Support Choices for Children on Oct. 18 form 5-9pm at Primo’s Italian Bistro, 2180 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. A portion of the night’s proceeds will be donated to this agency to help raise funds to benefit the local child care provider community. For more information, call (530) 541.5848, ext. 108.
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Publisher’s note: This is the last of five Q&A profiles of a South Lake Tahoe City Council candidate running in the Nov. 6 election. Name: Hal Cole Age: 63 How long have you lived in South Lake Tahoe?: 52 years Work/volunteer experience: I have owned and operated a successful construction company for over 35 years. […]
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It’s the peak time to see the Kokanee salmon spawning at Taylor Creek on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe. The fish will continue migrating upstream from Lake Tahoe to spawn and then eventually die. Early morning is a good time to see bears feasting. Near the bridge on Highway 89 is the place to […]
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Early voting for the Nov. 6 election begins this week in various locations in California. In El Dorado County, early voting is at the Recorder-Clerks Office, 3368 Lake Tahoe Blvd., No. 108, in South Lake Tahoe. (Office is closed from noon-1pm.) The Placerville location is at 2850 Fairlane Court. Both are open from 8am-5pm. Truckee’s […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee The California Department of Parks and Recreation is investigating whether crucial records were destroyed by officials at Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area, an off-roading park in the desert east of San Diego. Richard Stapler, a spokesman for the California Natural Resources Agency, which oversees the state parks department, confirmed […]
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The Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet Oct. 11 from from 9am-noon at the Tahoe Environmental Research Center, 291 Country Club Drive, Incline Village. LTFAC will address issues related to federal activities at Lake Tahoe. Items on the agenda include an update on biomass in the Lake Tahoe Basin, aquatic invasive species […]
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A Carson City woman died Saturday when she was ejected from her vehicle. Lynette Lucille Cieri, 63, was traveling west on Mottsville Lane in Douglas County at 5:20pm Oct. 6 when for an unknown reason her Jeep Grand Cherokee entered the north dirt shoulder of Mottsville Lane before re-entering the westbound lane. The vehicle crossed […]
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By Ron Sylvester, Las Vegas Sun The slot machines you see in casinos today could soon be things of the past. Not in 20 years, but in five. Experts predict that the games themselves aren’t likely to change. They’ll just get more portable, as gaming tries to keep pace with customers used to being entertained […]
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Tangled Roots Writing in Truckee has a few workshops coming up. One is Shaping and Revising your Project. This ongoing three-part workshop series will help develop your first draft into a refined piece through monthly feedback in a small dedicated group of writers while learning techniques for structuring and revising your book. Tips on project […]
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By Tom Knudson, Sacramento Bee To Sherry Guzzi, the beaver dam on Taylor Creek was more than a watery jungle of sticks and branches. In that snarl of debris, she saw hope for a species long regarded as non-native in the Sierra but which new research claims has occupied the range for centuries and is […]
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