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Great American Wreath and Pine Cone Company hangs unique decor
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 5:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - As a child Zan Barker used to watch his mother twist evergreen branches into wreaths, adding lemon leaves and other tidbits to the holiday decorations. Today, the memo...
OBITUARY: Alexander Nicholas Graf
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 5:00amSept 19, 1944 ~ Dec 10, 2011ALEXANDER NICHOLAS GRAF of Cave Rock, Nevada died Saturday, December 10, 2011. Alex was born in San Francisco on September 19, 1944 to the late Nicholas and Minnie Gr...
Ski resorts creating good experiences despite lack of natural snow
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 5:00amAt Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort Wednesday beginners hurled themselves down the Broadway run alongside more experienced riders popping and sliding through a small terrain park. South Lake Tahoe sno...
Nevada spending millions on economic
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3.2 quake shakes Truckee
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 12:56amTruckee residents were slightly jostled by at 3.2 temblor at 9:30pm Thursday. The epicenter was located six miles northeast of Truckee. People on the North Shore, Reno and the Bay Area felt the Dec. 2...
Phone scammers dialing South Tahoe numbers looking for cash ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 12:56amA new twist on an old telephone scam has resulted in on South Shore resident being swindled out of $5000. The South Lake Tahoe Police Department says a number of these calls are coming into the commun...
Woman sues following collision with Heavenly employee
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 6:04pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A Florida woman filed suit against Vail Resorts, Heavenly Valley and a Heavenly Mountain Resort employee this week after being injured during a ski collision with the emp...
Woman sues following collision with Heavenly employee
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 6:04pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A Florida woman filed suit against Vail Resorts, Heavenly Valley and a Heavenly Mountain Resort employee this week after being injured during a ski collision with the emp...
Investigation continues into fatal chairlift fall
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 6:00pmNORDEN, Calif. - State regulators and Sugar Bowl Ski Resort officials continue to investigate varying eyewitness reports regarding what led to a 7-year-old boy falling 60 feet off a chairlift Sunda...
Investigation continues into fatal chairlift fall
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 6:00pmNORDEN, Calif. - State regulators and Sugar Bowl Ski Resort officials continue to investigate varying eyewitness reports regarding what led to a 7-year-old boy falling 60 feet off a chairlift Sunda...
TRPA committee endorses changes to coverage rules
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 5:58pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Regional Plan Update Committee of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board has endorsed updated policies to improve land coverage restrictions and local gov...
Forest Service reminds public no fireworks on New Year's
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 5:57pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The supervisor for the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit cautioned New Year's holiday visitors to leave their fireworks at home this week."The use of a...
Prosecutors warn against holiday scams
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 5:55pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - At least one South Shore resident has been bilked out of $5,000 after being caught up in a new twist on a familiar scam, according to an El Dorado County prosecutor.South...
Reno man fined after admitting he baited bear
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 5:03pmBy Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal. The Reno man who killed the first bear in Nevada's controversial black bear hunt pleaded guilty today to charges he ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../reno-man-fine...
Derby Dames looking for new teammates
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 5:03pmLake Tahoe Derby Dames is having an open recruitment night Jan. 3 at 7:30pm at Kahle Community Center in Stateline. Information about joining the roller ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../derby-dames-lookin...
Phone scammers dialing South Tahoe numbers looking for cash ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 5:03pmA new twist on an old telephone scam has resulted in on South Shore resident being swindled out of $5000. The South Lake Tahoe Police Department says a ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../phone-scammers-dial...
Dry weather to persist through Christmas weekend, snow possible Tuesday
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 4:29pm
Dry weather will prevail through the Christmas holiday weekend, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. Lows tonight will drop into the single digits to lower teens across western Nevada, with lows below zero in the Sierra valleys. A warming trend will occur for the holiday weekend as high pressure moves over western Nevada. Highs Christmas Day will warm into the lower 50s. There is the potential for light rain and mountain snow next Tuesday through Thursday.
