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Amazon dispute puts California tax board in spotlight
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Progress in fire south of Gardnerville; 2 teens
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 5:06pmBy Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal. Updated 2:25p Aug. 17: The chief of the local fire district where the Ray May Fire threatens homes said he is optimistic over progress being made by firefighters....
Sample the Sierra food and wine festival
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 5:00pmFine food, wine, music and art will be the order of the day at the second annual Sample the Sierra on Ski Run Boulevard, Sunday, Sept. 4, noon - 5 p.m. This market-to-table event features samples from Sierra Nevada chefs and restaurants – all created with local produce and paired with 15 regional wineries.
Great Lake Tahoe Sternwheeler
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 4:50pmThe Great Lake Tahoe Sternwheeler Race pits South Shore’s two Mississippi paddlewheelers, The Tahoe Queen and M.S. Dixie II, in a four-mile race along the shoreline to determine the coveted Tahoe Cup and lake supremacy, Sept. 3 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The 19th renewal of the spirited “battle of the paddle,” Korbel California Champagne continues a home-grown tradition for annual bragging rights. The M.S. Dixie II holds an 11-7 edge over The Tahoe Queen.
Summer Jazz in the Park Series
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 4:14pmEnjoy a cool day of jazz from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Valhalla Grand Lawn, Tallac Historic Site. This week features a performance by Carolyn Dolen and Friends. Bring your picnic basket, lawn chairs, sunscreen and relax near the shoreline of Lake Tahoe, under the large ponderosa pines that are famous at Valhalla. Donations are appreciated. For more information call (530) 541-4975 or visit www.valhallatahoe.com. Click here to become a member and support this worthwhile organization.
$27.6 Million Contract Will Bring High Tech Kiosks To Grocery Stores For DMV Transactions
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 3:43pmCARSON CITY – The state Board of Examiners today approved a 10-year, $27.6 million contract to install kiosks in grocery stores statewide where Nevadans will be able to renew car registrations, extend drivers licenses and perform other tasks that might otherwise require a trip to a Department of Motor Vehicles office.
South Lake Tahoe Women’s Center 12th Annual Sunset Gala
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 3:04pmCome enjoy fine wines, great beer, Tahoe’s best hors d’oeuvres, desserts, classical guitar, and an impressive silent auction at South Lake Tahoe Women’s Center’s 12th Annual Sunset Gala on Sept. 17, 2011 from 5:00-8:00 pm. This year’s event will be held where Lake Tahoe meets the beautiful beaches of Bali at Dr. Sean Degnan’s fabulous lakefront home. The home’s Bali design has become a central theme for the Gala as the event will feature local fire dancers, tropical mixed drinks and a Most Fabulous Flip Flops contest.
Blight in Bonanza neighborhood gets recycled
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 1:16pm
Often it’s the quick demolition route developers will take to get rid of one project to build another. Materials are thrown in the trash with no consideration for their reuse potential. This is not the case with Edgewood Companies and the sustainable deconstruction effort at 1209 Bonanza Avenue, the site of the former C&M Lodge in South Lake Tahoe.
Forest fuels reduction work in Rubicon Bay area
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 10:41amForest 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...
Fire burning south of Gardnerville threatening
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 10:41amBy Reno Gazette-Journal. The Ray May Fire is now estimated at about 200 acres, Sierra Front reports. Crews are responding to a wildfire south of Gardnerville and about 13 miles north of the Nevada-Cal...
White signs with Vail; Northstar to be home resort
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 10:41amTwo-time Olympic gold medalist, professional snowboarder and skateboarder Shaun White has signed a multi-year deal to represent Vail Resorts' six mountains. Northstar-at-Tahoe will become his home...
Prosthetics blur line between disabled and able
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 10:41amBy Alexander Wolff, Sports Illustrated. Examine what military tacticians call the tip of the spear—the leading force in combat—and you're liable to find 1st Lieut. Melissa Stockwell, U.S. Army...
Opinion: The bicycle is the vehicle to transform
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 10:41amComplete streets are consistent with the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact mandate to reduce dependency on the automobile and green house gas emissions, meets Pathways 2007 thresholds, the Prosperity Pl...
Lack of money not stopping desire, regulations
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 10:41amHOMEWOOD – Money and cooperation were the overriding themes of the 15th annual Lake Tahoe Environmental Summit on Tuesday at Homewood Mountain Resort. For the first time since then-President Bill Cl...
