Do you love Lake Tahoe and have an interest in learning more about the lake? Do you enjoy science, learning new information, and sharing your knowledge? Residents who would like to help people learn about the region’s environmental assets and challenges are needed to serve as volunteer docents at the Tahoe Science Center (also known […]
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For a fourth season, watercraft inspections and boater education on aquatic invasive species will take place at Donner Lake and Boca, Prosser, and Stampede reservoirs from late May through early September. Inspections are voluntary, but highly recommended to help boaters avoid spreading aquatic invasive plant and animal species, which could threaten the ecological and economical […]
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Due to increased plague activity in the Lake Tahoe Basin last fall, El Dorado County health officials advise caution this summer. The California Department of Public Health routinely monitors rodent populations for plague activity in California. Last September and October, a surveillance effort identified three chipmunks as positive for plague in the South Lake Tahoe […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – It was obvious during a lengthy and at times heated discussion Wednesday that the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board does not fully understand the building allocation policy. And they are the policymakers. After last month’s meeting where staff enlightened the board about how 86 of a possible 130 […]
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By Ted Long This week’s session was a two for one, with a combination of investigation and Internet safety. Both sessions were unique in that the presenters did not carry guns and in fact one said she had no shooting ability or interest. The investigative session was in two parts. The first was a presentation […]
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By Peter Scheer Public employee unions face a new, and mortal, threat. It’s not the unfunded liability of union pension plans or municipal governments’ resort to bankruptcy to void union contracts. It’s not state initiatives to restrict collective bargaining rights or other outpourings of voter resentment. No, the new existential threat facing government unions comes […]
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Soroptimist International South Lake Tahoe on May 22 gave out several scholarships to South Tahoe and Whittell high school students, and to Lake Tahoe Community College students. In the photo back from left are: Deanne Balardino (LTCC), Chad Laurence (LTCC), Emily Barnett (STHS), Heather Dominguez (STHS), Tyler Myers (STHS), Brenda Yan (STHS), Amanda Harris (Whittell), […]
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AAA Travel projects 34.8 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home this Memorial Day weekend, a 0.9 percent decrease from the 35.1 million people who traveled last year. The anticipated decline in holiday travel is predominately due to a decline in air travel of 8 percent, fee fatigue among travelers and a […]
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Longtime South Lake Tahoe resident Deborah Sue Huff died May 21. She was 59. She was born April 4, 1954. Sue and Curt Huff were married in their hometown of Benton Harbor, Mich., on Nov. 16, 1974. For their honeymoon they packed up their Chevy van and moved west to California. They spent six years […]
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By Melissa Maynard, Stateline.org WASHINGTON — Americans have been brewing beer in their homes since colonial times – both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were home brewers. Even so, a recent explosion of interest in the hobby has created tricky questions for state alcohol regulators. As of July 1, home brewing will be legal in […]
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