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TRPA Planner Earns Chamber’s Blue Ribbon Award
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 2:47pmBy Kristi Boosman
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency employee Gary Weigel was honored as the recipient of the South Shore Chamber of Commerce’s Blue Ribbon Award in the Public Agency Service category for his exemplary customer service as a Senior Planner at TRPA.
“I was shocked and pleasantly surprised when I found out I had been selected for a Blue Ribbon Award by the community,” Weigel said, “but also very excited. It’s a tremendous honor.”
TRPA’s Executive Director, Joanne Marchetta, agreed.
Occupy in Black and White
Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 2:32pm
The Occupy Wall Street movement reaches South Lake Tahoe as several supporters stage a general assembly on Friday to raise awareness. The Facebook page can be found here. Photos submitted by South Lake Tahoe photographer Sugarwolf.
Heavenly opens for 2011-12 ski and snowboard season
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 8:29amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Lifts began turning at Heavenly Mountain Resort at 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning, signaling the official kick-off to another Lake Tahoe ski and snowboard season.Ecstatic ...
Heavenly opens for 2011-12 ski and snowboard season
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 8:29amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Lifts began turning at Heavenly Mountain Resort at 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning, signaling the official kick-off to another Lake Tahoe ski and snowboard season.Ecstatic ...
Heavenly Mountain lives up to its name on opening day
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 8:13amCasey Bedell and Megan Hickel of South Lake Tahoe were two of the many with smiles on their faces as they made their way to the front of the gondola line ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../heavenly-lives-up...
Train to be a weather spotter
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 11:10pmThe National Weather Service is hosting a Weather Spotter training course at the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District on Nov. 30 from 6-7:30pm. ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/11/train-to-be-a-weat...
South Shore nonprofits can benefit from celebrity golf tourney
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 11:10pmThe American Century Championship has $100000 to give out to South Shore nonprofit organizations. The deadline to apply is Nov. 30. Applications are online. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../south-shore-no...
Sugar Pine Point park receives donation from
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 11:10pmThe mansion is located within Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park on the west shore of Lake Tahoe. ehrman mansion “The leadership and vision of the ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../sugar-pine-point-...
Lake Tahoe News resumes daily ski report
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 11:10pmIt's back — Lake Tahoe News' morning ski report brought to you by Curtis Fong — the Guy from Tahoe. New this year is the report having its own category on the ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../lake...
Police pepper spray and arrest passive students protesting at UC Davis
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 7:54pmTitle says all. During peacefully Occupy Movement, police came in to tear down tents and proceeded to arrest students who stood in their way. Once students peacefully demanded the release of the arrested, a police officer unnecessarily pepper sprays the students to open a path for the rest of the officers. Read full story here.
Voters may be asked to weigh in on Nevada
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 4:19pmA year ago I moved from South Lake Tahoe, California to Incline Village, Nevada in the hopes that the area would lead to more opportunity. NOPE very poor education system has led to very poor economic...
Sexual harassment training for managers
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 4:19pmThe California Fair Employment and Housing Act requires all employers with 50 or more employees to provide training for supervisors and managers on preventing sexual harassment. The training must: * B...
Coordinated trail system at Camp Rich in the works
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 4:19pmThe physical boundaries are Lake Tahoe to the east, Glen Alpine to the west, Mount Tallac to the north, and Angora Ridge to the south. The proposal that is out for public review contains 12.9 miles of...
South Shore nonprofits can benefit from
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 4:19pm5 and checks will be presented at the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority board meeting Dec. 8 at 3pm. A committee of tournament representatives will review each submission. For funding consideration, organ...
Sexual harassment training for managers
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 1:33pmThe California Fair Employment and Housing Act requires all employers with 50 or more employees to provide training for supervisors and managers on ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../sexual-harassment-train...
Coordinated trail system at Camp Rich in the works
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 1:33pmThe physical boundaries are Lake Tahoe to the east, Glen Alpine to the west, Mount Tallac to the north, and Angora Ridge to the south. The proposal that is out ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../coordinated...
