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Power boat use drops, paddlers increase
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 9:31amIf the waters of Lake Tahoe seem a little less choppy from boat wakes, they likely are. While the popularity of paddling sports continues to increase, power boat use is decreasing locally and st...
Block's former owner told to pay or face prison time
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 7:48amIt will take years for EnelikoSean Smith to pay back the hundreds of thousands of dollars he owes South Lake Tahoe in back hotel taxes but the payment plan ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../blocks-former-o...
Placer County exhibit wins at state fair
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 2:22amThe exhibit features the ski and recreation areas at Lake Tahoe, nature, culture , history, fine food and wines available throughout the county. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../placer-county-exhibit-wins...
Hard Rock gives a big thank you to community
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 2:22amHard Rock Cafe Lake Tahoe's anniversary event was May 18 through June 26. Hard Rock Cafe Lake Tahoe partnered with Bread & Broth; an all-volunteer program ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../hard-roc...
Opinion: Cruelty has a name even if you don't use one
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 7:10pmBy Phil Bronstein. How much courage does it take to be mean about the dead? Or to scold them for dying accidentally? Two stories in the past week, about three young hikers swept over Yosemite's Ve...
Opinion: School board work — a challenging job
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 7:10pmBy Vicki Barber. A friend said to me recently, “I didn't know being on a school board would be so difficult. I thought I would just try to help out. This is work.” I imagine most people have s...
Dugard's book breathing life into publishing world
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 7:10pmBy Ben Schenkel, Sacramento Bee. Jaycee Lee Dugard's memoir, “A Stolen Life,” has been zipping off bookstore shelves since its release two Tuesdays ago. book Orders for new copies from Amazon....
Art and Animals workshop for youth
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 7:10pmThe Lake Tahoe Humane Society and S.P.C.A. is presenting a weeklong Art and Animals workshop Aug. 15-19. Designed for youth ages 11 to 13, the class is an introduction to drawing and painting in all m...
Leviathan Mine treatment may set a record
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 7:10pmContractors for Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board expect this to be a record summer for treatment of acid mine drainage at the Leviathan Mine superfund site in Alpine County. Treatment pre...
Small brush fire extinguished in Incline
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 7:10pmThe North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District responded to a brush fire on the corner of Alder Avenue and Northwood Boulevard in Incline Village on the afternoon of July 27. The cause of the 15 foot b...
South Tahoe hotel implementing sustainable practices
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 7:10pmPosted by admin in News on July 28th, 2011 | no responses. Avalon Lodge in South Lake Tahoe has partnered with Clean the World Foundation to recycle amenities to be redistributed to impoverished and d...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 7:10pmSouth Lake Tahoe Mayor Hal Cole will give a state of the city address Oct. 20 at 6pm at Lake Tahoe Airport. • Chase International real estate agents Joshua Talayka and Edee Campbell were the only to...
Auburn likely to be part of Tahoe supe district in Placer County ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 7:10pmEastern Placer County may see its political influence diminish as the county adjusts political boundaries to accommodate the Lake Tahoe area's shrinking full-time population. Under tentative redis...
Inertia plagues South Tahoe council regarding sign rules
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 7:10pmWhat's another two hours of discussion about South Lake Tahoe's sign ordinance when it's been on the books for the past 15 years? The problem is the issue wasn't resolved at 9:15pm Tue...
Fine for illegal Tahoe City pier extension may increase
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 7:10pmTamara Fritz had agreed to pay the penalty for altering her Tahoe City property without the proper paperwork in order. But it was pulled from the consent item at Wednesday's meeting. Because neith...
Stateline man charged in California cold case
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 5:39pmMINDEN, Nev. - A 50-year-old Stateline man - taken into custody by a Douglas County sheriff's deputy who stopped to help two men by the side of the road - has been charged with murder in a 30-ye...
If Dick Van Dyke and Carol Burnett had a daughter...
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 4:51pmAllan Havey returns, and it's a good thing, too. Allan can be a one-stop joke-producing machine. Sometimes I wish he had a portable stage with him - he's always coming up with something new. If he ...
