News
Good news on Tahoe's clam colony front
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 09/06/2011 - 1:51am
When it comes to invading clams, Lake Tahoe might not be a very good place to make babies. That's the encouraging conclusion of new research by scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno who found that cold temperatures and lack of food combine to discourage reproduction of Asian clams in the lake.
Caltrans spending $11 billion on California highways
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 2:10pmHighways 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 ...
Labor Day fireworks signal the end of summer in Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 2:10pmThat means instead of the manufactured fun, it's all about enjoying the beaches, hiking trails, mountain bike routes and golf courses in the area. With temperatures expected to be in the high 70s ...
Tribune donates money to Christmas Cheer
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 12:00pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Tahoe Daily Tribune Publisher Kimberly Kuntz presents a $500 check to City Councilman Tom Davis for Christmas Cheer All Year. The Tribune staff decided to donate the p...
Facebook page aimed to help Tahoe bears
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 11:53am
A "Wall of Shame" was created in hopes of tidying up trash — the problem that attracts bears.
A Facebook page called "Lake Tahoe Wall of Shame" was made to showcase businesses and residents in Incline Village who are not disposing of their trash correctly. Go to the Facebook page here and read more from Sacramento's KCRA here.
Affordable senior housing available
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 10:55amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Seniors, age 62 and older, who are seeking affordable housing can fill out an application to live at the Tahoe Senior Plaza located at 1101 3rd St. Applicants will be put...
Beauty bar open on Kingsbury
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 10:49amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - V'z Image Option'z, Lake Tahoe's only beauty bar, is open for business at 298 Kingsbury Grade.Developed by longtime local Valorie Suzan Hazley, V'z provides a variety ...
SugarPine Bakery now in two locations
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 10:47amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Katie Schultz and Matt Hogan, co-owners of SugarPine Bakery, located at 3564G Lake Tahoe Blvd., are pleased to announce the opening of a second SugarPine Bakery locati...
Nonprofit aims to funnel private dollars into public projects
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 10:29amLAKE TAHOE - Perhaps the most salient message delivered at the Lake Tahoe Summit last month was a the growing need for private funding to help pay for environmental projects around the lake. On ...
Tribune offices closed for Labor Day
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 10:24amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Tahoe Daily Tribune's 3079 Harrison Ave. office will be closed Monday, Sept. 5, in observance of the Labor Day holiday. The Tribune's offices will reopen at 8 a.m. Tu...
Fire stations provide 'safe place' for area youth
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 5:16amThis means that kids are able to walk into any fire station, ask for a Safe Place and be connected with an on-call counselor from Tahoe Youth & Family Services. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../fire-s...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 5:16am13 from 5:30-7:30pm at Sierra House Elementary School in South Lake Tahoe. It's an opportunity to learn about water quality and defensible space projects ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../snippets...
9/11: Composure in tragedy despite knowing
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 12:50pmPublisher's note: This is one in a 12-part series running from Sept. 1-12 about how Lake Tahoe is tied to 9/11. By Lorenzo Gigliotti. During a recent interview a reporter noted a lithograph depict...
Lukins Bros. customers' water pressure restored
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 12:50pmUpdated 9:50am Sept. 4. Water pressure has been restored to all Lukins Brothers Water Company customers, according to Danny Lukins. This is because the tie between his company and South Tahoe Public U...
Quest is on to save Tahoe's famous Thunderbird Lodge
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 12:50pmThe Thunderbird Lodge and yacht in Lake Tahoe first opened in the early 1930s, and over the years have become one of northern Nevada's biggest cultural tourist attractions. But the lodge is strugg...
Fireworks, food and wine today
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 9:05amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Nearly 2,000 foodies and wine aficionados are expected to converge on Ski Run Boulevard Second Annual Sample the Sierra from noon to 5 p.m. today.Afterwards, South Lak...
USFS trying to be innovative to fund healthy
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 8:50amHe spoke with Lake Tahoe News a bit about the scarcity of funding sources for fuels reduction projects as well as the perceived diminishing concern for wildfires ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../usfs-tryi...
