On Oct. 31 and Nov. 2, Truckee police officers conducted a minor decoy program in which a minor was used to attempt to purchase alcohol from businesses licensed in Truckee as “off-sale” retailers by the California Department of Alcohol Beverage Control. Of the 18 licensed off-sale alcohol businesses in Truckee only one store, J&L Food […]
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By Loretta Kalb, Sacramento Bee The polls will open at 7am Tuesday, but this presidential election already is notable for the volume of vote-by-mail ballots flowing into county offices and for the large number of registered voters. With polls staying open until 8pm, election officials predict a healthy turnout in the region. Placer County is […]
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To the community, Bread & Broth’s Adopt A Day of Nourishment program provides individuals, clubs/organizations and businesses the opportunity to sponsor a hot, healthy meal for needy members of the South Lake Tahoe community. On Oct. 22, the Tahoe Daily Tribune sponsored its first Adopt A Day dinner and sent a great volunteer sponsor crew […]
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By Kaci Poor, Times-Standard Chips, the bobcat kitten who attracted national attention after she was rescued by a Six Rivers National Forest Mad River Ranger District hand crew working the Chips Fire near Lake Almanor in July, has made a full recovery, a new friend and soon will have a new home. Tom Millham, secretary […]
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By Marjie Lundstrom, Sacramento Bee A nurse accused of providing shoddy care to a 77-year-old woman at a Placerville nursing home pleaded no contest Thursday to felony elder abuse and agreed to help prosecutors with the criminal case against her former supervisor. Rebecca LeAn Smith, 39, returned to El Dorado County last week from her […]
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Kaida is a 7-year-old poodle/Maltese/Lowchen mix who came to the shelter very matted. She has now had a haircut, and looks a bit like a black lion. She is a very friendly girl who likes her walks, is house trained and has good manners. She likes other gentle dogs and didn’t chase the cats she […]
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To the community, The drug problem in South Lake Tahoe is not from cannabis, it is from alcohol. The abuse of alcohol is so rampant that rape and assaults in South Lake Tahoe are twice the national average. You heard me right, twice the national average for rapes and assaults. Any honest cop will tell […]
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• When Aaron Rodgers was in town for the ACC celeb golf tourney in July, “60 Minutes” interviewed him. That’s South Tahoe Middle School’s field in the background in this video. The segment aired Nov. 4. • At the Welcome Winter Fundraiser $11,000 was raised for the Squaw Valley & Alpine Meadows Teams Foundation. • […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe is embracing that government is supposed to be of the people, by the people and for the people. “We are increasing the information we get out to the public,” explained Tracy Franklin, public information officer for South Lake Tahoe. Ultimately this should mean a more informed community. The effort […]
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By Devon O’Neil, ESPN.com On Jan. 22, 2012, Christopher Norris, a 28-year-old father of two, went skiing with his father-in-law at Winter Park Resort in Colorado. The two separated during the day, planning to meet at the car for lunch and then resume skiing together. But Norris never showed. After the lifts closed, Norris’ father-in-law […]
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