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League to Save Lake Tahoe Names Darcie Goodman-Collins as New Executive Director
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 12:00pm
South Shore native Darcie Goodman-Collins has been named the new executive director of the League to Save Lake Tahoe, officials announced today. She replaces Rochelle Nason who resigned last September.
“I’m very excited to move back to Lake Tahoe. I grew up skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, and waterskiing on our beautiful lake. I am passionate about science, education, and the Lake. I will lead the League’s efforts to restore the Lake and work hand in hand with the local community to do so,” said Goodman-Collins in a news release.
Family identifies man who died at Cascade Falls
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 5:27pmUPDATE: 9:15PM: A 23-year-old Bay Area man who died on Saturday after slipping on ice and plunging about 150 feet near Cascade Falls, has been identified by family members as Michael James Machell of El Cerrito, Calif.
Bay Area Ski Bus Running Buses to Snow deprived Tahoe Resorts
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Now in its 16th season, the luxury Ski Buses run every Saturday, every Sunday, every Wednesday and one additional weekday per week with pick up locations in San Francisco, Oakland, Walnut Creek, Sunnyvale, Foster City, Pleasanton and San Rafael. The buses are stylish and comfortable with a restroom, multiple TVs for movies, and of course, are run by professional drivers and hosts!
New art exhibits open at college
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 1:10pmOpening Thursday at Lake Tahoe Community College's Haldan Art Gallery will be a showcase of contemporary printmaking by a group of San Francisco Bay Area artists. A reception is scheduled for Thurs...
New art exhibits open at college
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 1:10pmOpening Thursday at Lake Tahoe Community College's Haldan Art Gallery will be a showcase of contemporary printmaking by a group of San Francisco Bay Area artists. A reception is scheduled for Thurs...
New Life Sprouts from Trees and Skis
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/09/2012 - 12:11pm
At Lake Tahoe where many have more than one job to make ends meet, two women have tied their local businesses and passion for creativity together to build one dynamic company — Forest Furniture Tahoe.
The art of creativity and a belief and respect in what each brings to the table brought Marianne Rosenfeld and Julianne Kohn together six years ago.
These two are a duo of hard work and tenacity, where one complements the other.
Dry Calif weather leads to poor air, fire danger
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/09/2012 - 10:21amSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An unusually dry winter has spelled trouble for parts of California.Air quality in the San Francisco Bay area and Central Valley is the poorest it's been in years. State fire o...
LTCC hosts 'Off the Press' art exhibit
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/07/2012 - 1:11pmThe Haldan Art Gallery at Lake Tahoe Community College will open “Off the Press” on Jan. 12. The exhibition of contemporary printmaking from artists of the Bay Area starts with an artists' recepti...
3.2 quake shakes Truckee
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 1:56amTruckee residents were slightly jostled by at 3.2 temblor at 9:30pm Thursday. The epicenter was located six miles northeast of Truckee. People on the North Shore, Reno and the Bay Area felt the Dec. 2...
All-ages metal show at Tahoe's American Legion features four bands
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 9:39amJohn Shafer has a simple mission: "Follow the drums."The rock drummer's journey has included playing at places like the Milwaukee Metal Fest and New York Ritz with Bay Area metal bands Hexx, Ski...
Bay Area residents scooping up houses in Tahoe basin
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 11:23amLake Tahoe area real estate agents hungry for sales in the aftermath of the housing bubble are counting on the Bay Area's booming tech industry to help ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../bay-area-reside...
Kirkwood Mountain Resort to open Friday
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 8:13pm
Kirkwood Mountain Resort announced it will open Friday, Nov. 25, the day after Thanksgiving, and remain open through the weekend, and then again from Friday, Dec. 2 to Dec. 4. Kirkwood says it will use midweek operations for on mountain preparation, snow making and readying more terrain. The resort hopes to open for full seven-day-a-week winter operations beginning Friday, Dec. 9. The date may change, however, with significant snowfall.