Sullenberger wows crowd at Thunderbird benefit
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 8:45amINCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Four hours passed before pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger was told all 155 passengers and crew on board Flight 1549 had survived a harrowing plunge into the Hudson Rive...
Near and unclear
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 5:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - As a plan to return Lake Tahoe to historic levels of clarity moves forward, concerns persists about whether the part of the lake visitors and residents are most famili...
Labor Day weekend, in photos
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 5:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Fireworks, a race between the Tahoe Queen and M.S. Dixie II and the Sample the Sierra festival rounded up the 2011 summer season in South Lake Tahoe.Check out some pho...
Lake Tahoe Eagle Rock Hiking Trail Opens To The Public
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 12:41pm
A trail to the stunning Eagle Rock overlook opened this week, providing visitors easy access to the summit of one of Lake Tahoe's most spectacular vistas, as noted by the Huffington Post and the Sacramento Bee. The new trail, created at a cost of $100,000 by the California Tahoe Conservancy, was built with erosion-control measures.
Sternwheeler race, food and fireworks highlight holiday weekend
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 8:39amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Not so fast, shoulder season, South Shore still has some summer celebrating to do. Highlights this weekend are Saturday's race between the Tahoe Queen and M.S. Dixie I...
Charges in Broc's Puppies case being reduced
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 4:20amCharges against Dennis Franks, one-time owner of the now closed Broc's Puppies in South Lake Tahoe, will be reduced. It was decided in El Dorado County Superior Court this week the new grand theft...
Opinion: 'Miracle' at STHS opens to round of applause
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 4:20amThis is music to the ears of everyone I've spoken to regarding the Tahoe Arts and Design Academy at South Tahoe High School whose grand opening Aug. 26 was clearly not the result of a miracle, tho...
K-9 Trials in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 4:20am24 at 9am the South Lake Tahoe Police Canine Association will host the 2011 K9 Trials at Babe Ruth Little League Field, 1100 Lyons Ave., South Lake Tahoe. This event is sanctioned through the Western ...
9/11: Stage becomes a vehicle to share
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 4:20am1-12 about how Lake Tahoe is tied to 9/11. By Susan Boulanger. On Sept. 11 at 2pm, the LTCC Theatre Arts Department will have a special theatrical presentation to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9...
Celebration of Writers lineup released
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 4:20amTahoe Writers Works will host the third annual Celebration of Writers Around the Lake on Sept. 16 at 7pm at the Valhalla Grand Hall. It's an evening of literature at the lake with eight writers wh...
South Tahoe's Anderson gets Gnu pro model
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 3:01amJust 21 years old in September, the South Lake Tahoe native has been a sponsored rider since she was 9 years old. Among her slopestyle accolades (a list ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../south-tahoes-ander...
Heat tape on pine needles cause of S. Tahoe structure fire
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 12:17amSouth Lake Tahoe and Tahoe-Douglas firefighters arrived at the boarded up hotel near Stateline about 1pm Friday to find flames and smoke billowing from the back left corner of the roof. Tahoe-Douglas ...
Fire breaks at former stateline hotel
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 7:24pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif - Investigators believe heat tape was the cause of a Friday afternoon fire that broke out at the building formerly occupied by The Block hotel.Dispatchers received report...
Angora burn provides job opportunities for veterans
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 12:00pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - "Watch your wedges," shouts U.S. Forest Service forestry technician Brent Grueter to Joel Gallagher over the din of an idling chain saw on Angora ridge Wednesday after...
Progress made on Lakeview Commons
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 7:31amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Apart from a boathouse and concession stand that sprang up last month, it's hard to notice much progress on the Lakeview Commons project simply by looking at it from L...
Nevada's top forester issues warning about fire danger
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 7:09pm
By Nevada Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
From Southern Nevada to Lake Tahoe and all parts above and in between, state, federal, local and volunteer firefighting resources have responded to numerous lightning- and human-caused wildfires across Nevada so far this year. The state has lost about 94,000 acres to wildfire this summer, which is significantly less than the five-year average of 428,084 acres a year.
