By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times Want to get people to eat more salad and less junk food? Make vegetables cheaper and soda more expensive. It’s not exactly a new idea, but a study out Tuesday offers some fresh support for those in favor of using sin taxes and subsidies to steer people toward a […]
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To the community, The Community Holiday Tree lighting, recently held at the Lake Tahoe Visitor Center, was a huge success with approximately 350 people enjoying the festivities. This is an annual event that the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority sponsors to spread holiday cheer in the community. Thank you to all who supported this event. Lake […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tuesday was a day of 4-1 votes. The first involved garbage rates and two were about paid parking in South Lake Tahoe. JoAnn Conner on her first day as a member of the South Lake Tahoe City Council voted against the 1.57 percent South Tahoe Refuse hike. The increase will be effective […]
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By Tia Rancourt The winter holidays are a time for celebration – and that means more cooking, decorating, entertaining and overall increased risk of fire due to heating equipment. According to the National Fire Protection Agency, between 2005-09, U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 240 home fires that started with Christmas trees per […]
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• Homewood Mountain Resort opens Dec. 14. • New owners Juan and Loreen Sanchez are reopening Burger Lounge in South Lake Tahoe on Dec. 15 with a new menu. • Livability.com named Reno one of the top 10 Winter Vacation Destinations. • Due to lack of snow, the Lake Tahoe Nordic Festival will be postponed […]
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South Lake Tahoe has a new fire chief. At least for now. Bruce Martin was introduced at the Dec. 11 council meeting. He will be working on an interim basis through June 30. In the 2012-13 budget the council had allocated funds for a deputy public safety director. Martin takes on that title under Police […]
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The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for the Lake Tahoe area for the 24-hour period starting at 10pm Tuesday. Expect about a half foot at the lake and a foot or more above 7,000 feet. The wind will be picking up, too. Here is the Dec. 11 ski report. — Curtis […]
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Lake Tahoe News will be undergoing some maintenance starting this evening that will impact the delivery of news. It could take a few hours, it could take more than 24 hours, maybe longer depending on how things go. So, don’t be alarmed when you wake up and the same old stuff is on the site. […]
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By Claudia Buck, Sacramento Bee Missing your state tax refund? Nearly 48,000 California taxpayers, with refunds totaling $14 million, have checks that can’t be delivered, the state Franchise Tax Board said Monday. The refunds, ranging from $1 to $35,000, were returned as “undeliverable” by the U.S. Postal Service. “The biggest problem is people move and […]
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By Josh Hicks, Washington Post President Obama promised a more transparent government on Day One of his first term, and his attorney general issued a memorandum less than two months later urging all heads of executive departments to err on the side of openness when it comes to disclosure. But an audit by the George […]
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