Lake Tahoe News in the last couple weeks introduced two ad sizes to give greater variety to businesses looking to get the word about what they have to offer. One is the home page ad at the top right. The advantage to this ad is that it will only be sold to one advertiser at […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee It’s been 42 years since then-Gov. Ronald Reagan signed the landmark California Environmental Quality Act, an early victory for the nascent environmental protection movement that has since become a very powerful force in state and national politics. Whether CEQA and its legislative progeny, including the most recent anti-global warming laws, […]
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A memorial scholarship has been established for former Lake Tahoe Community College student Lyra B. Fisher. Fisher was tragically murdered this summer, the apparent victim of domestic violence. Anna Lee, who works at changing students’ lives everyday as the TRiO-SSS program specialist at Lake Tahoe Community College, had Fisher as a student. Lee decided to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Red Hawk Casino and El Dorado County have rewritten their agreement from 2006 and still the Lake Tahoe Basin portion of the county isn’t getting a dime. “We’ve had the biggest negative impacts on the East Slope. They get all the positives and we get all the negatives,” South Lake Tahoe City […]
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Learn about effective ways to reduce tantrums, power struggles and other negative behaviors of children on Dec. 11 from 10-11am. Special guest presenter and early childhood specialist Kristin Torres will be giving a presentation on effective, positive discipline with young children at the Tahoe Tot Spot, 1012 Al Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. For more […]
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The North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association is accepting applications for three open seats on its Marketing Committee, as well as open seats on its Lodging Committee. The North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association Marketing Committee is made up of board members, appointed lay (community) members and a Placer County CEO representative. Lay members are selected based […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun SPARKS — Increasing international visitation and taking advantage of technological innovations to increase the number of tourists visiting the state dominated the conversation at the opening day of the lightly attended Governor’s Conference on Tourism on Tuesday. Nearly every presentation referenced strategies to use technology to do more […]
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Besides swearing in a new member and then picking a mayor for the next year at the Dec. 11 South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting, the five have a full agenda. Tahoe Transportation District officials are slated to give an update on projects. Separate is a consent agenda item involving funding between the TTD and […]
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• On July 9, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 991. It amends Section 400.1 of the Family Code. This law allows county supervisors, while in office, to perform marriage ceremonies starting Jan. 1. • A Safeway worker says the Fox gas station in South Lake Tahoe will become a Safeway station in […]
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By USSA ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Slovenia’s Tina Maze mastered incredibly flat light to stretch her Audi FIS Alpine World Cup overall lead to 187 points over reigning champion Lindsey Vonn (Vail) with a super combined victory Friday in St. Moritz, her third win of the season. Vonn, who stood fourth after the opening leg […]
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