Girl Talk back as Wanderlust headliner
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 4:43pmGirl Talk, a.k.a. Gregg Gillis, the one-man laptop pop party, returns to Wanderlust Festival this weekend for one of his signature confetti-spewing, toilet-paper shooting, sample-a-thons. Don't exp...
'Ghost Whisperer' speaks with the spirits at Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 4:38pmJames Van Praagh makes his first Lake Tahoe appearance Saturday in the MontBleu Theatre. He says he is a "survival evidence medium," one who speaks with spirits. He produced the CBS television show...
Brandi Carlile brings Seattle sounds to Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 4:35pmHere's "The Story" - Brandi Carlile will perform Tuesday at MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa.Carlile's song "The Story," which was featured on "Grey's Anatomy," has more than --Brandi Carlile brings...
Fresh from the studio, a healthy Curtis Salgado returns to Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 4:31pmCurtis Salgado is the definition of a tasteful singer.His soulful voice is incredible, but he never shows off. Well, he did show off once, and it haunts him."One time I did something to a guy in Sa...
OBITUARY: Betty Jean Thomas-Greenwood
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 1:51pmJean passed away on the first day of spring of this year. Jean came out to California as a teenager with her mother, father and four brothers in the late 1940's. On the way, she passed through T...
OBITUARY: Dennis "Denny" R. Huestis
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 1:45pmDennis "Denny" Ray Huestis passed away in Brookings on July 15, 2011 after a courageous four year battle with cancer. He was 63.Dennis was born in San Andreas, Calif. on Sept. 14, 1947 to Robert an...
Wanderlust California 2011: Creating a 'positive vision for the world'
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 1:25pmSQUAW VALLEY, Calif. - It's Monday morning, and Jeff Krasno is already hard at work at Squaw Valley USA.Nothing new there."I work all year long," said an out-of-breath Krasno, a co-creator of Wa...
Wanderlust California 2011: Creating a 'positive vision for the world'
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 1:25pmSQUAW VALLEY, Calif. - It's Monday morning, and Jeff Krasno is already hard at work at Squaw Valley USA.Nothing new there."I work all year long," said an out-of-breath Krasno, a co-creator of Wa...
Wanderlust California 2011: Creating a 'positive vision for the world'
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 1:25pmSQUAW VALLEY, Calif. - It's Monday morning, and Jeff Krasno is already hard at work at Squaw Valley USA.Nothing new there."I work all year long," said an out-of-breath Krasno, a co-creator of Wa...
OBITUARY: Susan Louise (Zacker) Fox
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 12:51pmSusan Louise (Zacker) Fox was born January 26th, 1952 in Los Angeles, CA to Lawrence F. Zacker and Geraldine M. (Pellerin) Zacker and passed gracefully into eternity with her Lord and Savior on ...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 12:18pmSouth Lake Tahoe Mayor Hal Cole will give a state of the city address Oct. 20 at 6pm at Lake Tahoe Airport. • Chase International real estate agents Joshua ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../snippets...
Sections of Truckee River nearing optimal flow for angling
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 9:18amTRUCKEE, Calif. - It is almost the end of July and the Truckee River is just now starting to get near normal fishing levels. While still pretty high for this time of year, it is now beginning to be...
Vintage Tahoe Tours take to the Lake
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 9:15amCARNELIAN BAY, Calif. - Think history can only be found in dark museums with locked glass cases that one is forbidden to touch? Think again, as Vintage Tahoe Tours offers maritime history folks ...
More beach to emerge at brimming Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 9:13amRENO, Nev. (AP) - Brimming nearly full thanks to a winter of historic snowfall, Lake Tahoe is finally showing signs of leveling off and soon should expose the submerged shoreline that's kept beachg...
More beach to emerge at brimming Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 9:13amRENO, Nev. (AP) - Brimming nearly full thanks to a winter of historic snowfall, Lake Tahoe is finally showing signs of leveling off and soon should expose the submerged shoreline that's kept beachg...
Tests raise mussel worries at 2 Nev. reservoirs
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 9:11amRENO, Nev. (AP) - State wildlife officials said Tuesday new tests at two popular reservoirs in northern Nevada have heightened their concerns about the potential for an outbreak of invasive quagga ...
