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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,...
Aquatic invasive species meeting in Truckee
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 3:19pmThe Truckee Regional Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Program and the Tahoe Resource Conservation District ) invite the public to a meeting July 28 from ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../aquatic-invasiv...
Frank Genaro Benevento — 1923-2011
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 3:19pmFrank and Mary Jane resided in South Lake Tahoe from 1970‐88. where Mr. Benevento was a Realtor, business owner, instructor at Lake Tahoe Community College, ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../frank-genaro...
Opinion: A vision for No Child Left Inside
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 3:19pmLake Tahoe can benefit by being of better service to our world. Says Sen. Reed: “Teaching children about the environment and giving them a hands-on ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../opinion-a-vision-for-...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 3:19pmObexer's Boat Company in Homewood is celebrating its 100th year at Lake Tahoe as a family-owned full service marina. • Nevada Department of Wildlife is ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../snippets...
Man dies from injuries in Nifty Fifty Trolley ... - Lake Tahoe News
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 3:19pmJohn Hunsberger, 60, of South Lake Tahoe died from the injuries he sustained this month when he stepped from a Nifty Fifty Trolley, according to police ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../man-dies-from-injur...
Author Borg ready to sign 9th Tahoe-based book
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 3:19pmThe South Lake Tahoe author's ninth book “Tahoe Hijack” was released this ... July 29, 4–7pm at Artifacts in the Raley's Village Center, South Lake Tahoe. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../au...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 3:19pmTahoe Area Mountain Biking Association is trying to keep track of trail conditions via its website. • The fourth annual Heritage Trail tour of 18 museums ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/07/41422/...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 3:19pmLake Tahoe Community College is conducting a survey to see what people want in community education. • Ed Gurowitz, a management and organizational ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../snippets-about-la...
Meeting to address needs of people with unique ... - Lake Tahoe News
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 3:19pmThe meeting is at Lake Tahoe Christian Fellowship, multipurpose room, 3580 Blackwood Road, South Lake Tahoe. For more information or to RSVP, ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../meeting-to-address-needs-of-p...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 3:19pmTahoe City resident Tamara Fritz has been fined $35000 by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency for illegally constructing a pier extension. ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../snippets-about-lake-tahoe-22...
Officers investigating possible homicide in South Lake Tahoe ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 3:19pmSouth Lake Tahoe police officers are investigating the death of a 52-year-old ... covering all of our bases,” Police Chief Brian Uhler told Lake Tahoe News. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../officers-inv...
Tahoe Tails — Adoptable Pets in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 3:19pmTahoe Tails — Adoptable Pets in South Lake Tahoe ... For spay-neuter assistance for South Tahoe residents, go online. – Karen Kuentz ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../tahoe-tails-adoptable-pets-in-sout...
SPORTS COLUMN: My 10 pet peeves about golfing, golfers
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 3:14pmI'm an avid golfer, though not a very good one. I can count my rounds of under 90 on two hands. I'm usually between 90 and 94, and I hit enough good shots to keep me wanting to play the game.There ...
Road racin' with Alta Alpina
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 3:10pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Kevin Willitts, John Cotter, Michael Bayer and Michael Shipman won their respective groups in the most recent Twilight Road Race Series event, the Diamond Valley Road ...
Join the conversation on Facebook
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 2:53pmSOUTH 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...
Living healthy with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and gout
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 2:30pmArthritis is a common term used to describe a group of conditions which cause joint damage, inflammation, stiffness and pain. There are more than 100 types of arthritis, but the most common types o...
Lake Tahoe's snowmelt rise might level off soon and begin evaporating
Submitted by admin on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:54pmAfter 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 as evaporation rates exceed inflow from the Tahoe Basin's streams.
Police arrest murder suspect
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:06pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Police have arrested a 55-year-old man in connection with the killing of his roommate earlier this week.Brad Macewan was arrested on suspicion of second degree murder sho...
Man involved in trolley accident dies
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 11:02amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A man who was involved in a trolley accident early this month near the "Y" has died, according to South Lake Tahoe police Lt. David Stevenson.The man hit his head on the ...
Joyride in sheriff's vehicle ends in crash
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 10:55amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A 50-year-old South Shore man allegedly crashed into a fence and a neighbor's car after taking an El Dorado County Sheriff's patrol vehicle for a drunken joyride Sunday.A...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Where have the coyotes gone
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 10:50amWhat happened to our coyotes in the Tahoe Keys area? Every year I would enjoy sitting outside and listening to them sing. Now, when I sit outside, I no longer hear the coyotes. Why? I have heard st...
Boat patrol rescues sailor off Tahoe Keys
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 10:50amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County Sheriff's boat patrol personnel rescued a man who was knocked out of a sailboat and almost run over by the Tahoe Queen Sunday night, said Lt. Les Lovell....
SAUNDERS: Norwegian crime and punishment
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 10:48amIn 2007, Norwegian Justice Minister Knut Storberget proposed extending Norway's absolute maximum criminal sentence of 21 years to 30 years for genocide, crimes against humanity and terrorism. That ...
Man arrested for alleged shower spying
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 10:47amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - On July 13, El Dorado County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 21-year-old South Lake Tahoe man for allegedly using a cell phone to videotape a 46-year-old woman and a 10-yea...
