The El Dorado County Avoid the 6 DUI Task Force is deploying DUI saturation patrols with extra officers in the cities of Placerville, South Lake Tahoe the the unincorporated areas of the county Halloween night to supplement routine patrol officers on one of the most deadly nights of the years. Officers will be looking for the tale-tell sign […]
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· The Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of California presented San Francisco-based attorney Clem Shute with the Lifetime Contribution to the Field of Environmental Law award. Shute is a member of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board and founding partner of the environmental and land use law firm Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger. · Tesla […]
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According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, between 2009 and 2013, 43 percent of all traffic fatalities on Halloween night involved an impaired driver. In 2013, 26 percent of all pedestrian fatalities on Halloween night involved an impaired driver. Law enforcement says whether out trick-or-treating for the night or heading to a party, it […]
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South Lake Tahoe Library is seeking donations of compact discs of local music to be included in its collection. Artists or band members of a musical act based in the South Lake Tahoe area (including Meyers, Stateline, Kingsbury, Zephyr Cove, and Cave Rock) who would like their work included in the collection, are asked to […]
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· The National Forest Recreation Association recognized Don Lane, recreation and wilderness program manager for the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, as its 2015 Ranger of the Year. · The annual free Valhalla Holiday Faire on the South Shore is Nov. 20 from 5:30-8:30pm, Nov. 21 from 10am-5pm and Nov. 22 from 10am-4pm. · Kevin […]
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· California Highway Patrol is implementing a yearlong statewide campaign to reduce by at least 5 percent the number of fatal and injury traffic collisions where speed, improper turning, and driving on the wrong side of the road are primary collision factors. To achieve this goal by Sept. 30, 2016, the CHP will combine statewide-targeted […]
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Chase International is teaming up with Boy Scout Troop 37 and Project MANA to help with Scouting for Food, the organizations’ annual food drive on Nov. 7. Scouts will pick up food items between 8am and 2pm. All donated food will be distributed to families throughout the North Tahoe-Truckee area by Project MANA at its weekly mobile food […]
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· The 45th annual Barton Auxiliary Holiday Faire is Nov. 8 from 9am-3pm at St. Theresa’s Grace Hall in South Lake Tahoe. Santa Claus will stop by between 10am and 2pm. · Douglas County Public Library in Zephyr Cove and Minden will be closed Oct. 30 and Oct. 31 for Nevada Day. · The alternative dance […]
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· Tahoe Best Friends’ Howl’oween Party is Oct. 31 from 1-2:30pm. Dogs and people are encouraged to come in costume to the free event on Ruth Avenue in South Lake Tahoe. · Zephyr Cove Elementary School is recognizing Red Ribbon Week this week. It is about making healthy choices, especially when it comes to saying no […]
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What’s in Store for Transit North and South will be the topic of a discussion at Lake Tahoe Community College on Nov. 18. This is part of Tahoe Talks Brown Bag Lunch Series. It is from noon to 1:30pm in the Aspen Room This panel will talk about transit plans being prepared all around the Lake […]
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