A welfare check of a woman at a South Lake Tahoe motel turned into a coroner’s case Wednesday afternoon. South Lake Tahoe police officers entered the Stateline area motel on June 20 and found a 40-year-old woman deceased on the bed. No one from the Lone Pine Lodge would speak to Lake Tahoe News on […]
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A small fire at the disc golf course in South Lake Tahoe was quickly extinguished Wednesday afternoon. While the fire was only 5-feet by 5-feet, three agencies responded in case it were to have grown. South Lake Tahoe, Lake Valley and the U.S. Forest Service responded to hole 22. A witness told firefighters he saw […]
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By Craig Miller, KQED While much is uncertain about California’s warming climate, there is little doubt that it’s already changing the fundamentals of how most of us get our water. In fact, the Bureau of Reclamation has estimated that the Sierra snowpack could be reduced by half as soon as a decade from now. And […]
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The California State Parks and the Sierra State Parks Foundation will be hosting Living History Day at Pine Lodge, a celebration of the anniversary of the lodge also known as the Ehrman Mansion, at Sugar Pine Point State Park on July 28 from 10am to 4pm. Living history activities will include open house tours, a […]
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By Hannah Madans, Sacramento Bee Four California universities with big-time sports programs are fighting a legislative effort that could radically change the way schools recruit, educate and retain student athletes. The schools are opposing the “Student Athlete Bill of Rights,” they say, because it would be too expensive, put their programs at a competitive disadvantage […]
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Herbal Medicine Making will be taught June 29 from 5:30-8:30pm through Lake Tahoe Community College’s Connect Education program. Herbal medicines can be shrouded in mystery, but in reality they are simple to make when you tailor them to meet your specific needs. In this workshop, there will be discussions on tastes, types, and basic chemistry […]
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California is a long way from the battlegrounds of the U.S. Civil War. So it may surprise people that 22 known veterans of that 19th century conflict are buried at the Sierra Mountain Cemetery in Truckee. Ten of the soldiers’ graves are marked with headstones; six are not. And six others recently got new headstones. […]
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Do you like knitting or crocheting? Would you like to share your enjoyment with others? If yes, then come to the South Lake Tahoe library each Wednesday from 5-7pm, and on the first Saturday of each month from 1-3pm for Spin A Yarn—an informal gathering of crafters. Some yarn is provided, but bring knitting needles […]
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Updated: June 20, 2012, 7:25am: Details released Wednesday morning from South Lake Tahoe police: What was found was a large dark colored piece of luggage, about 2-feet wide, 4-feet long and 2-feet deep. In part, an unsigned note accused specific federal, county, and city law enforcement and court officials in the Midwest of committing a […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP RENO — The executive editor of the Reno Gazette-Journal was preparing a formal complaint to local law enforcement Tuesday after he said one of his veteran photographers covering a brush fire was roughed up by sheriff’s deputies who forced him to the ground and cited him for obstructing public officers. Photo […]
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