News
Frozen pipes cause damage at 4 Stateline casinos
Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 8:45pm
After three days of record-breaking low temperatures, many pipes in the Lake Tahoe Basin had enough and started doing some breaking of their own.
Ash believed to be the cause of Saturday house fire
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 5:28pmWood ash left on a deck is believed to be the cause of a fire in Pioneer Village Saturday.South Lake Tahoe firefighters and police responded to reports of a structure fire in the neighborhood about...
Official: One hurt in West Shore Lake Tahoe house fire
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 5:13pmTAHOE CITY, Calif. - One person suffered minor injuries in an early Sunday morning fire that destroyed a home near Lake Tahoe's West Shore, an official said Monday.Crews with the North Tahoe Fire P...
Full moon ski, dinner benefits Winter Discovery Center
Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 2:45pmBitter cold grips West; citrus and lettuce damaged
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 2:57pmFRESNO, Calif. (AP) - As an unusual cold spell gripped parts of the West for a fifth day, some California citrus growers reported damage to crops and an agriculture official said national prices on...
Praise for TRPA plan rolls in as others contemplate lawsuit
Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 9:38amPartial emergency closure at LTCC
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 9:49amThe Lake Tahoe Community College Fitness Education Center will be closed through Wednesday, Jan. 16, due to a broken water valve. Clean-up efforts will require the closure of the center at least th...
1987 parking deal between S. Tahoe, Heavenly surfaces
Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 2:35amEditorial: Give California cities, counties more tax leeway
Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 12:05amHot ash sparks deck fire at South Lake Tahoe home
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 10:51pmFirefighters in South Lake Tahoe knocked down a deck fire Jan 12 that was started by hot ash.
Karl Koeppen, shift commander for the South Lake Tahoe Fire Department, said minimal damage was done to the structure and interior of the home, located in the Pioneer Village area. The fire burned the deck structure but did not creep into the interior. The residents were allowed to stay in the house after the fire was knocked down.
Douglas County first in state to win broadband certification
Submitted by admin on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 7:30pmSouth Lake Tahoe TEDx conference set for March 23
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 12:11pm
TEDx, an online education series and offshoot of the popular TED Talks programs, will happen at South Lake Tahoe March 23. The theme of the program is "clarity" and the event will be held at Tahoe Production House.
Police warn of scam
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 11:22amSouth Lake Tahoe Police Department has warned residents of a scam.Police were contacted Saturday regarding a possible fraud. A resident of South Lake Tahoe received a phone call from a male subject...
South Lake Tahoe police warn of latest extortion scam circulating involving DEA
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 11:18amSouth Lake Tahoe police are warning about a scammer who reportedly called a resident Jan. 12, told them of a mail-order drug purchase made in 2006 and then tried to extort money by saying they wanted $1,000 wired to them to avoid being arrested.
Bay Area brother-sister survive 2 nights in backcountry
Submitted by admin on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 8:52amFlu vaccination clinics to be held
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 6:00amProvided to the TribuneThe El Dorado County Public Health Division will host three walk-in flu vaccination clinics in South Lake Tahoe.The clinics come as state health officials are seeing an incre...
Vigil for Alyssa Byrne next week in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 6:00amSouth Lake Tahoe residents will hold a candlelight vigil for Alyssa Byrne, the 19-year-old Petaluma resident who was found dead after leaving the SnowGlobe Music Festival, next week.
‘Get Out of My Crotch’ writers, publisher to speak at LTCC
Submitted by admin on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 1:35amEditorial: Californians deserve to know what is happening to kids
Submitted by admin on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 12:05amScam artist calling Tahoe residents claiming to be DEA agent
Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/12/2013 - 11:10pmWife arrested in former Lake Tahoe Forest supervisor's death
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 01/12/2013 - 8:24pmEl Dorado County Sheriff's deputies arrested the wife of former Lake Tahoe Forest Supervisor Bob Harris on suspicion of murder over the weekend after finding Harris' body in a home near Placerville.
Go here for the full story.
S. Tahoe woman survives crash; vehicle tumbles 300 feet
Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/12/2013 - 5:16pmSome 2-year degrees beat earning potential of bachelor’s
Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/12/2013 - 11:30amUSGS to discuss potential for 'ARkStorms' at Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 01/12/2013 - 10:02amEvent Date:
January 31, 2013 - 6:00pm
Flooding in all quarters. Decades worth of erosion in a few weeks. Devastating landslides and avalanches. Hurricane force winds and tree falls. Road, power, and business outages. And then the real impacts to Lake Tahoe and ecosystems begin.
Department of Homeland Security urges Java users to disable software
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 01/12/2013 - 9:23amComputer experts are warning personal computer users to disable Oracle's Java program, which is run by 1.1 billion desktops, according to the company.
The program has serious flaws that hackers are using to invade computers around the world, says Adam Wosotowsky, an expert at McAfee antivirus.
"It could end up with a lot of people with permanent infections," he said.
