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Race the Lake of the Sky at El Dorado Beach
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 06/04/2012 - 12:36am
South Tahoe Standup Paddle and Riviera Paddlesurf present: Race the Lake of the Sky at El Dorado Beach
Saturday, Jun 30 2012, 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, Jul 1 2012, 6:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Events include:
Lake Tahoe Paddle Fest June 23-24 at El Dorado Beach
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 06/04/2012 - 12:22am
The Lake Tahoe Paddle Festival is a solstice celebration of human powered watercraft featuring ancient art to state of the art boats, boards and paddles. The focus is the preservation of indigenous watercraft art and culture. Interpretive exhibits will highlight sustainable recreation, healthy foods, yoga, healing arts and environmental awareness.
Expect traffic delays Sunday for Lake Tahoe bike ride
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 06/02/2012 - 3:36am
On Sunday, America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride participants will be riding clockwise around Lake Tahoe and from Tahoe City to Truckee and back to Tahoe City, beginning and finishing at the Horizon Casino Resort at Stateline, South Shore, Lake Tahoe, Nevada from 6 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.
Volunteers needed for weed removal project
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 2:31pmThe Community Aquatic Weeds Removal Project will take place Sunday, June 3, at Baldwin Beach.Volunteers are needed to help place bottom barriers in a large swale that parallels Lake Tahoe that is i...
Lake Tahoe trails workshop on June 7
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 11:29am
Event Date:
June 7, 2012 - 5:30pm
Nevada Division of State Parks will host a trail workshop to plan the future of trails within Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park. All trail users are encouraged to attend. The goal is to gather ideas and feedback based on the draft map.
The workshop will be on Thursday, June 7 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Incline Golf Course Chateau located at 955 Fairway Boulevard in Incline Village. Staff from the Tahoe Rim Trail Association and the U.S. Forest Service will also be there to answer questions.
Brackett wins first SUP race of season at El Dorado Beach
Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 9:17pmLake Tahoe hosts 3,300 plus for America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 11:55amImagine the scenic beauty of Lake Tahoe with its crystal clear blue waters surrounded by towering majestic snow capped peaks. Imagine being able to ride a bicycle around its 72-mile shoreline or a 100-mile century ride. On Sunday more than, 3,300-plus bicycling enthusiasts from all over the country will participate in the 21st annual America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride around Lake Tahoe.
Don Q's Northern California and Sierra fishing report for week of May 30
Submitted by Don Quilici on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 1:54amHere is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This fishing report is for the week of May 30 to June 5, 2012.
Zephyr Cove named Nevada's great American Beach by USA Today
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 05/29/2012 - 2:39pm
A survey by USA Today has picked Zephyr Cove at Lake Tahoe among 51 favorite summertime Great American beaches.
Zephyr Cove was recommended by Charlie Johnson, associate editor of Nevada Magazine.
Here's the write-up:
Tahoe Yellow Cress planted in partnership with high school, private business and conservation groups
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 11:11am
A group of South Tahoe High School students joined Edgewood employees, conservation experts and officials on May 19 to plant new nursery grown stems of the threatened plant, Tahoe yellow cress on the beach at the Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course. Edgewood Companies is participating in a volunteer program called the Tahoe Yellow Cress Stewardship Program and has been assisting with inventory surveys as far back as 1979.
Lake Tahoe agency honors fire chiefs, supports wildfire awareness week
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 05/26/2012 - 1:01pmThe Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board passed a resolution in support of Lake Tahoe Wildfire Awareness Week and thanked the Tahoe Basin Fire Chiefs for their service during a ceremony at their May 26 Governing Board meeting.
OBITUARY: Thomas Edward Rancour Sr.
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 6:00amOctober 8th 1960 - April 24th 2012Thomas was born in Long Beach Calif. and raised in Southern Calif. until 1989 when our family moved to South Lake Tahoe. Thomas was an incredible husband and fa...
Most South Shore recreation sites open
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 6:00amWhether you're looking to bask in the sands of Pope Beach or wander the trails around Angora Lookout, most of the South Shore's recreation sites should be fully open by this weekend. But before ...
