Meeks Bay and North Tahoe fire departments have entered an agreement to provide emergency services as well as increased public safety by adding additional management resources and combined response of both districts. This comes as John Pang, fire chief at Meeks Bay, retired April 4. Meeks Bay and North Tahoe Fire have a history of […]
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There will be a fundraiser April 18 for the Family Resource Community Garden. The 8pm event at Himmel Haus in South Lake Tahoe costs $5. The garden will be put in this spring. It is project being put together by Gardens 4 A Healthy Tahoe and lake Tahoe Sustainability Collaborative.
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The Kings Beach Commercial Core Improvement Project is scheduled to begin April 8. Work will start on Highway 28 with altering the four-lane roadway into three lanes. Also up first is making Brook Avenue an eastbound, one-way road. One of the largest components of the project is to capture and treat runoff. To accomplish that, […]
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South Tahoe Public Utility District is having a workshop May 8 about its Turf Buy Back Program. The rebate program offers homeowners the opportunity to remove their lawn and replace it with a Tahoe-friendly landscape. The free workshop is at 6pm at 1275 Meadow Crest Drive, South Lake Tahoe. For more information, call 530.543.6268.
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• South Lake Tahoe Senior Center is having a grand reopening April 7 at 4pm. • Tahoe Donner cross country is open again. • Truckee-based Alison Elder is Chase International’s Realtor of the Year for 2013. • Truckee Trails and Bikeways master plan community workshop is April 16 from 5-8pm at council chambers. • Here […]
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This mid-1950s view of Highway 50, left, is looking toward Stateline. No marked lanes, no stoplights, easy street parking, and all wires overhead on poles. Small, but visible, in the exact center of the photo is the faint blue Lawrence’s Department Store sign fronting the same building which today houses Chevy’s restaurant. The large blue […]
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El Dorado County Grand Jury is looking for members for 2014-15. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, at least 18 years of age, have resided in the county for at least one year at the time of the swearing-in date, and cannot hold an elected office. Final selection will take place in late June. Jurors serve […]
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Patty Smith will be remembering her son Sgt. Timothy Michael Smith on April 7. It has been six years since Smith was killed in action in the Mideast. The remembrance is a potluck at the Smith house, 848 Placer Ave., South Lake Tahoe from 5-8pm. There will be a tree planting in his honor. People […]
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Barton Health’s third annual Mom’s Morning Out is May 3. Women of all ages – mothers, grandmothers, daughters, and sisters – are may attend this free event. Yoga and fitness classes start at 8:15am. Coffee and brunch from Blue Angel Cafe will be served. Other complimentary activities include wellness booths put together by local businesses, […]
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• Park Tahoe in Stateline (aka the former Horizon) plans to have movie theaters. What’s not known, according to the PR firm handling the property, is who the operator will be. • for the June 28-29 Race the Lake of the Sky paddleboard contest in South Lake Tahoe. • Climate Reality Project launched this video […]
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