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Gas station, USA, robbed at gunpoint in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 10/09/2011 - 2:10pm
The USA gas station located on Lake Tahoe Blvd. was robbed by two men wearing masks late Saturday night. Suspect 1 pulled out a large revolver type gun on the clerk and demanded money. There were 3 customers in the store at the time. No one was hurt or injured.
Placer County supes ready to finalize redistricting plan
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 10/09/2011 - 12:55pmThe current 5th Supervisorial District, which includes the mountainous sections of Placer County, North Lake Tahoe, and areas north of Bell Road in the Auburn ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../placer-count...
South Tahoe remembers a fallen soldier — Garrett Fant
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 10:54pmBy Linda Fine Conaboy. U.S. Army Spc. Garrett Anthony Fant died Sept. 26 from injuries when he stepped on an improvised explosive device while on duty in the Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He was born...
TRPA looking for Best in Basin nominees
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 10:54pmThe nomination period is open for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's 2011 Best in the Basin awards program, which annually recognizes environmentally compatible projects in the Tahoe basin that ...
S. Tahoe may pay to maintain private property improvements
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 10:54pmMaintaining improvements made to private properties that were paid for with public money is creating a conundrum for the South Lake Tahoe City Council. While the work has yet to be done in the Bijou a...
S. Tahoe may pay to maintain private property improvements
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 5:03amMaintaining improvements made to private properties that were paid for with public money is creating a conundrum for the South Lake Tahoe City Council. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../s-tahoe-may-pay-to-...
South Tahoe police explorers bring home hardware
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 5:03amSouth Lake Tahoe police explorers brought home eight trophies from the Central Coast Law Enforcement Explorer Competition in Paso Robles. The explorer ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../south-tahoe-police-e...
Leaving fall: Artists, photographers waiting for fall colors
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 5:00amWhether or not white is a color is one of the most debated questions about color there is. But one thing is for sure, white definitely doesn't fit in the fall color category.Artists in Markleevi...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 1:47amBoreal is aiming to be the first Tahoe area ski resort to open for the 201112 season with a projected date of Oct 31 Snowmaking has begun ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../snippets-about-lake-tahoe-26...
Snow delays cleanup day at Sierra-at-Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 3:03pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Snow at Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort has pushed the mountain's annual cleanup day to Oct. 16. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the resort and will feature l...
Haunted attraction opens in campground
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 3:01pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - There's about to be terror in Tahoe. A new haunted attraction opens this week in the El Dorado County Campground off Highway 50."What I'd like to see is a place where peo...
DA: Fallen Leaf Lake voter fraud a case of 'poor
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 2:15pmThis type of issue comes up from time to time in areas with a lot of vacation homes, he told Lake Tahoe News. What it essentially boils down to is where a person's domicile, or primary residence, ...
Hwys. 50 and 267 subject to delays
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 2:15pmCaltrans has issued an alert warning drivers Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe can expect delays with lane closures in both directions between Trout Creek Bridge and Fremont Avenue. This work will be don...
STPUD board member, employee at odds
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 2:15pmSouth Tahoe Public Utility District board members are expected to be given a report at their next meeting about an investigation into whether board President Dale Rise created a hostile work environme...
Automation keeps controls at fingertips without
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 2:15pmI have another client who introduced the system to me. He has a second home here in Lake Tahoe that he rents out a lot. After getting the electric and gas bills he decided to do something. He found th...
Lane files another plan with bankruptcy court
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 2:15pmBy Kathryn Reed. On the second anniversary of filing for bankruptcy on the scrapped convention center project in South Lake Tahoe, Randy Lane filed a fourth amended reorganization plan. What he filed ...
Al Tahoe Fall Neighborhood Clean-Up Day is Oct. 15
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 1:36pm
Event Date:
October 15, 2011 - 12:00pm
Here's an item From Tracy Franklin, community volunteer coordinator for the City of South Lake Tahoe.
Do you live in the Al Tahoe neighborhood?
Are you looking for a way to participate in your community?
Please feel free to join us at the Al Tahoe Fall Neighborhood Clean-up Day next Saturday, October 15th from noon – 3pm.
We will meet at Regan Beach at noon and collection bags and gloves will be dispersed.Please see the attached event flyer (PDFs) for more details.
Sugar Pine Foundation looking for volunteers for community plantings
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 10:17amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - As summer comes to a close and autumn rains approach, the Sugar Pine Foundation is preparing to plant 15,000 young sugar pines and other native tree seedlings throughout ...
Heavenly partners to plant 1,000 seedlings
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 10:15amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - More than 110 Heavenly Mountain Resort volunteers gathered at Van Sickle Bi-State Park on Saturday to help restore the Gondola fire scar area as part of Vail Resorts' ...
TRPA seeking Best in the Basin nominees
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 10:12amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Staff reports The nomination period is open for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's 2011 Best in the Basin awards program, which annually recognizes environmentally comp...
CALSTAR's South Lake Tahoe Base marks 10th anniversary
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 10:10amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The chief flight nurse at the California Shock Trauma Air Rescue base in South Lake Tahoe can remember like it was yesterday when the base started operations 10 years ...
SLTPD Explorers take eight of 15 trophies in competition
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 10:08amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The South Lake Tahoe Police Explorers competed from Sept. 23-25 at the Central Coast Law Enforcement Explorer Competition in Paso Robles, Calif.The Explorer Scouts traine...
Snow stops construction
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 10:06amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Construction crews on Highway 88 near Caples Lake had to throw in the towel Wednesday. Drifts of snow, some more than a foot deep, surrounded their equipment and the m...
Control burns in multiple South Shore locations
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 9:44amPrescribed fire operations will also continue in the Angora Fire area near Tahoe Mountain and Forest Mountain Roads. In addition, operations are scheduled to ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../control-burns...
