The 10th annual South Lake Tahoe Moose Lodge Kids Fishing Derby is Sept. 16 form 7am-2pm. The event is open to all ages at Tahoe Paradise Park’s Lake Baron. Donations are gladly accepted and greatly appreciated to assist in providing items such as fish, bait, poles, tackle, prizes, and food for the kids. For more […]
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By Wendilyn Grasseschi, Mammoth Times It started with a climbing accident that left local climber and teacher Jim Barnes too injured to climb for a while. Things did not improve when he stepped on a stingray and his foot got infected. Not only couldn’t he climb, he couldn’t walk very far. For a man accustomed […]
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El Dorado County students in grades 8-12 are invited to participate in the juvenile justice system through the Teen Court program. Volunteer training will be Sept. 27 from 5-7pm in El Dorado County Superior Court, at 1354 Johnson Blvd., Department 4, in South Lake Tahoe. Upon completion of the mandatory training, teens will serve as […]
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By Hudson Sangree and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee Homebuyers trying to take advantage of the current ultra-low mortgage rates are likely to discover an unpleasant truth: They’re competing with lots of other buyers who can pay all cash. The cash buyers aren’t just rental investors, who have occupied the lower end of the market for […]
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The Tahoe Resource Conservation District will host the 6th annual Autumn Fest at the Lake Tahoe Demonstration Garden, located at Lake Tahoe Community College from 11am-4pm on Sept. 16. The free festival, run in cooperation with LTCC, includes activities for all ages. This is a celebration of sustainability, gardening and the seasons in Tahoe. Autumn […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – The state Board of Examiners on Tuesday will consider settling a dispute with Washoe County over $21.5 million in local property tax revenue taken by the 2009 Legislature to balance the state budget. The proposed settlement would provide an immediate payment of $1.25 million to the […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will resume work on the Pope-Baldwin Bike Path — also known at the Camp Richardson path — the week of Sept. 17. The Pope-Baldwin Bike Path is located near the south end of Lake Tahoe and runs along Highway 89 for approximately three miles. The entire […]
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In 1970, Marian McQuade began a campaign to establish a day to honor grandparents. But such a day was not formally established until 1978 when President Jimmy Carter signed a federal proclamation, approving the first Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents Day. Since Sept. 9, 1979, it has been celebrated every year in honor […]
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Alpine TV (owned by Harry Kean, Ken Lohmeier, and Jack Cropley) built this complex on Lake Tahoe Boulevard in two stages starting in the 1960s. The two-story second stage (behind the camera) now includes the Tile Outlet, which originally was the enlarged Alpine TV. It was succeeded by Handy Andy. — Bill Kingman
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By Maria Dinzeo, Courthouse News Service Members of a Judicial Council committee grilled California trial judges over courthouse construction costs in an effort to fund necessary projects while cutting costs by $390 million. Judges and officials from 23 local trial courts pleaded for funds from the council’s court facilities working group, complaining of perilously unsafe […]
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