Most South Shore recreation sites open
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 6:00amWhether you're looking to bask in the sands of Pope Beach or wander the trails around Angora Lookout, most of the South Shore's recreation sites should be fully open by this weekend. But before ...
Don Q's Northern California and Nevada fishing report through Memorial Day weekend
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 1:06amMemorial Day weekend will make for near-perfect conditions for fishing in Nevada, Northern California, Lake Tahoe and the Sierra. Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams now through the holiday weekend.
Skydiver missing after jump
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 9:44amPolice and rescuers are currently looking for one of three skydivers who jumped out of a helicopter around 8 a.m. near Pope Beach on the South Shore.One of the skydivers reportedly landed on the be...
Update: One parachutist missing near Pope Beach
Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 9:33amOne parachutist is missing and two others were rescued this morning when the trio splashed down in the water near Pope Beach.
Report: parachutists in distress near Pope Beach
Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 9:30amTwo, possibly three people in parachutes reportedly in distress have been reported missing near Pope Beach in South Lake Tahoe this morning.
One parachutist may have been rescued from the water, according to initial reports.
South Lake Tahoe Fire and Rescue is looking for the parachutists who apparently landed on the water, and have positioned themselves at Pope Beach, Camp Richardson and the Tahoe Keys, according to police scanner traffic.
Rescue boats have also been launched.
Summer vacation at South Lake Tahoe promises beach fun and food, music and memories
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 7:19amAs David Letterman rhetorically asks: Hey kids, do you like the rock n' roll? Two outdoor concert venues at South Lake Tahoe will be filled with superstar performers, plus there's dozens of outdoor competitions and family events, fireworks extravaganzas and the country’s biggest celebrity golf tournament that has Tahoe South positioned as summer’s hot spot for entertainment, outdoor recreation and events.
Community invited to aquatic weed removal project at Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 2:47am
Event Date:
June 3, 2012 (All day)
Lake Tahoe basin residents and visitors are invited to help remove of one of Tahoe's most prolific aquatic invasive weeds, Eurasian watermilfoil, during the first Community Aquatic Weeds Removal Project at Baldwin Beach on Sunday, June 3.
Lake Tahoe Community College ramps up summer with Connect programs
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 05/19/2012 - 8:00pmIn one of the most innovate private-public education partnerships developed in recent years, Lake Tahoe Community College prepares to launch the summer follow-up of its successful CONNECT program.
Designed as a way for community members to extend their education pursuits, CONNECT offers noncredit classes at Lake Tahoe Community College with a series of life enhancement workshops for people with passions for arts, theater, health and fitness and business marketing.
Tahoe Yellow Cress Planting at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 05/19/2012 - 7:03amSaturday from 10am to noon, a group of students from South Tahoe High School will join Edgewood employees, conservation experts and officials to plant new nursery grown stems of the threatened plant, Tahoe yellow cress on the beach at the Edgewood Tahoe golf course. Edgewood Companies is participating in a volunteer program called the Tahoe Yellow Cress Stewardship Program and has been assisting with inventory surveys as far back as 1979.
City awards beach food contracts
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/19/2012 - 6:00amA food fight on South Lake Tahoe beaches that included claims of cronyism has, at least temporarily, been resolved.On Friday, city staff awarded short-term contracts for food and beverage servic...
Free Bird awarded Lakeview Commons concessionaire, Regan Beach up in the air
Submitted by admin on Sat, 05/19/2012 - 2:01amFood contracts awarded at South Shore beaches; special meeting canceled
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 11:29amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Lake Tahoe has awarded short-term contracts for food and beverage service at Regan Beach and Lakeview Commons.Lake Taco will again operate at Regan Beach, while Fre...
Open Houses and hearings set for Lake Tahoe agency's Regional Plan Update
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 12:49pmThe Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has scheduled a series of open houses and public hearings to give the public an opportunity to provide input on the draft Regional Plan Update and Regional Transportation Plan, as well as the environmental documents that were released at last month’s Governing Board meetings.
