• The California Tahoe Conservancy’s annual seasonal dog closure at the Upper Truckee Marsh in South Lake Tahoe begins May 1 and ends July 31. • Katy Simon, who has been manager of Washoe County for 15 years, is retiring July 1. • In 2012, Caltrans filled more than 10,00 garbage trucks with debris from […]
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By George Runner Better late than never, California lawmakers seem to be waking up to the reality that the illegal “Fire Prevention Fee” they enacted nearly two years ago is a complete fiasco. Even so, they are refusing to repeal it. Instead they are scheming up ways to replace the tax with yet another tax […]
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Expect to see a lot of young basketball players on the South Shore during Memorial Day weekend. South Tahoe Basketball Academy, a nonprofit run by people affiliated with South Tahoe High’s girls’ and boys’ basketball programs, is partnering with Hardwood Palace to put on the May 25-27 tournament. Grades 3 through 12 will participate. South […]
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By Lee Romney, Los Angeles Times SAN FRANCISCO — Following state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg’s call for an investigation, federal authorities have taken disciplinary action against a Nevada hospital in an alleged case of “patient dumping” in California. In a letter dated Thursday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave Nevada 10 […]
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To the community, Normally Adventure Mountain Lake Tahoe is providing loads of fun at their sledding and tubing winter recreation area. However, on April 22 their energy was directed toward seeing that the needy members of the South Shore community were being served a hot and healthy meal. Through Bread & Broth’s adopt A Day […]
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By Anita Creamer, Sacramento Bee Just before Christmas 1962, when she was 20 and unmarried, Freddie Stewart gave birth to a baby girl. At the hospital, she refused to hold her firstborn; she remembers thinking that if she saw her daughter, she couldn’t handle giving her up for adoption. “I went away from this experience […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Firemen’s Association and the South Lake Tahoe Fire Department are hosting the annual Fill the Boot for Burns fund raising event. The event is May 3 from 5-9pm and May 4 from 10am-6pm. Local firefighters will be at the Raley’s shopping center at the Y and also at the intersection of […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Want to bring a sporting event to the South Shore? Then plan to make multiple calls to South Lake Tahoe, Douglas County, El Dorado County and Lake Tahoe Unified School District. And that’s just for starters. A permit from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is needed for many things. If […]
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Virginia City turns over its Comstock roots to all things bluegrass and country at the Americana Music Festival on July 19-21. Headlining the sixth annual festival is country star James Otto, known for his chart-topping hit “Just Got Started Lovin’ You.” The lineup includes national, regional and local musicians the Novelists, the Tuttles with A.J. […]
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To the community, As chairman of the Board of Supervisors for the county of El Dorado I feel compelled to react to recent statements made by District II Supervisor Ray Nutting during an April 18, 2013, interview airing on KOVR Channel 13. On camera District II Supervisor Nutting admitted to taking over $70,000 of public […]
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