• South Lake Tahoe’s interactive snow removal route map is online. • Have you ever wondered what a League to Save Lake Tahoe tax return looks like or what former Executive Director Rochelle Nason was paid or what her severance package was? If yes, then click on tax return to see the League’s 2011 document. • […]
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By Kathryn Reed On a morning that started out with Mayor Claire Fortier giving the State of the City address – looking back and forward – the big news of the day didn’t come until staff comments. South Lake Tahoe will have a new city attorney by summer, if not sooner. Patrick Enright during his […]
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By Kathryn Reed Gino DiMatteo will be spending Thanksgiving in jail. The South Lake Tahoe resident accused of federal drug violations had a hearing Nov. 19 in Sacramento and is scheduled to be back in court on Nov. 26 to discuss whether he will be granted bail. Lake Tahoe News requested an accounting of hours […]
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Two men were arrested this week after numerous 911 calls about blood coming out of a vehicle led officers to the suspects. Not knowing exactly what they were dealing with, El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies and California Highway Patrol officers conducted a felony stop on the SUV and detained the two occupants Nov. 18 at […]
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The fifth-grade two-way immersion class at Bijou Community School has entered a contest to win Spanish books and materials. The class made a video entirely on its without any adult help. The school with the most votes wins. The top prize is $5,000 worth of materials. Follow this link and click on “vote now” to […]
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By Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times If you choose a hotel based on glowing online comments — “OMG, I love this place!” — you may be relying on bogus or insufficient information. That assessment came from Market Metrix, a San Francisco Bay Area hotel market research company, in a study that found as much as […]
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By Murray Carpenter, NPR The Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, is an extreme event — a 2.4-mile swim, followed by a 112-mile bike ride, topped off by a marathon. Throughout the event, racers drink plenty of fluids and eat energy bars or gels. Most also take a performance-enhancing substance that is legal and effective […]
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A 27-year-old Truckee resident who was shot Nov. 10 by a Washoe County sheriff’s deputy has improved to stable condition, authorities said Monday. Michael Nelson Heil remained hospitalized Tuesday in Reno. Reno police said Heil was shot in Verdi by a sheriff’s deputy who made contact with Heil during a routine patrol. The deputies name […]
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Esther Bernice Hughes was born in Pomfret, Conn., on Dec. 28, 1921. She came to California as a tot with her parents and they settled into Long Beach where her siblings, Roland and Mildred, were born. Esther grew up with music in the house, cats in the yard and playmates on every corner. After high […]
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