The Lake Tahoe Historical Society will host two pine needle basket classes taught by Audrey Frank. One is April 21 and the other is May 19. Both are from 10am-3pm in South Lake Tahoe. Reservations are required. Call the museum at (530) 541.5458, leave your name and number. You’ll be given a list of what […]
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Unsettled weather will be moving through Tahoe for the next few days. The snow level will be above 8,500 feet. Dress for changing conditions. Wind could impact lifts this afternoon. Here is the April 4 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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• The Fair Play wineries have a new website. • America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride on June 2 is almost sold out, with less than 200 spots left. For more information and to register, go online. • Earth Day is officially April 22. Here are some regional events: April 20, 9am-4pm, Tahoe-Truckee Earth Day at […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau You could walk or ride a horse the 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail, but don’t try to ride your bike. Prohibited since 1988, riding a bicycle on the Pacific Crest Trail could cost you as much as $5,000 and six months in jail, though tickets normally […]
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The massive Kings Beach face-lift is one step closer to happening now that the state has released money that had been tied up with the dissolution of Placer County’s redevelopment agency. That $10 million is part of the overall $45 million project along Highway 28. Besides improving just more than 1 mile of road, this […]
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By Ted Long This week’s session was the most interesting so far and the most troubling. Our instructor, Mike Roberts, is a longtime El Dorado County sheriff’s deputy who began his career in the jail at 19, then moved to deputy status at 21, gave us the patrol officer’s view of the job. Mike is […]
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By Jim Tarwater Although there is no absolute guarantee that something bad will never happen in our schools, it is important to understand the difference between the possibility of something happening and probability that it will affect you, our school community. For years, schools have worked closely with law enforcement and other public agencies to […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will continue prescribed fire operations in multiple locations in the Lake Tahoe Basin on April 4. Crews expect to burn approximately 10 acres in the South Lake Tahoe area near Mewuk Drive, and approximately 5 acres in the Tahoe City area near Bunker Drive. Both operations may continue through […]
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By Eriq Gardner, Hollywood Reporter In 1980, a few months before Charlie Ergen co-founded the company that would become Dish Network, he and a gambling buddy strode into a Lake Tahoe casino with the intention of winning a fortune by counting cards. Ergen, then 27, had bought a book called “Playing Blackjack as a Business” […]
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By Kathryn Reed Less than four months after South Lake Tahoe’s less restrictive vicious dog ordinance became the law of the land, the council on Tuesday unanimously agreed to make tweaks to it. No longer will a hearing officer resolve matters. All dog bite cases will be heard in Superior Court. “We believe the hearings […]
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