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Shortly after 9 Monday morning a man robbed the South Lake Tahoe branch of Bank of America located at 3344 Lake Tahoe Boulevard, South Lake Tahoe police report.

“Destiny,” said William Jennings Bryan, “is not a matter of chance, but a matter of choice.”
A year ago, the City of South Lake Tahoe made some choices that resulted in a clear and methodical business plan. We chose to focus on five core missions. That sounds simple enough, but how many times are the words government and focus used in the same sentence?
But it is amazing what a little focus can accomplish. In less than a year, our city is making real progress in pulling ourselves out of the morass that was so scathingly profiled in the 2009/2010 Grand Jury Report.

TAHOE/TRUCKEE - In Truckee, they can be seen in the downtown Beacon parking lot near the intersection of Donner Pass Road and Bridge Street. In North Lake Tahoe, they stand near the 7-Eleven at the...

Blue skies and temperatures into the 50s set the tone for the ninth annual Gunbarrel 25 event hosted by Glen Plake at Heavenly Mountain Resort last weekend. If you read my article last week, this e...

Three hours and 29 minutes. That is the goal for Lake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet School custodian Ken Gerrard at the Boston Marathon. "Boston is tough, and it's not a tough course," Gerrard...

Bringing together strangers, often through social media, the cash mob events aim to support locally owned merchants. The upshot: stores get a windfall, and 'mobsters' learn more about their city and meet new friends.
Similar to so-called flash mobs — groups that assemble in public to perform often frivolous activities such as dancing — cash mobs bring together strangers. But the purpose is serious: to support locally owned businesses with a quick injection of cash. The trend is part of a larger "buy local" movement that has emerged in response to the rise of big-box national chains that are putting the squeeze on mom and pop stores.

The famed Dat So La Lee Basket collection moves from the Gatekeeper’s Museum to the Autry Museum in Los Angeles later this month. North Lake Tahoe is sending the indigenous artwork off with great fanfare at the next North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association Mixer Thursday, April 19.
The mixer, held seven years to the day after these remarkable baskets first came to Tahoe City, will be hosted at the Gatekeeper’s Museum, 5-7 p.m., 130 West Lake Boulevard in Tahoe City, California, which is located near Fanny Bridge.

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will soon begin the annual process of opening recreational facilities around the Lake Tahoe Basin.

Mix one part rock, one part electronic and add a dash of jam and you get the international sensation Lotus, which will take the stage for the first time at MontBleu on April 20. Special guests, Eskmo, Lynx and Bass Heavy’s eclectic mix of music complements the evening jam session. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show begins at 8 p.m.

With a Lake Tahoe backdrop, Alpine Meadows’ annual Snow Golf Tournament will tee off at 9 a.m. at the top of the mountain off the Summit Express chairlift Saturday, April 21. This highly anticipated spring event features the only mountaintop snow golf course around. It’s the best of both worlds: skiing or snowboarding combined with golf. What better way to spend a beautiful spring day than on the slopes for a game of snow golf?

Tickets are now available from Tahoe Choir members for their 41st spring concerts; they will be performed at LTCC"s Duke Theatre on Friday and Saturday evenings May 4-5 at 8:00 PM and on Sunday, May 6 at 2:00 PM. Adults are $l0 and seniors and students $8. Tickets will be available at the door l/2 hour before performances.

Garbage rates are expected to go up throughout the South Shore starting May 1. The joint powers authority that oversees waste matters agreed to recommend the rate increase earlier this month. Now the three jurisdictions — South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, and Douglas County — need to approve the hike.

TRUCKEE - Project MANA's Stephanie Bloom and local food advocate Susie Sutphin talk about salad spinners and clothes dryers as Sutphin hand-washes freshly picked greens in a small vat.Bloom take...