Both photos, 1965 and 2012, I snapped from the same vantage point in Harrah’s parking lot, evidenced by the distinctive profile of the Harrah’s South Shore Room theater rectangular fly-loft at left. Among other things, notice the 1965 predominance of American cars, and that today’s parking lot has rotated 90 degrees, apparently affording more spaces. […]
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• Barton Women’s Health opens Jan. 2. • Genoa’s Main Street Enhancement project is out to bid. New walkways, landscaping, lighting, signage, improved parking, and moving some exposed utility lines underground is expected to cost about $1.5 million. • Truckee is looking for comments on the Canyon Springs draft environmental impact report. The next meeting […]
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The Nevada Division of State Lands has funding from the Lake Tahoe Water Quality and Erosion Control Grants Program to implement environmental improvement program projects on the Nevada side of the Lake Tahoe Basin. This includes water quality and stream environment zone restoration and enhancement projects. Non-state agency applicants must provide a minimum 25 percent […]
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With January being National Radon Action Month, the Nevada Radon Education Program of University of Nevada Cooperative Extension is offering a free radon education presentation at the Incline Village Library. The Jan. 10 event is at 6:30pm at 845 Alder Ave. Attendees can learn about the radon health risk, how to test for it and […]
Read moreLake Tahoe News would like to thank everyone who became a paid subscriber this month. We used a chunk of that cash to buy food for local groups that help those in need as well as supplied items to the animal shelter in Meyers. Becoming a paid subscriber means being part of the NEWS Team. […]
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• For those who like to explore the backcountry this time of year, be sure to bookmark the Sierra Avalanche Center so you know the risks before you go. • South Lake Tahoe author Todd Borg’s latest book “Tahoe Trap” is free for Kindle readers through Dec. 29. • Tahoe Cross Country and Tahoe City […]
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By Diana Lambert, Sacramento Bee High school students can win cash and the chance to be part of a television advertising campaign in the 2013 Water Spots Video Contest. The contest, sponsored by the Regional Water Authority and the Sacramento Bee Media in Education program, challenges teens to create a 25-second public service announcement on […]
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Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board is taking comments until Jan. 16 on the U.S. Forest Service Upper Truckee River Reach Five Restoration and Utility Relocation Project. At the Feb. 13-14 meeting, the Lahontan board will consider granting an exemption to the basin plan to allow this project in El Dorado County to go forward. […]
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• Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe is on Conde Nast Traveler’s gold list for 2013 as one of the top hotels in the U.S. as rated by readers of the magazine. • Placer County Supervisor Jennifer Montgomery canceled the Dec. 27 Tahoe coffee meeting because of the holiday week. • The Trust for Public Land and the […]
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South Lake Tahoe and Lake Tahoe Community College Connect Community Education are sponsoring the Renovator, Repair, Painter course for local construction workers. This class is going to be conducted in Spanish. The Lead Safe Worker eight-hour training is at LTCC on Jan. 19 from 8am-5pm. The cost is $50. Up to two workers from each […]
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