Motorists can drive a little safer on winter roads this season with safe driving tips and new snow removal technology from the Nevada Department of Transportation in association with the Nevada Highway Patrol. Last winter, there were three fatalities statewide attributable to unsafe driving behaviors in snow, ice and other wet conditions, such as driving […]
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The Sierra Nevada Alliance, an 85-member conservation network serving the 400-mile range of the Sierra Nevada and based in South Lake Tahoe, is offering a special tour of green homes built in the Angora area. The tour is Nov. 17 from 9:30am-2:30pm. It is a fundraiser for the Sierra Nevada Alliance. The tour is guided, […]
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Nevada Division of State Parks is in the process of updating the Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park’s general management plan. There will be a second public workshop Nov. 16 for the public to provide input on two proposed General Management Plan alternatives. The workshop is from 7-9pm in the lobby of the Richard H. Bryan […]
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By Danny King, Travel Weekly Online travel agencies won two more legal victories in California, in Anaheim and Santa Monica, over the issue of who is responsible for millions of dollars in annual hotel taxes when rooms are booked through intermediaries. The California Second District Court of Appeals affirmed judgments by the Superior Court of […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is reminding residents to use caution when disposing of woodstove or fireplace ashes. Ashes can remain live and capable of starting a fire for several days, even when they appear to be out. Last fall, twice people along Pioneer Trail dumped their woodstove ashes onto national […]
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To the community, Bread & Broth is a nonprofit, non-denominational, all volunteer organization that provides hot, well-balanced dinners every Monday at St. Theresa Church Parish Hall and a soup and bread meal at Lake Tahoe Community Presbyterian Church on Fridays to the less fortunate members of the South Lake Tahoe community. The efforts of Bread […]
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By Kathryn Reed People with knowledge of the lingering investigation into potential criminal activity by South Lake Tahoe officials in connection with Gino DiMatteo have told Lake Tahoe News there are ulterior motives involved. No longer is the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office using the word “bribery” or naming names in its investigation. The […]
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Ernie’s Coffee Shop is donating 50 percent of its proceeds from dinner on Nov. 9 to help Chris Alper in her fight against breast cancer. A South Lake Tahoe local for 33 years, Alper was recently diagnosed with a recurrence of breast cancer. She has worked at the local car dealership Cardinale Way Toyota (formerly […]
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• Outside magazine ranked the best ski resorts in North America. Here is how Tahoe area (including Mammoth) resorts came out: No. 1 Squaw Valley, No. 5 Mammoth, No. 13 Heavenly, No. 22 Northstar, No. 25 Sugar Bowl, No. 27 Kirkwood, No. 34 Sierra, and No. 27 Alpine. • There will be a meeting Nov. […]
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Enjoy those yellow leaves because they may all blow off the trees with the storm that is about to roll into the Lake Tahoe Basin. A winter storm advisory is in effect for the 24-hour period beginning at 4pm Thursday. The National Weather Service in Reno says snow will reach the valley floors, with largest […]
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