The name of the man who killed himself on a South Lake Tahoe street has been released. South Lake Tahoe resident Perry Russell Coe, 50, died Jan. 5 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. No one else was injured that night. Police have not released any more details. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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Chance of snow coming through. Strong gusty winds are expected later today. Sky Express at Heavenly is starting the day on wind hold. Here is the Jan. 9 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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Learn about Squaw Valley’s past, including its Olympic history on Jan. 20 at noon. Local Olympic historian David Antonucci will lead a walking tour of the 1960 Winter Olympics site in Squaw Valley as part of the 2013 North Lake Tahoe Olympic Heritage Celebration. A few of the sites are the Olympic Village Lodge (athlete’s […]
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California Department of Fish and Game bear biologist Mario Klip is giving a talk Jan. 12 at 10am in the Aspen Room at Lake Tahoe Community College. South Lake Tahoe’s American Association of University Women is putting on the free event. Klip has a background in business and always had a strong affinity for wildlife. […]
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By Ruben Navarrette Jr. I often describe it as my most important job. It’s the one that is the most difficult, and yet the most fulfilling. It consumes the most time, and it’s the one where I most often feel as if I’m in over my head. It’s also the one where the stakes are […]
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By Kathryn Reed Big changes are in the works for how members are elected to the Lake Tahoe Community College and Lake Tahoe Unified School District boards. To meet the 2002 California Voting Rights Act regulations, the two South Lake Tahoe districts may stop having at-large elections and instead have trustee elections. This means the […]
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By Charisse Jones, USA Today U.S. companies are expected to spend more on business trips this year, a sign that they may be feeling more optimistic about the economy, a new business travel forecast being released today finds. A pent-up need to sit face to face with clients, coupled with increased spending on international trips […]
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By Dan Freedman, Hearst Newspapers WASHINGTON — The head of the NRA’s controversial bid to place armed guards in schools nationwide said the effort is serious and not simply window dressing in the wake of the Newtown school shootings. Responding to criticism that the National Rifle Association was “tone deaf” in proposing deployment of qualified […]
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By Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post Last year was the hottest on record for the contiguous United States, shattering the previous mark set in 1998 by a wide margin, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Tuesday. The average temperature was 55.3 degrees, 1 degree above the previous record and 3.2 degrees more than the 20th-century […]
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