Residents concerned about Kingsbury construction
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 9:14amSeveral area residents who drive the curves and crescents of Kingsbury Grade regularly are concerned that the current construction project will make the roadway more dangerous and less picturesq...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 7:34amThere will be a book sale at the South Lake Tahoe library on Rufus Allen Boulevard on July 30. Doors open to Friends of the Library at 9am and to the ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../snippets-about-l...
Money being raised to help find missing S. Tahoe woman
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 8:37pmAn event to raise money to find a missing South Lake Tahoe woman is scheduled for July 24 fro 5-8pm at Classic Cue, 1961 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Tahoe. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../money-being-raised-...
EDITORIAL: Keep Tahoe hypocritical?
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 7:30pmThe League to Save Lake Tahoe has a lot of explaining to do.For the past five years it's hosted an annual Oscar de la Renta fashion show at the Fritz estate on Lake Tahoe's west shore. The event ha...
Construction on new student union building begins
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 6:16pmConstruction on the new joint-use student union building at South Tahoe High School began Monday, adding one more to the list of projects being undertaken by the school district."This is symbolic b...
Line halfway around Airport fire
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 8:21amMINDEN, Nev. - Firefighters have a line halfway around the 81-acre Airport fire burning near Indian Creek Reservoir in Alpine County.The Indian Creek Campground, which was evacuated this afterno...
Burning Man sells out; first time in 25 years
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 8:18amBLACK ROCK DESERT, Nev. - It's a big bummer for "Burners" who don't have their tickets.Burning Man organizers say the eight-day counter-culture festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert has sold out f...
9th Circuit clears USFS logging at Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 8:10amRENO, Nev. (AP) - A federal appeals court cleared the way Monday for the Forest Service to begin logging near Lake Tahoe, where a wildfire burned more than 250 homes four years ago.In making its...
Obama congratulates Giants
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 6:00amWASHINGTON - A sea of orange and a chorus of "Beat LA!" chants surrounded the San Francisco Giants in the East Room of the White House Monday afternoon.Joined by House Majority Leader Nancy Pelo...
Police investigating possible homicide
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 4:54pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Police are investigating the Monday death of a South Lake Tahoe man as a possible homicide.About 3:15 a.m., police responded to a home on the 3700 block of Forest Avenue ...
Site of League fundraiser fined for pier violations
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 3:14pmTAHOE CITY, Calif. - A Lake Tahoe property owner has agreed to pay a $35,000 fine for illegally building a lakefront pier extension and repeatedly ignoring cease and desist orders, according to ...
Radon regulation varies widely from state to state
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 10:06amRENO, Nev. - Californians are required to disclose the radon level in their home, if known, before transferring it to a new owner.Nevadans are not. In both states, renters are particularly vulnerab...
Health Information Exchange moves closer to reality in Nevada
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 9:39amRENO, Nev. - Supporters of a system that will allow hospitals, physicians and others in Nevada to share patient information in real time across digital networks are confident they've found the righ...
$1,600 an ounce gold pinching jewelers
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 9:33amRENO, Nev. - When Jeff Hart began selling jewelry gold was $300 an ounce. This month gold cracked $1,600 an ounce, a run-up that is squeezing both jewelers and customers.At the same time, Hart and ...
Fire agencies adopt identification system
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 9:31amMINDEN, Nev. - Nine fire agencies from four Nevada counties and one in California have agreed to implement a standardized apparatus and station identification system. Agencies from Douglas, Lyon, a...
USFS to 9th circuit: Tahoe logging won't hurt bird
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 9:29amRENO, Nev. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service says it is not required to make sure there's enough black-backed woodpeckers to keep the rare bird from going locally extinct at Lake Tahoe as a result of ...
Calif. economist says technology drives June gains
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 9:24amSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California added tens of thousands of jobs in June, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday, but the economy continues to show a split personality, wit...
Aquatic invasive species meeting this week in Truckee
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 9:23amTRUCKEE, Calif. - The Truckee Regional Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Program and Tahoe Resource Conservation District will host an aquatic invasive species prevention program from 5:30 to 6:3...
June jobless rate in Nevada marks first increase this year
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 9:21amCARSON CITY, Nev. - Nevada's unemployment inched up by three-tenths of a percentage point in June - the first increase in a calendar year that had been showing slow but steady improvement.The rise ...
Role is a 'privilege' for new county manager
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 9:16amMINDEN, Nev. - When Steve Mokrohisky left the July 7 Douglas County commission meeting, he'd been promoted to county manager, and still had three other jobs.He said in an interview last week, hi...
NDOT searches for new way to pay for roads
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 9:06amCARSON CITY, Nev. - The proliferation of electric and hybrid vehicles is rapidly making the gasoline tax not only an unfair but inadequate way to pay for road construction and maintenance.Scott ...
What would you do to revitalize Lake Tahoe's economy
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 6:57amI would build a bike path all the way around the lake Id put the TRPA on a tighter leash Id get rid of groups like the League to Kill Lake Tahoe And Id ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../what-would-you-do-t...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 4:25amPeople living in rural unincorporated areas of the state would pay the fee — so Meyers residents pay, South Lake Tahoe residents wouldn't. ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../snippets-about-lake-t...