Don Q's fishing report for the week of May 16-22
Submitted by Don Quilici on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 11:44amHere is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This report is for the week of May 16-22, 2012.
Open house to present Incline to Sand Harbor transit service
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 05/13/2012 - 10:48amThe Tahoe Transportation District will host an Open House forum on Wed., May 16, to discuss the SR Highway 28 corridor safety and congestion issues. The forum will introduce the East Shore Express, a proposed shuttle from Incline Village to Sand Harbor Beach State Recreation Area this summer as well as updates on the North Demonstration Bikeway, a 3-mile off-road path between Incline Village and Sand Harbor.
Opinion: Ski Bum spouts off...again
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 05/13/2012 - 9:19am
Event Date:
May 11, 2012 (All day) Had a brain fart last month and couldn’t think of anything worthwhile to say. Guess I will have a little catching up to do this month as the ski season is over and I am bored out of my mind as well as pissed I have to go back to work.
Wow, what a closing we had on The Face for the last day at Heavenly. Pete Sonntag and Todd Rudis opened The Face from noon till 4:15 and we got our last jolly’s in before the annual parking lot party which by the way was one of the biggest I have seen in a long time.
Free summer concert series scheduled for Lakeview Commons
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 9:41amOn the South Shore? In the mood for free, live, lakeside music in the evening? This summer, you no longer need to enviously look north to Tahoe City's Concerts at Commons Beach.
Starting in June, simply head down to Live at Lakeview, the free weekly concert series to be held at Lakeview Commons at the corner of Lakeview Avenue and Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe.
Don Q's Fishing Report for the week of May 9
Submitted by Don Quilici on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 12:14amHere is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This report is for the week of May 9, 2012.
South Lake Tahoe resident, Barton Health Employee Stella Ortega lands top spot on Dr. Oz Show
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 3:06pm
South Lake Tahoe resident and Barton Health employee, Stella Ortega, made it to the top 10 on Dr. Oz Show-Transformation Nation: Million Dollar You segment. Ortega is among 10 finalists to earn a spot in the show's season-long initiative. Viewers can vote on which finalist they feel should win the grand prize of $1 million by going to www.doctoroz.com. The winner will be announced on “The Dr. Oz Show” scheduled to air on May 23.
Annual Spring Paddle
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 5:38pm
Come join the Lake Tahoe Water Trail's Annual Spring Paddle! We will be launching from Commons Beach in Tahoe City for a morning paddle, followed by lunch at Sunnyside Restaurant and Lodge. Interpretive guides will navigate and educate about the Lake Tahoe environment. All ages and skill levels are welcome! For more information and registration log onto www.laketahoewatertrail.org.
Liquigas-Cannondale race team to train at Lake Tahoe for Amgen Tour of California Race
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 6:11amProfessional road cycling teams continue to take note of Lake Tahoe as a premier outdoor biking destination.
The latest is Liquigas-Cannondale, a professional Italian racing team in the UCI ProTour, who will call North Lake Tahoe home Saturday, May 5 through Friday, May 11 to train for the upcoming Amgen Tour of California, an eight-stage race scheduled for May 13-20 and held throughout the state of California.
Public campground fees to increase by $2 at Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 4:25pmDue to increased costs of doing business, fees at campgrounds operated by California Land Management on National Forest System lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin will rise by $2 this season.
Camping fees will increase at Fallen Leaf (now $30), Meeks Bay (now $25), William Kent (now $25), Kaspian (now $17) and Nevada Beach (now $30 for regular sites, $34 for premium sites) campgrounds. Even with the fee increase, CLM campgrounds are below the cost of privately operated campgrounds in the basin. The fees at Bayview Campground, beaches and day-use areas remain the same.
Fishing report for May 2-9
Submitted by Don Quilici on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 12:10amHere is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This report is for the week of May 2-9.
Placer County planning for adequate parking in Kings Beach
Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 7:01amTahoe Beach Club to continue construction on pier
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 6:00amThough the larger phases of building have not been planned, the Tahoe Beach Club, a housing development project just southeast of Nevada Beach, will continue to move forward with the construction o...