Reno fire far from contained; homes remain threatened
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 1:33pmPublisher's note: South Lake Tahoe firefighters have been sent to Reno. By Reno Gazette-Journal. 9:30pm: Containment for the Caughlin Fire was at zero ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../fire-rages-...
Opening Day at Heavenly (Slideshow)
Submitted by tmg on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 12:41pm
Heavenly Mountain Resort's Ignite festivities began with thousands hitting the slopes today. Go here for a list of activities through the rest of the weekend. Photos by Phil Monahan, Tahoe Media Group.
Tree of Remembrance ceremony in South Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 1:26amThe annual Tree of Remembrance Interfaith Ceremony hosted by Barton Hospice and Foundation is Dec 7 from 530630pm at Lake Tahoe Community Presbyterian ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../tree-of-remembrance-...
CHP collecting turkeys to help South Shore residents
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 9:44pmThe donated turkeys will then be given to the South Lake Tahoe Women's Center and the Sierra Community Church Hot Meal Program. “There's a definite need ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../chp-collec...
Opinion: Questioning logic of controlled burn
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 9:44pmPublisher's note: This letter was sent to the U.S. Forest Service office and then to Lake Tahoe News on Nov. 18. I'm not sure who to direct this comment to, and ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../op...
Winds wreak havoc, destroy one South Lake Tahoe house
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 9:44pmThat's because this house on Anita Avenue in South Lake Tahoe has been condemned. Greg Falkner got a call from a neighbor at 6am Friday saying a tree had ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../winds-wreak-h...
Tahoe residents protest in mini occupy movement
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 9:44pmLake Tahoe residents may not protest by the hundreds or thousands like larger areas, but they were part of Friday's nationwide solidarity movement that is part of ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../taho...
Tahoe Grizzlies open season with a roar
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 9:44pmThe Tahoe Grizzlies Bantams (ages 13 and 14) hosted the undefeated Santa Rosa Flyers last weekend in a back-to-back weekend series. The Grizzlies hadn't ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../tahoe-grizzlie...
Thanksgiving Tips from a Pro: Side dish sensations 'rooted' in tradition
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 5:47pmMix tradition with new techniques to add a fresh twist to Thanksgiving favorites. Each family is different, but we all share a root in certain traditions. This celery root, potato and apple puree a...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Fruit-nut scones with sweet surprise(s)
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 5:46pmEver notice that when you make plans or have an expectation that sometimes things just don't turn out the way you saw it in your vision? Well, that happened to me on Wednesday. After the dog walk a...
KUDOS & KINDNESS: Thanks to Cal-Fire and Nevada Fire Safe Council
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 5:43pmMany thanks to Martin Goldberg and Terry at Cal-Fire and Ann Grant at The Nevada Fire Safe Council, for their professional help and guidance. With their help and guidance, my wife and I have been a...
Snow removal company offers help to military families
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 5:42pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - For the second year in a row, Alpine Smith, Inc., of South Lake Tahoe joins ranks with the SnowCare for Troops Program, a community based program to provide free snow rem...
Grants available from the El Dorado Community Foundation
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 5:39pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The El Dorado Community Foundation has about $72,000 in available grant funding for 2012 and applications are now being accepted.The El Dorado Community Foundation target...
Local food service provides annual free community Thanksgiving dinner
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 5:38pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Bread & Broth will be holding its 23nd Annual Thanksgiving feast on Monday, Nov. 21, for anyone in need. The church is located at 1041 Lyons Ave in South Lake Tahoe and w...
Tahoe Transportation District blog: The bad news about letting your car run idle
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 5:20pm
We’re confronted with it every day at every stop light. When the light goes red, we stop and our vehicles sit idle letting out exhaust and that’s just at the traffic signal. We also allow our vehicles to idle if we’re warming up our engines, running multiple errands with stops in which we don’t turn the engine off, and at fast food drive through windows. Vehicle idling is a problem because it wastes energy, is bad for the environment, and with recent studies, bad for our brain cells.
TRPA committee endorses new local government permit process
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 5:01pmBy the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
A committee of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board took a major step forward this week in moving toward a different permitting system at Lake Tahoe where many parcel-by-parcel regulations would shift to local county or city governments.