SAUNDERS: Protest fatigue
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/17/2011 - 11:16amThe Bay Area has come down with a serious case of Protest Fatigue. The 99 percent of Northern Californians who want to go about their business are being jammed with protests and forced to pay for s...
Company takes carpooling to Tahoe from Bay Area to a new level ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 6:43pmZimride, the largest online ride-sharing service in North America, announced its San Francisco-Lake Tahoe route today, with service beginning Thanksgiving Day. The idea is to bring Bay Area residents ...
Scoot over: Zimride announces public route to Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 1:21pm
Zimride, the largest online ride-sharing service in North America, today announced that a new route between San Francisco and Lake Tahoe will open to the public beginning Thanksgiving day, bringing Bay Area residents convenient, inexpensive access to one of the country’s top winter destinations. To celebrate the route’s launch, Zimride is giving away $20,000 worth of free gas to riders on the route.
Company takes carpooling to Tahoe from Bay Area to a new level ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 11:16amZimride, the largest online ride-sharing service in North America, announced its San Francisco-Lake Tahoe route today, with service beginning Thanksgiving ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../company-takes-ca...
Less than two weeks left for Tahoe's best season pass deal
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 7:51am
One of the best Tahoe ski and board pass deals around, offered through Sierra-at-Tahoe, is nearing deadline time. The folks at Sierra sent us this reminder and so we're passing this information on to you:
Long-time League to Save Lake Tahoe director resigns
Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 3:25pm
League to Save Lake Tahoe Executive Director Rochelle Nason has resigned today, effective October 2011, after nearly 20 years of working to protect and restore Lake Tahoe.
League Program Director Carl Young will serve as interim executive director, with Nason serving as a senior advisor, until a new executive director has been selected.
November election has 12 candidates, one ballot measure
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 9:55am
By Heather Gould
Amid voting for favorite websites, blogs, restaurants, American Idol contestants and more, residents of South Lake Tahoe have the opportunity to vote in an actual public election. Elections for the Lake Tahoe Community College board, the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board, the South Tahoe Public Utility District board and a ballot measure regarding recreation funds will all be decided by voters on Nov. 8.
SAUNDERS: Solyndra debacle spotlights Obama's folly
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 10:00amLast year, President Barack Obama came to the Bay Area to tout "green jobs" at an event at solar panel manufacturer Solyndra's Fremont plant. Quoth the president: "The true engine of economic growt...
Caltrans spending $11 billion on California highways
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 3:10pmHighways from the Bay Area to Lake Tahoe to the Central Coast are being repaved this summer at a pace not seen in years, even though the state and nation are coming out of a deep recession with major ...
Fishing report through Sept. 6
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 11:39pm
By Don Quilici
Here is the fishing report for the week of Aug. 31 through Sept. 6. The report covers rivers, streams and lakes in Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and Southern Oregon.
Weekend Fishing Report
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 08/26/2011 - 9:45am
By Don Quilici
Here's the fishing report for the week of Aug. 24-31. The report covers lakes, rivers and streams in Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and Southern Oregon.
Series of quakes throughout U.S. not related
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/26/2011 - 8:09amBy David Perlman, San Francisco Chronicle. Earthquakes that have shaken the country this week – from a tiny town in Virginia to the mountains of Colorado and on to the Bay Area – are unrelated, se...
Prescribed burns to resume on West Shore
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 5:51amU.S. Forest Service fuels management crews are scheduled to resume prescribed fire operations in the Rubicon Bay area Aug. 23. Operations are taking place near Scenic Drive, on small urban lots and ar...
Dugard kidnappers deny committing other abduction
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/18/2011 - 9:30amHAYWARD, Calif. (AP) - Police have questioned the California couple convicted of kidnapping Jaycee Dugard about the high-profile abduction of a 9-year-old girl in the San Francisco Bay area more...
Forest fuels reduction work in Rubicon Bay area
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 11:41amForest fuels reduction work in Rubicon Bay area. Posted by admin in Grab Bag on August 16th, 2011 | no responses. U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews are scheduled to resume prescribed fire ope...