Join the conversation on Facebook
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 8:54amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Miss the comments on TahoeDailyTribune.com? There's another way to discuss the story that's buzzing around town on www.facebook.com/tahoedailytribune.Like us there and...
Youth poetry reading in Truckee
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 1:51amAdventure Risk Challenge's annual benefit poetry reading and reception is 5:30pm Aug. 2 at the Cedar House Sport Hotel in Truckee. Ten youth participants of ARC's 40-day literacy and outdoor i...
Concert business on upswing after lackluster 2010
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 1:51amBy Steve Jones, USA Today. In the first six months of 2011, total grosses for the top 100 North American tours was $1.12 billion. That's up $157 million or 16.2% over the same period last year, ac...
Placer County campaign treasurer pleads guilty
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 1:51amBy Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee. Brian Jagger, who served as treasurer for Placer County District Attorney Scott Owens' election campaign last year, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of wire fraud...
Bears are back in town — and in some houses
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 1:51amThe incidents come during the typical peak for bear activity in the Reno-Tahoe area as bears wander in search of food and often find trouble with people. “It's starting to get busy. The bears ar...
Opinion: Using common sense in the woods
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 1:51amBy John Heil. The national forests in California offer a variety of recreational opportunities and beauty. With the wonders of adventure, however, come certain hazards. usfs The most effective way to ...
6-day tour of art studios in South Lake
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 1:51amThe 4th annual Tahoe Art League's Artist Studio Tour is July 29, 30 and 31 and Aug. 5, 6 and 7 from 10am-5pm each day. Maps are available at tour headquarters at 3062 Lake Tahoe Blvd. in South Lak...
S. Tahoe considers doing away with 3 fire division chief jobs ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 1:51amBy Kathryn Reed. A fire department without upper management except for a chief who divides his time with the police department. That is one scenario on the negotiating table in South Lake Tahoe. ...La...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 1:51amTahoe City resident Tamara Fritz has been fined $35000 by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency for illegally constructing a pier extension. Her spread is the locale for the annual Oscar de la Renta Fash...
2 Tahoe adaptive athletes train locally for South Pole expedition ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 1:51amAs part of their rigorous training for this difficult journey – all of which will be professionally filmed – Lake Tahoe residents and spinal cord-injury athletes John Davis, a two-time Paralympics...
S. Tahoe man arrested in death of roommate
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 1:51amThe roommate of a South Lake Tahoe man who was found dead in their house Monday morning has been arrested on a second-degree murder charge. Brad Macewan, 55, of South Lake Tahoe was booked into El Dor...
Lake Tahoe's high-water mark leveling off
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 1:51amAfter experiencing its sixth most impressive rise in more than a century, a brimming Lake Tahoe is leveling off. Soon, maybe today and for sure within a week, Tahoe will begin a slow but steady drop a...
S. Tahoe man arrested in death of roommate
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 12:52amThe roommate of a South Lake Tahoe man who was found dead in their house Monday morning has been arrested on a second-degree murder charge. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../s-tahoe-man-arrested-in-death-o...
'Twelfth Night' delights audience on shore of Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 12:52amIn its 39th season, the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival is bringing “Twelfth Night” to the stage at Sand Harbor Tuesday-Sunday through Aug. 21. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../twelfth-night-delights-...
Quick response quashes Alpine wildfire
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 4:29pmMINDEN, Nev. - A rapid response quickly contained an 81-acre wildfire that at its height forced the evacuation of Indian Creek Campground and threatened the Alpine County Airport.The Airport fire s...
Site of League fundraiser could face larger fine
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 4:12pmKINGS BEACH, Calif. - A $35,000 fine is an insufficient penalty for a local resident who illegally expanded a pier and constructed an unauthorized boat lift on a lakefront property that has host...
DEATH NOTICE: Steven Ruiz
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 3:30pmSteven Ruiz died July 18, 2011, in Reno, Nev. He was 64 years old.Ruiz was born Jan. 2, 1947 to Philip and Gail Ruiz in Oakland, Calif. He was raised in San Leandro, Calif. As an U.S. Army Veteran,...
