John Spinola of South Lake Tahoe provided this mid-1960s aerial photo of Tahoe Keys (left), and Google Earth is the source of the current view (right). I’ve inserted 3 white “X” marks in the bottom-left of each photo to provide a common reference point; the water gap at Christie Drive. Diagonal at the very bottom-left […]
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By Kathryn Reed Gangs, drugs, the threat of violence at schools, parents who are not engaged, and a crime rate that is increasing. Those were some of the topics South Lake Tahoe Police Chief Brian Uhler, El Dorado County sheriff’s Lt. Pete Van Arnum, and Steve Heggen with county probation touched on during this month’s […]
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Pamela Ross-Osinski passed away suddenly March 24, 2013. She was 62. She was born June 29, 1950. Before coming to South Lake Tahoe, she worked for AT&T in the Bay Area. Pam lived in South Lake Tahoe for 15 years, and was perhaps best remembered for the tireless, smiling manner in which she responded to […]
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The inaugural Tahoe Rim Trail Challenge will officially launch on National Trails Day — June 1. The Tahoe Rim Trail Association has selected six scenic points on the Tahoe Rim Trail. Participants will hike, bike, snowshoe, ski or ride horseback to each of the destinations and receive invitations to select experiences designed exclusively for Trail […]
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At the same time Homewood Mountain Resort is being sued by environmental groups because of its proposed development it is a finalist for the National Ski Areas Association’s Golden Eagle award. The award is NSAA’s highest environmental honor and recognizes exemplary environmental performance in the ski resort industry. Homewood is being recognized for its watershed […]
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Fire safety was a predominant theme at this week’s Placer County Board of Supervisors meeting. In the first action, supervisors approved the permanent expansion of the county’s hazardous vegetation abatement ordinance to all county unincorporated areas. In the second action, the board OK’d an update to the Community Wildfire Protection Plan. And the third action […]
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By Bryan Walsh, Time As environmental policy, improving energy efficiency isn’t just a no-brainer; it’s a no-loser. By limiting wasted energy, we reduce the number of power plants we need–along with their resulting pollution–and we save money. Cutting energy waste is first and foremost a data challenge. You can’t cut waste until you know what […]
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• Lake of the Sky Outfitters will be hosting Ladies Night with Renee Gorevin of Tahoe Treks on April 26 at 7pm. Gorevin leads women on backpacking trips and provides wilderness education in the Sierra Nevada and other California locations. The talk is free. The store is at 1023 Emerald Bay Road, South Lake Tahoe. […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said a $10,000 reward is being offered to find a woman who has not been heard from in more than a year. Sara Fawcett, (pictured) a Placerville Wal-Mart employee, called in sick Sept. 22, 2011. She was last seen or heard from the next […]
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The Sugar Pine Foundation is preparing to plant thousands of fungus resistant sugar pines and other native tree seedlings throughout the Lake Tahoe region. The nonprofit based in South Lake Tahoe is working to save Tahoe’s sugar pines and other white pines from the threat of a non-native, incurable fungus called white pine blister rust. […]
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