El Dorado County Community Emergency Response Team program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, CERT members can […]
Read more
• There is still time to register to vote for the June 3 primary in California. Nevada’s primary is June 10. • Here is the El Dorado-Tahoe roadwork schedule from Caltrans for this week. • The owners of Tahoe Keys Marina are opening a deli in May next to the Fresh Ketch. It will sell beer […]
Read more
Start Smart is aimed at helping newly licensed and future licensed teenage drivers become aware of the responsibilities of being a licensed California driver. The next class is May 6 at 6pm in the South Tahoe High School student union. Students and parents are invited. All classes are free and last approximately two hours. To […]
Read more
Sten Seemann of South Lake Tahoe has two VIP tickets to Brian Howe at Boomtown because he is one of Lake Tahoe News’ paid subscribers. On occasion paid subscribers receive special benefits. He happened to win the contest Friday. The reward was two tickets to the May concert. It’s fast and easy to fill out […]
Read more
According to the Nevada State Railroad Museum, the McKeen Motor Car Company of Nebraska built 152 gasoline-powered “railcars” between 1905 and 1917. A new McKeen Motor Car (No. 22) entered into service for the Virginia & Truckee Railroad on May 9, 1910, and made round-trips between Reno and Minden. No. 22 was retired and sold […]
Read more
Washoe County Sheriff’s Office is enhancing the Resident Deputy Program in Incline Village. After more than six months of planning and preparation, two Washoe County Sheriff’s patrol deputies and their families are now full-time residents of the community in which they serve, joining Deputy Paul Longshore who has been a resident deputy in Incline for […]
Read more
Lake Tahoe Sustainability Collaborative has received two grants dealing with Safe Routes to Schools. Both On Our Way grant applications were collaborative processes with South Lake Tahoe and Lake Tahoe Unified School District. The $156,000 grant will fund assessment and planning for South Tahoe Middle School, making the area safer and more accessible for students […]
Read more
• The American Century Championship is offering complimentary tickets to military for the 25th anniversary of the celebrity golf tournament, July 15-20. All active duty, reservists, National Guard and veterans receive one complimentary ticket and one complimentary guest ticket for each day of the tournament. Apply by going online. • The next free Tapping Tuesday […]
Read more
Tahoe Douglas Rotary Club is hosting its annual Burger Night on May 1 from 3-8pm. The dinner is at Red Hut Cafe in the Ski Run center in South Lake Tahoe. All proceeds from the evening support the vocational scholarship program at Whittell and South Tahoe high schools. Tickets for the Burger Night are $10 […]
Read more
• The annual wagon train will roll through the South Shore on May 31. • Heidi Hill Drum has been hired as executive director of the Tahoe Prosperity Center. • El Dorado County Fair is June 12-15 in Placerville. • “As You Like It” will be performed July 11-Aug. 24 at Sand Harbor during the […]
Read more