Soroptimist looking for young women to honor
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 9:44amSoroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe and Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra are sponsoring the Violet Richardson Award program, which was ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../soroptimist-looki...
Storm lays foundation for Tahoe resorts to open next month
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 9:44amSnow is likely to keep falling on-and-off today in the greater Lake Tahoe area. Chain controls are in affect this morning on Interstate 80, the Mount Rose Highway ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../storm-la...
TACCD celebrates 30 years with help of Tahoe restaurants
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 9:44amOn Oct. 4, the South Lake Tahoe City Council honored Tahoe Area Coordinating Council for the Disabled for 30 years of service to the disabled and senior ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../taccd-celebrates-3...
Meteorologists: Snowfall like last winter's unlikely
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 7:38amWith the first flakes come the whispers of how the upcoming winter will match up to big ones in the past. Will it be as cold? Will there be as many storms? Will it snow as much?Rolling off of la...
Tough facts about breast cancer
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 11:56pmBy Kelly Shanahan. “You have breast cancer.” More than 260000 American women heard those words in 2010, and nearly 40000 of them did not survive the ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../tough-facts-about...
Hwys. 50 and 267 subject to delays
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 11:56pmCaltrans has issued an alert warning drivers Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe can expect delays with lane closures in both directions between Trout Creek ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../hwys-50-and-267-sub...
Workshop focuses on starting a business
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 11:56pmAs part of its Chamber EDucation program, the North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Sierra Economic Development Corporation is ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../workshop-focuses-on-s...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 11:56pmbest friends • Tahoe Best Friends is hosting a Dog Howl'oween Party and Parade on Oct. 29 at 2:30pm at 2197 Ruth Ave. (off Third Street) in South Lake Tahoe. ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../snip...
Tahoe City celebrates fall with Harvest Festival
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 8:54pmThe Tahoe City PUD Parks and Recreation Department's annual Harvest Festival ... This family event is the wrap up to the Tahoe City Downtown Associations ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../tahoe-city-ce...
Peace Corps allows STHS grad to help others
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 7:54pmPublisher's note: Michelle Aguilar is one of three 2005 South Tahoe High School graduates who joined the Peace Corps upon college graduation. As it gets close to their return date, each will share...
Kindertown granted reprieve until November hearing
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 7:54pmEl Dorado County Superior Court Judge Warren Stracener has ruled there is no harm to the public to keep Kindertown day care center open until next month's final hearing. The South Lake Tahoe facil...
S. Tahoe figure skater competing on world stage
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 7:54pmSouth Lake Tahoe figure skater Deirdre Faegre is in Italy to compete in the Junior Grand Prix of figure skating. The Oct. 5-8 competition at the Trofeo Walter Lombardi is an International Skating Unio...
Coming home: Mother of fallen soldier talks about son's life
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 4:41pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - U.S. Army Spc. Garrett Fant scored so high on his military entrance exam that he could have done any job in the armed forces, even those would have kept him out of the...
TRPA streamlines code ordinances
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 1:32pmNEWS RELEASE — As part of its Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency released last week the public draft of an overhauled Code of Ordinances that is already more than one pound lighter in print than the current code. Most of the changes in the draft document will not need to wait for the TRPA's scheduled adoption of the Regional Plan Update in 2012 to take effect.
Appeals court overturns CA city's marijuana law
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 11:03amLOS ANGELES (AP) - A California appeals court has struck down the city of Long Beach's efforts to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, ruling the efforts conflict with federal law banning pot u...
Take our reader survey and win an iPad
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 10:19amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Tahoe Daily Tribune is asking readers and advertisers to help the publication better understand the region's market and expectations of the communities it serves. ...
Fallen soldier U.S. Army Spc. Garrett Fant returns home
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 10:35pm
A procession made up of several law enforcement agencies passed through South Lake Tahoe late Wednesday night to deliver the body of fallen soldier U.S. Army Spc. Garrett Fant, who was killed on Sept. 26 in Afghanistan.
Mexican restaurant chain files for bankruptcy
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 7:09pmPublisher's note: A corporate official with Real Mex on Oct. 5 told Lake Tahoe News all restaurants are slated to remain open, including the Chevys in South Lake Tahoe. By Jacqueline Palank, Wall ...
Snow keeps falling; makes driving a challenge
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 7:09pmA little snow doesn't stop people in Lake Tahoe from doing what they want. Swimmers were found at the South Lake Tahoe city pool this morning – even though the bubble has not been put on yet. Snow...
Barton scheduling flu vaccinations
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 7:09pmBarton Health is providing free flu vaccines to South Lake Tahoe area residents ages 3-18. Ages 19 and older may receive the flu vaccine for $20 and the pneumonia vaccine for $35. Barton has secured v...
Apple says company co-founder Steve Jobs has died
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 5:54pmCUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) - Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer ...
The World-Changer: Steve Jobs knew what we wanted
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 5:51pmCUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) - In dark suit and bowtie, he is a computing-era carnival barker - eyebrows bouncing, hands gesturing, smile seductive and coy and a bit annoying. It's as if he's on his f...
Fallen soldier's body being flown to Reno
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 5:48pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Due to weather, U.S. Army Spc. Garrett Fant's will be flown to Reno Wednesday evening instead of South Lake Tahoe. A number of South Lake Tahoe residents are traveling to...
Casinos focus on upping amenities, not gambling
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 2:53pmCasino executives say they're spending less time thinking about new card tables, slot machines and hotel rooms and instead are chasing new entertainment that's cheaper to offer and will distinguish...
City reschedules budget talks
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 1:32pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The South Lake Tahoe City Council is now scheduled to discuss and possibly approve its 2011/2012 fiscal year budget at 2 p.m. Oct. 18, according to a Wednesday email from...
