Douglas County sheriff’s deputies will be stepping up traffic enforcement at intersections and crosswalks to look for red light and stop sign violations, pedestrian violations, speeders and distracted drivers throughout the county from March 11-19. Key factors in many of the recent fatal highway traffic accidents have been driver inattention and failure to yield to […]
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Before going to bed tonight, remember to turn the clocks forward one hour. Daylight-saving times begins March 10 at 2am. This means the evenings will be lighter longer.
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• The South Lake Tahoe City Council is having a special meeting March 12 at 6pm at Lake Tahoe Airport to discuss all things loop road. Click here for the economic study the Tahoe Transportation District paid for that looks at the mountainside proposal for rerouting Highway 50. • U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin […]
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• Pinnacle Real Estate Group of Lake Tahoe earned the Quality Certification Award for its website at the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World’s Conference. • The 2013 Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships come to Squaw Valley March 20-24. The event is an opportunity for Squaw’s Olympic gold medalist Julia Mancuso, Olympian Marco Sullivan […]
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Lake of the Sky Garden Club in Incline Village is looking to give away money for community-related garden projects in the North Lake Tahoe area. The club’s goals are to promote an interest in gardening, with particular emphasis on the problems at high altitude, to support charitable, educational, and scientific works, as well as to […]
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Professor Tom Meyer, who has climbed the pyramids in Egypt, explored Petra, walked around the Sea of Galilee and explored the entire Holy Land, will be giving a talk March 10 at at 11am at First Baptist Church (1053 Wildwood Ave., South Lake Tahoe). Meyer has written about the culture and religion of the Middle […]
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As a manager, it is inevitable you may need to conduct a workplace investigation. Where do you start? When shouldn’t you conduct the investigation yourself? What can you say to employees? What is confidential? Join the discussion with Nicole Harvey of Harvey Law Firm and Cindy Davis, chief people officer of Strategic HR Partners LLC. […]
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• Olympian and Truckee resident Daron Rahlves will be chatting with guests March 7 as part of a mixer hosted by the Truckee Chamber of Commerce at the Bank of the West branch office in Truckee. The mixer is from 4:30-6pm at 11202 Donner Pass Road. • The Nevada Land Bank has funds available to […]
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• South Lake Tahoe received an Award of Excellence from the California Park & Recreation Society for Lakeview Commons at El Dorado Beach in the category of Park Planning. • Here is the Caltrans roadwork schedule for this week in the El Dorado-Tahoe area. • Bell Helmets is offering $100,000 split between three trail projects in […]
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“Old Long Skis” is a contributor we see often here on Lake Tahoe News. OLS (aka Bob Rockwell) has lived here since 1962 and he’s sharing with me historic photos of some local businesses. One of those was the Tahoe Drive In Theatre where he worked. It closed in 1984. I’ve added related photos, mostly […]
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