Tahoe Derby Dames are recruiting new skaters. The South Lake Tahoe roller derby team is having a recruitment meeting Jan. 21 at 7pm upstairs at Steamers Bar and Grill, 2236 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. Practices are open for all to check out and/or participate this month on Sunday and Tuesdays at 8pm at […]
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By Kathryn Reed While the South Lake Tahoe City Council keeps making decisions about paid parking, the issue won’t go away. And it’s not going away because of a 1987 agreement with Heavenly Mountain Resort that has come to light. The staff report dated Nov. 18, 1987, says, “Any costs related to the use of […]
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Caesar is a very fun-loving, energetic 7-month-old purebred Akita. He obeys well, plays great with people and other dogs and will do well with a family with teenage children. Caesar knows all his basic commands and even some tricks, including roll over, shake and high five as well as sit, come, stay and down. He […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Jan. 7, 2013, Sacramento Bee. With Democrats firmly in control in both houses of the Legislature, and Democrat Jerry Brown sitting in the governor’s seat, now is an opportune time to reform California’s convoluted tax laws. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento says he has no […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sue was celebrating two winners Saturday night – the San Francisco 49ers and her new favorite soup. Her enthusiasm for the Niners may not be long lived. While she has been a Colin Kaepernick fan all season, her true love is the Pittsburgh Steelers. And if the Niners were to win the […]
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A broken pipe in the fitness education center at Lake Tahoe Community College means no classes in that building through at least Jan. 16. LTCC officials discovered the burst pipe Jan. 13. They are still assessing the situation and as of Sunday night did not have an estimated value of the damage. All other classes […]
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By David McGrath Schwartz, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Nevada’s hard fall from its peak seems to be over. The ugly years of shuttered businesses, massive layoffs and relentless cuts in education and government services are, for the most part, past. But if this is the tenor of the state’s recovery, it will be […]
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By Anne Knowles, Northern Nevada Business Weekly Douglas County has added another feather to its economic development cap. It is the first county in the state to be certified as a Connected Community from Connect Nevada, the state affiliate of Connected Nation, a nonprofit advocating for widespread broadband access. To receive certification, the county conducted […]
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Placing hot ashes on a combustible wood deck caused a South Lake Tahoe house to catch fire Jan. 12. The fire at 1394 Matheson Drive started at 12:30pm on the deck, moved up the exterior wall and started to move into the residence as firefighters arrived on scene. “It was in between the wall and […]
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of El Dorado County and Inter-cal Real Estate are putting on a free Family Fun Carnival on Jan. 26 from 10am-3pm at the County Fair Shopping Center, at the corner of Fair Lane and Placerville Drive in Placerville. There will be free food, games and a bike rodeo. For more information […]
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