California unemployment rate falls, South Lake Tahoe remains steady
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 4:51pmSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's unemployment rate fell slightly to 11.7 percent in October from 11.9 percent in September as the state added nearly 26,000 jobs in areas including professiona...
Scanio taken into custody following Thursday hearing
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 4:47pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A South Lake Tahoe man who was convicted of possessing child pornography in 2007 has been taken into custody prior to being sentenced on violations of his supervised rele...
1 death, 16 injuries, 2000 acres charred in Reno fire
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 4:09pmPublisher's note: South Lake Tahoe firefighters have been sent to Reno. By Reno Gazette-Journal. 2:30pm update: NV Energy spokeswoman Faye Anderson said 4100 electricity customers and 140 natural ...
Opinion: Questioning logic of controlled burn
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 4:09pmPublisher's note: This letter was sent to the U.S. Forest Service office and then to Lake Tahoe News on Nov. 18. I'm not sure who to direct this comment to, and although I did not lose my home...
Forest Service: Dispose woodstove and fireplace ash properly
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 3:49pmBy Cheva Heck
South Lake Tahoe, Calif. – The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management is cautioning local residents to follow proper procedures for discarding woodstove and fireplace ashes, after responding to two wildfires caused by disposal of woodstove ashes on National Forest System lands.
Forest Service: Dispose woodstove and fireplace ash properly
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 3:48pmBy Cheva Heck
South Lake Tahoe, Calif. – The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management is cautioning local residents to follow proper procedures for discarding woodstove and fireplace ashes, after responding to two wildfires caused by disposal of woodstove ashes on National Forest System lands.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Viva Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 2:31pmI'd like to share my feelings of optimism to I what I'm witnessing around town and reading in our local publications. Seeing local government moving towards change here at the lake is great. I've a...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Don't bash water rate hikes
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 1:54pmWhy is it that the people on the South Shore always jump on the water company for rate hikes? They don't say anything about when the gas and power companies do their increasing. The staff and emplo...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: AARP responds to Saunders
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 1:38pmIn the San Francisco Chronicle column in your Nov. 9 issue, Debra Saunders suggests that the super committee charged with finding 1.5 trillion in deficit reductions must cut the Social Security and...
SIROTA: Anger sowing seeds of a new consumer movement
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 1:21pmAs we all know, America is angry. Really angry. To put it in pop culture terms, we've moved from the vaguely inspiring agita of Peter Finch in "Network" to the wild-eyed, primal-scream rage of Sam ...
TRPA announces holiday schedule
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 1:05pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has announced its holiday schedule of office closures.For the Thanksgiving Holiday, TRPA will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 24 and Friday...
McIntyre starts for the Jets
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 12:40pmGarrett McIntyre got the start at outside linebacker for the New York Jets on Thursday night, as the Gang Green took on the Denver Broncos and their new found offense. McIntyre was bumped up on ...
Incline fire district lends its chief, much more support to Caughlin fire in Reno
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 12:38pmINCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Mike Brown, chief of the Incline Village-based North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District, received a call at 1:30 a.m. Friday to help manage the regional fight against the C...
STHS boosters recognize fall athletes
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 12:38pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The South Tahoe Vikings Booster Club recently awarded several student athletes for their fall performances. Here is a list of those athletes and why the Booster Club c...
New energy put into prosperity plan
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 12:34pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Business leaders, entrepreneurs and organizers are once again looking to turn the Lake Tahoe Basin Prosperity Plan into reality."What we want to do is promote a spirit of...
Proud to Say: Community turnout impressive for fundraiser
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 12:34pmWhen I first found out about Manny Morales and his battle with cancer, someone told me that the community is good about stepping up to help it's residents. In my experience, that usually means a...
California Highway Patrol to hold turkey drive
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 12:18pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The California Highway Patrol South Lake Tahoe Area will collect turkeys from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in front of the Bijou Safeway Store at 1020 Johnson Boulevard, ac...
Five Warriors recognized by League
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 12:12pmHughston Norton led Whittell by being selected to three different positions for all-league honors. The junior was selected to the second team as a running back, linebacker and kicker. Joining Mo...
