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TRCD receives cash for watercraft inspection program
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 10/30/2011 - 11:07amThe Truckee River Fund has awarded $267267 to the Tahoe Resource Conservation District to protect Truckee area water bodies from the growing threat posed by aquatic invasive species. The funding will ...
Bona Fide Books asks community to participate in survey
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 10/30/2011 - 10:23amSeveral South Shore Lake Tahoe businesses, including the Bona Fide Books publishing house, are in the process of evaluating whether to open a temporary "pop-up" bookstore in South Lake Tahoe for the coming holiday shopping season. To help evaluate the feasibility and nature of a pop-up bookstore in the community, and whether there is support for having a permanent bookstore in town, Bona Fide Books has helped develop a quick and simple online survey.
Cable outage affects South Shore Lake Tahoe, Carson Valley
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 10/30/2011 - 9:39amIf your television began to glitch in and out beginning around 8 a.m. this morning and then went completely static, it's not your fault, it is Charter Communications, which is reporting a widespread cable television outage throughout South Shore, on both sides of the state line and down into Minden and Gardnerville. A Charter representative did not have an estimated time for service to be restored.
South Tahoe defeats Truckee volleyball in five games
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 10:56amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - After South Tahoe lost to Truckee last week in four games, coach Danny McLaughlin said that his girls could play with Truckee, and beat them. Well they lived up to tha...
Community rallies around South Tahoe soccer coach and player diagnosed with rare cancer
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 10:11amManny Morales and Kelly Meyer's son Kayden is bouncing around the family room of the engaged couple's home off of Murietta Drive. His dark and curly hair is so thick, that it doesn't really move...
Barton on target to make money after $1 mil. loss in 2010
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 9:06amEven though Barton has laid off employees in the past few years, it remains South Lake Tahoe's largest private year-round employer. No raises were given in 2010, matching retirement contributions ...
Opinion: Rise and Runnels right for STPUD
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 9:06amTo the community,. My name is Ernie Claudio and I was on the STPUD board of directors for two years in 2007. The only candidates I met while on the board were Dale Rise and John Runnels. These two can...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 9:06amdre-4-150x150 • Andre Tyson, aka rapper Dreda Dre, will be back at his alma mater Nov. 16 giving away thousands of dollars worth of clothes. He was at South Tahoe High a year ago doing the same thing....
Tahoe Douglas picks chief from within department
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 9:06amTahoe Douglas Fire Protection District has promoted Ben Sharit to fire chief. Sharit started with the district in 1985 as a firefighter/paramedic, rising through the ranks in the last 26 years. He sta...
Nevada public records policy under review
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 8:28amBy Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau. CARSON CITY – A panel of lawmakers agreed today to review its new policy on responding to public records requests ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../nevada-public-records...
Halloween happenings at Kahle Community Center
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 8:28amKiwanis of Lake Tahoe Sunrisers sponsors this event. To volunteer to help or for more information, call Kahle Community Center at (775) 586.7271. Share/ ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../halloween-happenin...
South Tahoe officers on the prowl Halloween weekend
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 8:28am“There isn't a Halloween costume clever enough to hide an impaired driver who's made the poor decision to get behind the wheel,” South Lake Tahoe police ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../south-taho...
Scary slam and costume contest at Meyers small press
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 5:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Join Bona Fide Books at 7 p.m. Oct. 29 for the second annual Scary Slam and literary costume contest at Bona Fide HQ in Meyers. The event is free and open to the publi...
Freaks come out for Halloween
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 5:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Calling all Halloween zealots and good times, the 33rd annual Freakers Ball returns Saturday, Oct. 29, to Stateline's MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa.Attendees to this sp...
Art Matters: 'Plein air' ... what did you say?
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 5:00amRight in the middle of a perfectly eloquent description to a client of how many artists work, I notice a disconnected, puzzled or glazed look that begs, "No kidding, must be a French pastry. Just w...
College photography student hosts art show
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 5:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The black-and-white photography exhibit in the Lake Tahoe Community College Theatre Foyer is titled "The Neglected and Forgotten" and are by photographer and student Carl...
