· Snow removal operations and periods of heavy snow can make it difficult for firefighters to find and use the nearest fire hydrant. Officials encourage residents to voluntarily clear snow from neighborhood hydrants. · California Tahoe Conservancy and Lake Tahoe Community College will host an open house Jan. 7 from 6-8pm in the LTCC board room to offer the […]
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Here are South Lake Tahoe Fire Department Christmas tree fire safety tips: Select a fresh tree with good color and firm, flexible needles that do not easily pull from the branches. Place the tree in plain water immediately after re-cutting the trunk at least one-half inch above the old cut. The container you use for […]
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Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe has approved three community grants. They are: Drug Store Project – Tahoe Youth and Family Services was awarded a $1,000 grant to continue its annual youth drug awareness and avoidance program in 2016. This is program is designed to reduce future drug experimentation/use/abuse and increase student knowledge about the dangers […]
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· Tahoe Regional Planning Agency offices will be closed Dec. 24-Jan.1, reopening Jan. 4. · Incline Village-based tour operator Myths and Mountains won the 2015 Tourism Cares Legacy in Travel Philanthropy award, alongside co-winner, Lindblad Expeditions. · Carson High School has been named to the 2016 Elite 50, an annual selection of the top 50 secondary school hospitality […]
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· At the Dec. 17 South Lake Tahoe Public Utility District board meeting the electeds are expected to approve a three-year contract for General Manager Richard Solbrig that will include a 2 percent raise effective July 1, 2016. · The Placer County Board of Supervisors proclaimed a local emergency for the high number of dead and […]
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Occasionally I find additional interesting photos about sites previously visited on Then and Now. Here is more pictorial history of the Bijou Center and Conolley’s in South Lake Tahoe: Bijou in the early 1900s included the Young Brothers’ Bijou Resort. Neighboring Conolley’s Resort was just to the west, also on the beach. By 1951, Young’s […]
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· Joan deRyk Jones is now mayor of Truckee and Morgan Goodwin is vice mayor. · Registration is open for the 2016 Death Ride. · Starting in June, Southwest Airlines is adding three daily flights between Reno and Oakland. · Here is the Caltrans El Dorado-Lake Tahoe roadwork schedule for the next week. · Tahoe Cross […]
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The El Dorado County Public Defender’s Office is putting on a Clean Slate Clinic on Jan. 18. Anyone who was convicted of a misdemeanor or felony in El Dorado County more than one year ago that resulted in jail time, alternative sentencing, or probation may be eligible to file a petition for an expungement. The clinic […]
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· UNR journalism students created the Nevada Department of Transportation’s new logo. · Lake Tahoe Golf Course in Meyers has been recertified as an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary golf course. · Bill Jensen, one time president of Northstar and Sierra ski resorts, is now CEO of Telluride in Colorado. · South Tahoe High grad Todd Moss […]
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The Holiday in History open house is Dec. 19 from 11am-7:30pm. From 11am-5pm children will be able to call the North Pole. There will be tours of the 1930s-era log cabin. Music begins at 5pm, along with the lighting of the Christmas tree and menorah. The museum is at 3058 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe.
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