Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce’s annual Connect for a Cause Charity Mixer is Jan. 12 from 5:30-8:30pm. This event will include drinks, appetizers, a photo booth, and raffle prizes. All proceeds from the raffle will be donated to Bread & Broth. Guests are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items for Bread & Broth. Those who […]
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With January being Blood Donor Month, Tahoe Douglas Fire is having a blood drive. It will be Jan. 17 from noon-5pm at Station 23 at 193 Elks Point Road, Round Hill. Northern Nevada needs about 900 blood donors to give each week to ensure patient needs are met. Appointments are recommended to ensure proper staffing […]
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Winter storms often cause power outages. Here are some tips from Liberty Utilities to handle being without power: Keep all doors closed to keep the heat inside. Dress warmly and stay together in the same room or area. Keep your refrigerator and freezer closed as much as possible. Turn off all appliances, including computers and […]
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The Nevada Division of Forestry is soliciting preproposals for two competitive grant program areas, landscape scale restoration and hazardous fuels reduction. Nevada’s urban and rural ecosystems are continuously threatened by invasions of non-native species, vegetation diseases, development disturbances, unsustainable management and destructive natural events such as floods and wildfires. NDF has funding from the U.S. Forest Service. Funds […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College is having multiple artists’ receptions on Jan. 19. The free receptions will be simultaneously from 5-7pm. This is an opportunity to meet the artists whose works will be on display. In the Haldan Art Gallery in the library building will be a group exhibition by the faculty and staff of the […]
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Three-term El Dorado County supervisor Bill Johnson has died. William Van Dyke Johnson was part of the pioneer family that helped create South Lake Tahoe before it was even a city. Mr. Johnson died Dec. 19, 2016. He was 85. He was born at the J Lazy J Ranch on Mottsville Lane in Gardnerville on March […]
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South Lake Tahoe’s first baby of the new year arrived Jan. 4 at 5:08pm at Barton Memorial Hospital. Bodie James Briggs weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce and measured 19 inches. His parents Jessica and Steve Briggs of Meyers named Bodie after California’s famous gold mining ghost town.
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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with Douglas County Social Services and a community task force will be starting Caring Neighbors on Jan. 11. Trained sheriff’s volunteers who have completed background checks will be calling on seniors who live in Douglas County. The client can have a phone call once or twice a week or […]
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Nellie is a 10-month-old Jack Russell terrier/Queensland Heeler mix who weighs about 25 pounds. As is typical of these breeds, she is very energetic and smart and will do best in a home where she will get lots of exercise and training. She is a little scared of new men and needs a home without […]
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By Jane Greenhalgh, NPR With more states legalizing recreational marijuana, parents are facing the question of whether they should smoke pot around their children. “I have never smoked and would never smoke around my child,” says one mother who lives in San Francisco. California is one of eight states that allows recreational marijuana use for […]
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