Crews respond to Kyburz, El Dorado National Forest fires
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 3:03pmFirefighters were putting out hot spots this afternoon on a small fire between Highway 50 and Kyburz. According to Capt. Daniel Berlant with Cal Fire, there was a downed, live power line in the area. It was possible the power line was the origin of the flames but that wasn't clear yet, Berlant said. Dry and breeze conditions were also a concern to keep the quarter to half-acre fire from spreading.
Jeremy Hotz has Christmas presence at the Improv
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 2:29pmMy Christmas wish come true. I can't think of a more miserable comic to have here this week than Jeremy Hotz. He performs with Marc Price and myself at 9 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Sunday at the ...
Tosh left videos behind, but had outlandish, hilarious performance
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 2:27pmI've often heard good comedians feed off their audience. Daniel Tosh did just that during two sold-out shows last weekend in MontBleu Theatre. He heckled the crowd, played off their ridiculous rema...
Bethany Owen made quite an impression
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 2:21pmWhen a bounding adult bear nearly stomped on her foot, Bethany Owen did what comes naturally after many years in show business: she improvised."I was walking down a trail by Camp Richardson and ...
Sherlock isn't Holmes
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 2:14pmGuy Ritchie's second go at Sherlock Holmes overflows with frenetic action, jumbled plotting, bickering characters and trick photography. It's a children's movie seeking an adult audience because...
Ski report: Winter has arrived
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 1:06pmSki report: Winter has arrived. Posted by admin in Ski Conditions on December 22nd, 2011 | no responses. Winter is here and the days are getting longer. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../ski-report-winter-...
Burning Bowl Ceremony
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 1:06pmUnity at the Lake's New Year's Burning Bowl Ceremony is Dec. 31 from 7-8pm at the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center, 3050 Lake Tahoe Blvd. ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/12/burning-bowl-ceremony-2...
3 top youth shredder movies shot by S. Tahoe firm
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 1:06pmFirst Tracks Productions in South Lake Tahoe immortalized the event on film. This video and two others by the local company caught the attention of Ski Channel ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../3-of-the-to...
Pier installation signals start of Tahoe Beach Club
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 1:06pmThe Tahoe Beach Club pier brings the number of floating docks on Lake Tahoe to 19. The 275-foot one at the Hyatt in Incline comes all the way to the shore. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../pier-installati...
AG seeks changes to CA medi-pot laws
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 9:27amSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Attorney General Kamala Harris urged California lawmakers Wednesday to get serious about clarifying the state's 15-year-old medical marijuana law, saying numerous holes in the ...
Gridlock could hurt 1.1M unemployed Californians
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 9:18amSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - About 1.1 million unemployed Californians will be affected if Congress and President Barack Obama fail to break their political deadlock before the end of the year, state ...
Unusual winter wildfire near Kyburz
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 8:52amKYBURZ, Calif. (AP) - An unusual winter wildfire pushed by strong winds is threatening cabins in a Sierra Nevada community that typically is covered with snow this time of year.State fire spokesman...
Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue: Not just another day in the backcountry
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 7:47amINCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - The winter months in Tahoe can sometimes stretch from late October through April, and the ever-changing weather in the Sierra can take many visitors by surprise. But the ...
Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue: Not just another day in the backcountry
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 7:47amINCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - The winter months in Tahoe can sometimes stretch from late October through April, and the ever-changing weather in the Sierra can take many visitors by surprise. But the ...
History Amundsons reflect on a time gone by
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 7:35amPublisher's note This is printed from the Lake Tahoe Historical Society's 1977 fall quarterly newsletter. There was a time the Amundsons remember when bears ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../histor...
Airline travel during the holidays can be less
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 2:39amBy Reno Gazette-Journal. If you plan on flying this week, prepare yourself. Volatile weather and packed planes make the Christmas and New Year's season one of the trickiest times of the year for a...
Ski report: Find a wind protected resort
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 2:39amPosted by admin in Ski Conditions on December 21st, 2011 | no responses. Wind may be a problem some places. Bring the sunscreen. Read Lake Tahoe News on Dec. 22 to learn about some of the upgrades at ...
