Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is profiling candidates for South Lake Tahoe City Council and Douglas County Commission. The stories are being published in the order they were received. Name: Alice Jones Age: 34 How long have you lived in South Lake Tahoe?: 8 years Job/profession: CPA; Controller, Tahoe Keys Property Owners’ Association What would […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s the lull before the storm when it comes to bear activity, though Lake Tahoe homeowners who are having their houses broken into might disagree. Normally this time of year with all the berries, abundance of pine nuts and ripe Manzanita bears have plenty of natural goodies to eat. It often means […]
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Publisher’s note: It’s the 50-seat Bombardier jets that South Lake Tahoe officials have said would be perfect for Lake Tahoe Airport if commercial service were to return. By Mary Jane Credeur and Mary Schlangenstein, Bloomberg News The 50-seat jets once prized by carriers such as Delta Air Lines Inc. are being culled from U.S. fleets […]
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By Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee Three months into the state’s longest budget impasse, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders reached a handshake deal Friday to close the state’s $19 billion deficit, leaders announced after a five-hour meeting. To bridge the gap, they are relying on about $7.5 billion in spending cuts, as well as delaying […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee Using secret testimony from kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard, prosecutors today unveiled a new 18-count indictment charging Phillip and Nancy Garrido with abducting Dugard in 1991, when she was 11. Nancy Garrido was arraigned and pleaded not guilty to the new charges, which were handed up by an El Dorado […]
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By Frank X. Mullen Jr., Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada, which leads the nation in both home foreclosures and the percentage of its residents unemployed, also is at the forefront of a national decrease in marriages and a record boom in food stamp recipients, according to the latest census updates. The economic slump is being blamed for […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News is profiling candidates for South Lake Tahoe City Council and Douglas County Commission. The stories are being published in the order they were received. Name: Steve Kubby Age: 63 How long have you lived in South Lake Tahoe?: One year in South Lake Tahoe, but 15 years in Northstar and […]
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By Kathryn Reed Poverty with a view has never been more accurate than now. Though the powers that be would like to remove the phrase from the vernacular of South Shore locals, the truth is the phrase cannot be disputed. Tahoe has gorgeous views and the people living among the pines at 6,200 feet are […]
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By Reno Gazette Journal Tahoe Creamery, which operated ice cream shops in Sparks and the University of Nevada, Reno and a manufacturing site in Minden, has ceased operations. Tahoe Creamery owners could not be reached for comment Thursday, but a recorded voice at the Minden plant informed callers, “We are no longer manufacturing ice cream […]
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By GISCafe eMap International was contracted by a consortium of regional and federal agencies which included the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) and US Geological Service (USGS) to provide 8-band multispectral high-resolution WorldView-2 satellite imagery over the Lake Tahoe Basin. Given the short growing and cloud-free season in the Tahoe Lake Basin, the specifications of […]
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