Nevada residents. Western Nevada College Specialty Crop Institute and NevadaGrown – Home Means Delicious are sponsoring the monthly event. Go online to learn about locally-grown, seasonal fruits, vegetables and other foods, and submit a favorite recipe utilizing one – or all – of the foods for […]
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By Paul Gabrielsen, Santa Cruz Sentinel An employee gathering carts from a sunny parking lot of a Santa Cruz Safeway said shoppers are warming up to the city’s new ban on single-use plastic bags. But some still miss the bags’ convenience. “Wrong thing to do,” said a middle-aged man of the ban. “But they’re killing […]
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A bicyclist and skateboarder from South Lake Tahoe were injured Wednesday when they collided near Stateline. Steven Magelssen, 20, was unconscious when police and paramedics arrived at Highway 50 and Heavenly Village Way at 8:30pm July 17. Officers said Magelssen, who was on the bike, regained consciousness and lost it a few times before he […]
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The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection has nearly $1.25 million in federal funding available to provide grant assistance for projects that prevent or control nonpoint source water pollution, the leading cause of water quality impairment in Nevada. Nonpoint source water pollution occurs when rain, snowmelt and irrigation water flows over developed or disturbed land, carrying […]
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BloodSource is having a blood drive Aug. 5 in South Lake Tahoe from noon-6pm. Walk-ins are welcome. Blood drive participants will receive a parking validation for the Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel parking lot at the blood drive check in. Donors must weigh at least 110 pounds, be at least 17 years old (16 with a […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe would like Peter Darvas to start with a new canvas. Darvas would rather work with the outline he has. In September 2012, Darvas’ sprawling house on Pioneer Trail and April Drive was destroyed by fire. Flames also engulfed the house next door on April. Today the neighbors have a […]
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To the community, As I read in the Reno Gazette Journal about Reno’s decision effective July 12, 2013, to cancel their paid parking kiosk contract with Reno-based Curb System, it suddenly occurred to me that this could be a golden opportunity for South Lake Tahoe. After more than two years of system failures, citation abatements […]
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The 29th annual South Tahoe Girls Basketball Jamboree is June 18-20. The 19 teams will each play five games. South Tahoe girls play Sonora High School at 8am on Thursday in the Blue Gym at South Tahoe High. Their second game against Live Oak from Morgan Hill and is at 11:20am in the Blue Gym. […]
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