'Written on the Body' art reception at Bona Fide Books
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 5:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Bona Fide Books will host a reception for Shelley Hocknell Zentner's new collection, "Written on the Body," at 6:30 p.m., Nov. 5 at Bona Fide HQ in Meyers.The event is fr...
Halloween festivities for kids and adults
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 10/29/2011 - 12:43amTerror in Tahoe, a new event for South Shore, culminates this weekend.
Hosted by the City of South Lake Tahoe Community Services/Parks and Recreation, and the South Tahoe Chamber of Commerce, organizers have prepared a haunted trail in the woods behind the ice rink at the Campground by the Lake on Highway 50, dead in the center of South Lake Tahoe.
Artists' connection to the work matters first
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 10:59pmRobert Schimmel is a professional artist and teacher in South Lake Tahoe as well as host of “Lake Tahoe Art Scene” on KTHO radio on Thursdays at 5:15pm. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../artists-connection...
Traffic controls will continue through next week
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 5:48pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Caltrans will continue to intermittently close two lanes of Highway 50 through South Lake Tahoe as they work on the curbs, sidewalks and gutters at least until Nov. 4. Wo...
Long-time slide comes down
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 5:45pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Heavy machinery was used to dismantle the super-slide at the defunct amusement park off Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe. The amusement park has been called an example o...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Prescribed burns present health dangers
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 5:35pmThose prescribed burns are the deadliest thing to mankind. Be aware of what dangerous carcinogens are blowing in our faces. Taking care of our forests by torching is a reckless, lazy man's approach...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Smoking can be a safety issue
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 5:34pmIn reference to the letter to the editor regarding cigarette smoking by road construction workers while on the job, the concern over throwing cigarette butts into the woods is very valid. But, the ...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Utility district needs better leadership
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 5:33pmLast week I had the opportunity to witness the candidate forum sponsored and orchestrated by the South Tahoe Public Utility District management and employees. In a short time it was obvious who the...
Skate House gets funds
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 5:32pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Shawn Baughman of the Skate House receives a donation from the American Legion Auxiliary Post 795 secretary Carol Olivas to help fund children's activities at the "Ska...
SIROTA: TV That Lifts Journalism Back 'Up'
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 5:30pmWaking up at 4 a.m. is rarely enjoyable, and arising at that unspeakable hour to appear on a cable news show is particularly painful. In such situations, you feel as if you're dragging yourself out...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin?: The big pumpkin chill
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 5:30pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - As a kid I remember it didn't bother me when, in tale of Cinderella, the fairy godmother turns a pumpkin into a carriage, but it later morphs to a pumpkin. I must have...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Vote 'no' on Measure R
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 5:26pmI just read the impartial analysis of Measure R prepared by County Counsel Louis B. Green that appears in the voter guide. It is his last paragraph that caught my eye. Many people are OK with a 50/...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Safe winter parking needed by Camp Richardson
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 5:24pmMy wife and I live in South Tahoe and enjoy cross country skiing and snowshoeing in the woods and along the lake near the Valhalla estates. We parked at Valhalla until the U.S. Forest Service close...
SAUNDERS: Gridlock government
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 5:21pmWhat is the purpose of high-occupancy vehicle lanes? Is it to make people who aren't in car pool lanes feel resentful? Or, as University of California, Berkeley, civil and environmental engineering...
KUDOS & KINDNESS: Community outings appreciated
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 5:15pmBarton Skilled Nursing would like to thank our wonderful community for supporting us with our summer outings this year.We appreciate Harrah's for our monthly dinners, Heavenly for the amazing gondo...
City combines parks and recreation positions
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 5:00pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The city's new recreation programs coordinator might just have to have eight arms, eight legs and four brains.The new position, recreation programs coordinator, currently...
SnowGlobe Music Festival announced for South Lake
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 4:47pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It looks like visitors to South Lake Tahoe and residents will finally have something to do on New Years Eve, rather than wander aimlessly on Highway 50."This is part o...
SnowGlobe Music Festival announced for South Lake
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 4:47pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It looks like visitors to South Lake Tahoe and residents will finally have something to do on New Years Eve, rather than wander aimlessly on Highway 50."This is part o...