Police release additional photos in suspected Bijou arson
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 10:11amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Lake Tahoe police have released additional surveillance photos of two men suspected of running from a possible arson at the Bijou Center last week.After receivin...
Sketch released in missing South Lake Tahoe woman case
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 9:50amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Skamania County Sheriff's detectives have released a sketch of a person of interest in the search for missing South Lake Tahoe woman Marie C. Hanson.Hanson, 54, was re...
Angora thinning project gives vets chance to
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 6:16amA group of out of place spectators in hardhats watches the work as though this is something unique in the forest adjacent to houses in Lake Tahoe. And in some ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../angora-thinn...
Opinion: Vail's tentacles spreading throughout Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 6:16amPresently, Vail is the big toe in the Tahoe basin ski industry controlling Northstar and Heavenly. Also, recently Heavenly bought a vacation home rental business. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../opinion-...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 6:16amSouth Lake Tahoe author Todd Borg is conducting a workshop called “The Hook, the Twist, and the Cliffhanger” Oct. 14-16. Go online for more details. ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../snippets-abou...
2 sought in S. Tahoe arson seen at concert hours before fire started ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 1:57amThe two people who police believe started last week's fire at the Bijou Center in South Lake Tahoe were caught on other surveillance tape. The two men are on video taken at MontBleu casino in Stat...
Police looking for man in S. Tahoe missing woman case
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 7:34pmMarie Hanson of South Lake Tahoe vanished after attending what she had described as a “peace rally” in the remote Washington forest on July 6. Police are ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../police-lookin...
Mysterious safe at former Bill's Casino may be
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 4:20pmA hidden safe found during the remodeling of a casino in South Lake Tahoe will be opened next week. The safe — found underneath a stairway at the old Bill's Casino — may be linked to an unsolv...
Sierra Colina housing project prevails in court
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 4:20pmThe League had sued the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency – citing transfer of land coverage as its main issue. Sierra Colina in Stateline won in court on Aug. 30. Sierra Colina, outlined in orange, in...
West Shore trail completion makes views of Tahoe easier to access ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 4:20pmThe popular West Shore trail offers panoramic views of Lake Tahoe. Until now, severely eroded user-created trails had been the only means of accessing Eagle Rock. Gullies were trapping water and depos...
Sample the Sierra all week long
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 3:26pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Participating business are offering discounts on local specials in preparation for Sunday's Sample the Sierra farm to fork festival on Ski Run Boulevard. Luigi's Tahoe Pi...
Fire near Yosemite now 80 percent contained
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 3:17pmSTANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters have begun repairing ecological damage caused by the creation of fire lines as a blaze near Yosemite National Park nears containment.Incident ...
2 sought in S Tahoe arson seen at concert hours before fire ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 1:59pmThe two people who police believe started last week's fire at the Bijou Center in South Lake Tahoe were caught on other surveillance tape ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../2-sought-in-s-tahoe-arson-see...
Sketch released of person last seen with missing South Lake Tahoe woman
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 1:14pm
Authorities have released a sketch of a person of interest in the case of a South Lake Tahoe woman missing from a counter-culture gathering in southwest Washington state, the Reno-Gazette Journal reports.
U.S. military veterans gain job skills while reducing Lake Tahoe wildfire risk
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 12:50pm
By Cheva Heck
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — A crew of military veterans who are preparing for future employment while they're helping to protect Lake Tahoe communities from wildfire were visited today by U.S. Forest Service and California Conservation Corps officials.
Slow start to fire season doesn't guarantee slow end, officials say
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 8:57amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A not so long, not so hot summer is set for an unofficial close this weekend, but fire risk in the Lake Tahoe Basin may just be getting started."Quiet," was how U.S. F...
Red Cross to offer training on South Shore
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 11:50pmSouth Lake Tahoe has three trained Red Cross volunteers ready to help out in a disaster, whereas the North Shore has 40 and Markleeville 20. That is why Red Cross has scheduled a Shelter Operations cl...