Skiing, eating raises money for Winter Discovery
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 2:39amFull moon yurt dinners benefit the Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association. The adventure starts with a moonlit ski from the Tahoe Cross Country Ski Area across gentle terrain. Limited tickets a...
Zephyr Lodge — bring an appetite, wallet, camera
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 2:39am“This has a lot of character,” Stewart told Lake Tahoe News as he looked at the reclaimed wood on the exterior. While the interior of the two lodges feels similar, the exterior does not even though th...
Carson Judge Rules Against Personhood Petition Seeking To Define Life As Starting At Conception
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 11:34pmBy Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY — A Carson City district judge today ruled an initiative petition to amend the state constitution to define human life as beginning at conception was too vague and so could not be circulated to qualify for the November 2012 ballot.
Airline travel during the holidays can be less
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 9:27pmOfficials at Reno-Tahoe International Airport are expecting nearly 13400 daily passengers arriving and departing through the region during the holiday. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../airline-travel-duri...
Special courts give veterans a second chance
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 9:27pmBy Foon Rhee, Sacramento Bee. Amos Lee Gregory Jr. didn't get help for post- traumatic stress from his time aboard Navy attack submarines. He got by – until ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../special-co...
Placerville divided over hanging onto its past
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 9:27pmBy Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee. Placerville lives on its Gold Rush history and can't escape the past, including a famous public hanging in the 1840s. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../placervilled-di...
Ski report: Find a wind protected resort
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 9:27pmPosted by admin in Ski Conditions on December 21st, 2011 | no responses. Wind may be a problem some places. Bring the sunscreen. Read Lake Tahoe News ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../ski-report-find-a-win...
Glenn Gibb — 1947-2011
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 9:27pmGlenn loved to create beautiful smiles; he was South Lake Tahoe's only fulltime orthodontist for 30 years. Glenn was a member of the Barton Hospital medical ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/12/glenn-...
Skiing, eating raises money for Winter Discovery
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 9:27pmFull moon yurt dinners benefit the Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Association. The adventure starts with a moonlit ski from the Tahoe Cross Country Ski ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../skiing-eating-ra...
Tahoe Tourism Surviving Without Snow (VIDEO)
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 7:51pmThe ski resort industry drives much of the Lake Tahoe economy during the winter. Despite the lack of snow, tourism hasn't slowed down yet. Go here for the story and video from KOLO Reno News Channel 8.
14th bear killed in Nevada bear hunt
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 3:43pmCARSON CITY (AP) - The 14th bear in Nevada's inaugural bear hunt has been killed.Nevada Department of Wildlife spokesman Chris Healy says a 250-pound male was killed by a hunter Monday in the Pi...
Sierra At Tahoe Opening Day 2011
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 2:32pmWho says there's no snow? Check out this video of Opening Day at Sierra-at-Tahoe on Saturday. Despite the lack of significant snowfall in the region, Sierra opened and managed to lure hungry boarders and skiers.
Chairlift fall victim identified as Davis resident
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 2:25pmNORDEN, Calif. - A 7-year-old boy died Tuesday from injuries suffered after falling 60 feet from a chairlift Sunday at Sugar Bowl Ski Resort.The boy was identified Wednesday by family and friends a...
Chairlift fall victim identified as Davis resident
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 2:25pmNORDEN, Calif. - A 7-year-old boy died Tuesday from injuries suffered after falling 60 feet from a chairlift Sunday at Sugar Bowl Ski Resort.The boy was identified Wednesday by family and friends a...
U.S. Forest Service teams up with Learn to Ski & Snowboard Month
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 2:17pm
By John Heil
The U.S. Forest Service and organizers of January's Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month are working together to promote and recognize the event at Lake Tahoe and elsewhere, highlighting the health benefits of winter outdoor activity.
Economy ends tough 2011 on a surprising upswing
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 11:20amWASHINGTON (AP) - The economy is ending 2011 on a roll.The job market is healthier. Americans are spending lustily on holiday gifts. A long-awaited turnaround for the depressed housing industry may...