South Tahoe police increase DUI enforcement
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 10:41amSouth Tahoe police increase DUI enforcement. Posted by admin in News on August 17th, 2011 | no responses. Avoid the 6 El Dorado County DUI Task Force will join nearly 10000 other law enforcement agenc...
National child welfare survey examines recession
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 10:21amLAS VEGAS (AP) - Karla Washington worries how she will afford new school uniforms for her five-year-old daughter.Washington, an undergraduate student, earns less than $11,000 a year from a part-tim...
Garridos deny involvement in '88 Hayward abduction
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 10:15amHAYWARD, Calif. (AP) - The California couple convicted of kidnapping Jaycee Dugard has told investigators they had nothing to do with the 1988 disappearance of a 9-year-old girl in Hayward.The Oakl...
Another La Nia possible, effects unknown
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 10:09amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Last year's La Nia led to a seemingly endless winter.And the climate pattern may be gearing up for a return this year, but that doesn't guarantee similar results when it ...
SAUNDERS: Corn, scorn and forlorn in Iowa
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 9:52amFormer Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is the first casualty of the Ames, Iowa, straw poll. After he came in third - behind firebrand Reps. Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul - he pulled out of the 2012 GOP...
Another La Nia possible, effects unknown
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 9:49amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Last year's La Nia led to a seemingly endless winter.And the climate pattern may be gearing up for a return this year, but that doesn't guarantee similar results when it ...
Brown: 'Sharp differences' exist regarding SB 271
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 9:44amHOMEWOOD - No progress has been made regarding if California will consider stipulations set forth in a Nevada Senate bill that threatens the Silver State's withdrawal from the Tahoe Regional Pla...
Restoration may depend on private dollars
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 9:41amHOMEWOOD - Fiscal challenges on the federal and state levels will make it difficult to secure public funding for many environmental restoration projects around the Lake Tahoe Basin, congressiona...
Tahoe author to sign book in Carson City
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 7:44amLake Tahoe author Janet Smith will be at the Costco in Carson City from 11am-2pm Aug. 20 for a book signing of the anthology “Permanent Vacation: Twenty ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../tahoe-author-sig...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 7:44amLake Tahoe – both ends – are working together again to be part of the 2012 Tour de California cycling event that almost started on the South Shore this year ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../snipp...
Federal government inspecting NV Fire Safe
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 10:46pmLake Tahoe News has also been told the Bureau of Land Management wants to review the records. Lake Tahoe News first reported on the audit July 21. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../federal-government-inspe...
Minden woman seriously hurt on Blue Lakes Road
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 10:46pmA Minden woman sustained life-threatening injuries when the vehicle she was driving up Blue Lakes Road lost control, hit a tree, flipped and came to rest ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../minden-woman-seri...
Fire threatens Pine View
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 7:06pmMINDEN, Nev. - A fast-moving wildland fire consumed hundreds of acres of pion pine and brush Tuesday threatening homes in the Pine View Estates subdivision south of Gardnerville.East Fork Fire C...
Legends of Tahoe and Disc N' Dig Festival
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 6:40pmThe Legends of Tahoe volleyball tourney and the Disc N' Dig Festival combines two great venues in one weekend at Zephyr Cove on Aug. 20-21. Registration for Saturday's Legends of Tahoe volleyball tournament begins at 9 a.m. at the Zephyr Cove Resort courts. Men and women are welcome with volleyball experience in this all-ages 4 on 4 draw. Call (530) 416-1290 for information.
Summer transitions to fall with Labor Day and beyond
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 5:12pm
Before summer segues to fall Tahoe South will celebrate a Labor Day last call: an amped-up holiday weekend of non-stop activities on and off the water including a food and wine festival, sternwheeler race, outdoor and showroom concerts and a fireworks extravaganza.
LABOR DAY WEEKEND
Non-native smallmouth bass found in Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 2:20pm
By Mike Wolterbeek
A new invasive species has been identified at Lake Tahoe, and it’s likely to be the most aggressive fish to ply the waters of the mile-high lake.
Custody issues at center of father-daughter
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 2:02pmBy Stephen Magagnini and Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee. Mourad “Moni” Samaan killed himself and his 2-year-old daughter, Madeleine Layla Samaan-Fay following a bitter custody battle that began even ...