Realtors to hold awards and installation dinner Friday
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 4:44pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Amidst the beauty of the lakeside Edgewood Tahoe and the sounds of "Ike & Martin," Amanda Adams, South Lake Tahoe Association of Realtors' 2011 President, will pass the g...
Traffic controls will continue through next week
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 4:25pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Caltrans will continue to intermittently close two lanes of Highway 50 through South Lake Tahoe as they work on the curbs, sidewalks and gutters at least until Nov. 4. Wo...
Council, commissioners to hold joint meeting Friday
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 4:23pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The South Lake Tahoe City Council and the Douglas County Board of Commissioners will hold a joint meeting from noon to 4 p.m. Nov. 4 at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course.The Sou...
City releases online marijuana reporting system results
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 4:21pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The city's online reporting system for marijuana grows has led to a child endangerment case and the seizure of more than 90 marijuana plants from a residence in the city,...
Utility district board president asked to apologize for staff dispute
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 4:16pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The South Tahoe Public Utility District Board of Directors has asked Board President Dale Rise to apologize for a July incident where he allegedly became verbally abusive...
City, Andoh settle police racism suit
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 4:14pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Lake Tahoe has agreed to pay the South Shore's former transit administrator $5,000 to resolve a federal civil rights suit that alleged racism within the police depa...
DUI patrols planned for this weekend
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 4:13pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Law enforcement agencies on both sides of the state line will have extra personnel on the streets this weekend in search of drunken drivers.During the late evening and ea...
Wood stove linked to Meyers house fire
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 4:08pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Burning embers from an unattended wood stove are believed to be the cause of a house fire in Meyers Wednesday afternoon.Firefighters from the Lake Valley Fire Protecti...
New Year's at South Tahoe includes 3-Day SnowGlobe Festival
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 2:12pm
There’s ample reason to bring your New Year’s Eve celebration to South Lake Tahoe this year, as the town announces its plans to host the first-ever SnowGlobe Music Festival, December 29, 30 and 31, 2011. For three days the festival will sprawl out in the luxuriant setting of Lake Tahoe’s south shore, offering three main stages and over forty-five world-class musicians to help ring in what is sure to be an unbeatable New Year’s Eve celebration, according to a news release.
North Shore ski resorts putting Tahoe on the map
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 1:59pmKINGS BEACH – “It is finally Lake Tahoe's time.” Those are the words of Squaw Valley CEO Andy Wirth. His peers Bill Rock, COO of Northstar, and Art Chapman, president and chairman of JMA Ventures,...
Proud to Say: It's hard to ignore Stowell's production this year
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 1:26pmThere have been bright spots here and there for South Tahoe football this season. They've played good football at times, and at others, not so good. But one consistent upside for the Vikings has...
STHS faces a tough foe to end season
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 1:23pmTruckee sits 7-0 in league, while South Tahoe is 0-7.The Wolverines are not only undefeated, but are on a 32 game winning streak. They claimed their fourth straight Northern 3A title in a win ag...
Comfort food led to 'Man vs. Food' series
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 12:09pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Ah, heartache.It leads to the writing of sonnets, the composition of songs and countless drowning of sorrows through wine, whiskey and the consumption of copious amoun...
Settlement reached in Tahoe pier dispute
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 11:53amUPDATED 5:19PM: Environmental regulators and a Lake Tahoe property owner who has hosted events for the League to Save Lake Tahoe have settled a dispute over environmental rule violations that stretch back to 2008.
Tamara Fritz and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency agreed to terms this week resolving violations between April 2008 and March 2011. Go here for more.
Here is a release this afternoon from the TRPA:
Friends of the Library Book Sale
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 10:30am
Event Date:
November 5, 2011 - 10:00am The Friends of the Library Book Sale is the perfect place to get great books at bargain prices. The Nov. 5 sale will be held at the South Lake Tahoe branch of the El Dorado County Library, 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd, South Lake Tahoe, Calif. The book sale hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Construction on Lakeview Commons nears completion
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 8:09amSouth Lake Tahoe's capital improvement project manager Jim Marino has visions.Though the new Lakeview Commons park isn't open yet, Marino can already see bands playing in front of the amphitheat...