Fish On: California Opening Day river, lake and stream report
Submitted by Don Quilici on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 4:04pmHere is this week's fishing report and a reminder that Saturday, April 28 is the Opening Day of California lake, river and stream fishing. This report covers water ways throughout Northern California, the Sierra, Nevada and Southern Oregon. To learn more about opening day or to get a California fishing license, go here.
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Comments sought on proposed West Shore Lake Tahoe campground project
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 8:18amThe U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is asking for public input on the Environmental Assessment prepared for the William Kent Best Management Practices (BMPs) Retrofit and Administrative Site Redevelopment project. The proposed project area is approximately 22 acres and is located one mile south of Tahoe City on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe and consists of the William Kent Campground, the William Kent administrative site, and the William Kent day-use beach area.
TRPA's Jeff Cowen talks Regional Plan Update on Tahoe Tonight
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 12:43amThe Tahoe Regional Planning Agency announced the schedule of public meetings and workshops for public input on the Regional Plan Update draft and environmental documents for Lake Tahoe being released later this month. TRPA Community Liaison Jeff Cowen stopped by Tahoe Tonight recently to discuss the plan.
Don Q's California and Nevada Fishing Report through April 25
Submitted by Don Quilici on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 2:35amHere is the fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, Lake Tahoe and the Sierra. This report is for the week of April 18-25. The opening day for all California fishing is on April 28.
Shakespeare Festival, Thunderbird Lodge picked as top five places to visit in Reno-Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 11:09am
The votes are in and the people have spoken. The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival and the Thunderbird Lodge were picked by readers in a contest sponsored by the Nevada Commission on Tourism as two among five favorite "Hidden Treasure" (places to visit) in the Reno, Carson City and Lake Tahoe region.
Tahoe Regional Young Professionals to Host Hop-pening Spring Mixer
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 5:04am
Tahoe Regional Young Professionals keep the spring season hopping with a post-Easter egg hunt and mixer at Lakeside Beach Grill, April 19 from 6 – 9 p.m. with food and drink specials.
Washoe offers sacred name 'Tahnu Leweh' for Lakeview Commons in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 4:00am
With the Washoe Tribe's offering and support of El Dorado County Supervisor Norma Santiago, a move is underway to rename Lakeview Commons Park at South Lake Tahoe in time for an official June 20 dedication.
Given its 6,000 year history, the Washoe Tribe has presented the name Tahnu Leweh (Pronounced Tah-New Lay-Way) which, in native language, means "all the people's place." It is a name the Tribe would like to gift to El Dorado County and South Lake Tahoe as a symbol of peace, prosperity and goodness, said Darrel Cruz, Culture and Language Director for the Washoe Tribe.
Don Q's Fishing Report for week of April 11-17
Submitted by Don Quilici on Wed, 04/11/2012 - 6:47pmHere is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, Lake Tahoe, the Sierra and Southern Oregon. This report is for the week of April 11-17, 2012.
Two percent TOT funds Tahoe City project; future money for Kings Beach
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 2:04pmThe existing 2 percent Transient Occupancy Tax, which is up for renewal on the June 5, 2012 ballot, has funded a number of North Lake Tahoe public improvement projects and services since voters first authorized it in 1996.
The renewal, called Measure F, is not a tax increase and, if passed, would continue to be paid by lodging guests only via the TOT bed tax when they spend the night in North Lake Tahoe. North Lake Tahoe residents would not be taxed under Measure F.
Slow Rollers eye world record bike ride
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 6:39pmA single line of cars stretching from El Dorado Beach to Stateline is a fairly common sight during the summer. But a single line of bikes? That would be a record.And that's exactly what the Slow...
TRPA announces meeting schedule for Lake Tahoe plan update
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 11:36amThe Tahoe Regional Planning Agency announced the schedule of public meetings and workshops for public input on the Regional Plan Update draft and environmental documents for Lake Tahoe being released later this month.