Yosemite deaths: Americans may have lost respect
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 2:02pmBy Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee. YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK – Just three weeks after death laid a heavy hand on the Merced River, sweeping three tourists to their deaths over Vernal Fall, life went on fo...
The truth about pain: It's in your head
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 2:02pmBy David Epstein, Sports Illustrated. Cross-country skiing around a wide, icy curve, Petra Majdič slid off the course during a warmup for last year's Olympic women's individual sprint at Whis...
Meetings set to decide projects for Tahoe National Forest
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 2:02pmBy Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee. A bi-county advisory committee for the Tahoe National Forest has scheduled three meetings in September to discuss funding for projects that will benefit the fo...
GUEST COLUMN: Don't damage business with gas tax increase
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 11:43amThe roads in Douglas County need help, desperately. If we don't take care of necessary repairs and maintenance now, then we will be paying a multiple to address this issue in the future. Studies ha...
Feds commit $43.1 million for Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 11:09amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that Interior will commit more than $43.1 million for a variety of conservation and recreation improvement projects ...
Low-profile bus tours important to casinos
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 11:03amRENO, Nev. - Bus tours to regional casinos remain an important revenue stream for gaming properties, casino executives say, even though the number of visitors to northern Nevada who arrive via tour...
Cut-and-sew plan boosting Douglas bid to apparel firms
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 11:01amRENO, Nev. - With an eye on landing apparel-manufacturing operations that are headed back to the United States from overseas locations, Douglas County officials are moving closer to the launch of a...
DA may begin taking harder line on Tahoe pot cases
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 10:33amThe combination of South Lake Tahoe being on the verge of finalizing ordinances related to pot dispensaries and deputy district attorneys receiving ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../da-may-begin-taking-har...
Roethlisberger civil case to be heard in Reno
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 10:33amA woman working for Harrah's Lake Tahoe at the time accused Roethlisberger of rape. Now it will be up to a Washoe County jury to hear the case. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../roethlisberger-civil-ca...
Smallmouth bass discovered in Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 9:10amRENO, Nev. - Researchers have confirmed the presence of smallmouth bass in Lake Tahoe and they're saying it's likely the most voracious invasive species within the waters. And to counter the spr...
Smallmouth bass discovered in Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 9:10amRENO, Nev. - Researchers have confirmed the presence of smallmouth bass in Lake Tahoe and they're saying it's likely the most voracious invasive species within the waters. And to counter the spr...
Live coverage of Tahoe Summit
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 7:57amHOMEWOOD, Calif. - Join the Tahoe Daily Tribune Tuesday morning for live coverage of the 15th annual Lake Tahoe Summit, which takes place from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Homewood Mountain Resort on...
Authors to sign book about Dangberg ranching empire
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 4:54amSteve Achard and Conrad Buedel, authors of Lost Legacy of Carson Valley, “The Rise and Fall of the H.F. Dangberg Ranching Empire”, have two book signings scheduled this week. They will be set up n...
Sandoval declines to call off Nevada bear hunt
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 4:54amBy David McGrath Schwartz, Las Vegas Sun. It looks like Nevada's going on a bear hunt Saturday. Gov. Brian Sandoval has ignored please for him to block Nevada's first-ever bear hunt, scheduled...
Disc golf tournament at Squaw
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 4:54amThe only lift-accessed disc golf course in the Lake Tahoe region, Squaw Valley's course is of championship caliber. Holes 1, 2 and 18, located directly behind the High Camp complex, account for th...
Organized ride on South Shore bike paths
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 4:54am18, Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition's board of directors will lead a recreational bike ride along South Lake Tahoe's bicycle path system. The ride starts and ends at Blue Dog Pizza at the north e...
2 people arrested in South Tahoe kidnapping of infant
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 4:54amThe incident started in South Lake Tahoe and ended in Douglas County. On Aug. 13 at about 3:30pm the Douglas County sheriff's deputies were contacted by the South Lake Tahoe Police Department and ...
2 people arrested in South Tahoe kidnapping of infant
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 10:41pmThe incident started in South Lake Tahoe and ended in Douglas County. On Aug. 13 at about 3:30pm the Douglas County sheriff's deputies were contacted by the ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../2-people-a...
Tahoe Fund doles out $50000 to 3 projects
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 8:43pmThe nonprofit Tahoe Fund is dividing $50000 between three entities – Van Sickle Bistate Park Lakeside Bicycle Trial and publication of the State of the Lake ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../tahoe-fund-d...
