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Burst of snow to top Lake Tahoe powder ski weekend
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 12:47pmA low pressure off the Pacific Northwest coast will move into Lake Tahoe Basin on Saturday morning, dropping temperatures to bring a nice powder dusting for the President's Day holiday ski and snowboard weekend.
Gusty winds to 30 mph are expected for valleys ahead of the front, with a quick burst of snow Saturday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.
Hwy. 50 open after 3-car accident in American River canyon
Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 11:34amNevada has third highest-rate of interracial marriages
Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 11:30amOpen Letter from Lake Tahoe Books and Art Windows on the Sierra
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 10:34amThe following is from Michael Scialfa, owner of Lake Tahoe Books and Art Windows on the Sierra and Beyond. Follow them on Facebook here.
An open letter to our patrons:
Lake Tahoe bailout law draws fire from California Senate leader
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 10:21amCARSON CITY, Nev. - A California Senate leader has expressed sharp displeasure with Nevada legislation threatening to pull out of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.The bill, by state Sen. John Lee...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: TRPA director's speech a harbinger for another hole?
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 9:44amThose of us who want to see the TRPA succeed in bringing about the changes that are necessary in the basin to attain the environmental objectives required by the bistate compact can only be dismaye...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: TRPA director's speech a harbinger for another hole?
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 9:44amThose of us who want to see the TRPA succeed in bringing about the changes that are necessary in the basin to attain the environmental objectives required by the bistate compact can only be dismaye...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Dale Schear: a great fiction
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 9:42amI was sitting reading the Tribune this past Friday, Feb 10. Then I had the misfortune to read Dale Schear's "Tahoe Today: Crossing over can bring closure, surprises." This must be classified as gre...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Dale Schear: a great fiction
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 9:42amI was sitting reading the Tribune this past Friday, Feb 10. Then I had the misfortune to read Dale Schear's "Tahoe Today: Crossing over can bring closure, surprises." This must be classified as gre...
SIROTA: Will we choose a Chinese future?
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 9:41amFor the last two decades, we've heard many myths purporting to explain the loss of American manufacturing jobs. CEOs, for instance, typically say they have sent jobs overseas because they can't fin...
Transportation district hires outreach specialist
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 9:27amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Tahoe Transportation District has appointed Tiara Wasner as outreach specialist for the U.S. Highway 50 South Shore Revitalization Project, previously known as the Lo...
Libraries closed extra days
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 9:25amThe Douglas County Public Libraries in Minden and Zephyr Cove will be closed on Wednesday, Feb. 29, and Thursday, March 1, due to budgetary constraints.The Zephyr Cove Library will re-open at 9 a.m...
Children can earn hamburgers for reading
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 9:24amThe Douglas County Public Library has again joined with In-N-Out Burger for their Cover to Cover Club reading program.Children ages 4 to 12 are eligible to receive certificates for a free In-N-Out ...
Three vehicle accident blocks Highway 50
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 9:04amThe California Highway Patrol is responding to a multiple vehicle crash on HIghway 50 near Camp Sacramento. Both the eastbound and westbound lanes are blocked.The cause of the crash and the number ...
Singer Kenny Loggins back in Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 9:01amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Kenny Loggins has been many things to many people over the past three decades - "a moving target" as he's put it. In his time, Loggins has been a guitar-slinger with a ps...
Singer Kenny Loggins back in Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 9:01amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Kenny Loggins has been many things to many people over the past three decades - "a moving target" as he's put it. In his time, Loggins has been a guitar-slinger with a ps...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin:Chillin' with Cherry Cheesecake Cuties
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 8:49amCherries have been on my mind because of Presidents Day (George Washington and the cherry tree story is one to cherish). My plan was to make a homemade cherry pie. Then, I got images of a cherry...
Meyers family pays it forward with St. Baldrick's Foundation
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 7:51amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Jen Drennan was pregnant with her second child. Being a CALSTAR nurse, the wife of a South Tahoe firefighter took all the steps to make sure her baby was healthy while...
Foreclosure activity edges higher in January
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 5:00amLOS ANGELES (AP) - Banks took back more U.S. homes in January than in the previous month, the latest sign that foreclosures are accelerating after slowing sharply last year while lenders sorted out...
Free IHOP pancakes raises money for children’s hospitals
Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 2:00amNevada makes sale or possession of ‘bath salts’ a felony
Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 2:00amWashoe County educator named U.S. superintendent of the year
Submitted by admin on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 7:31pmMcAvoy Lane The Ghost of Mark Twain at Lake Tahoe Books and Art
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 5:50pmPresident's Day is just around the corner and Lake Tahoe Books and Art is pleased to present McAvoy Lane, The Ghost of Mark Twain, in a special evening performance on Presidents and Presidential Politics, 1782-2012. The event is on Sunday, Feb. 19, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Lake Tahoe Books and Art, 4000 Lake Tahoe Blvd – Suite 10 (Village Center, formerly known as the Crescent V Center), South Lake Tahoe. Call (530) 600-2020 or (530) 542-3245. Click on the photo above to enlarge.
Reno-Tahoe named 3rd best ski airport in the nation
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 4:59pmNoted for being able to get in and out with relative ease, short check-in lines, and an uncrowded atmosphere, Reno-Tahoe International Airport was named as the Third Best Airport in the Nation for Skiers by Ski Magazine. The write-up was authored by Elyse Saugstad and Cody Townsend. Go here for the story, click through and see how other airports compare.
California Trout pushes for "wild and scenic" designation on Upper Truckee
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 4:14pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll eat for life. That is, unless, the fish populations have been depleted due to a constantly gro...
Calif. senator calls Nev. Tahoe law inflammatory
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 4:09pmCARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - A leader in the California Senate has some strong words for Nevada over its threats to withdraw from the decades-old Lake Tahoe Compact.Sen. Darrell Steinberg, a Democrat f...
Sugarland added to summer series
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 2:25pmSweet news: Sugarland is coming to Tahoe.The country duo of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush will perform Aug. 18 in the Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys as part of the 2012 Summer Outdoor ...
Sugarland added to summer series
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 2:25pmSweet news: Sugarland is coming to Tahoe.The country duo of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush will perform Aug. 18 in the Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys as part of the 2012 Summer Outdoor ...
Full Circle Compost & Hungry Mother Organics 3rd Annual Seed Swap
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 1:52pm
Event Date:
March 3, 2012 (All day) Have you ever been to a Seed Swap? It's soooo much fun! Bring your own seeds to swap or just come down and get rare locally grown Heirloom varieties. Our seeds have been proven to grow here in the Sierra Nevada Environment... flowers, heirloom vegetables, trees, shrubs and much much more! If you don't have your own seeds, that's ok, we only ask for a small donation.
Full Circle Compost & Hungry Mother Organics
3190 Hwy 395, Minden, NV 89423
Please call 775-267-5305 or go to our website www.fullcirclecompost.com
Opinion: Redevelopment appears to have a slight heart beat
Submitted by admin on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 12:30pmNew Snow Allows Heavenly to Open Milky Way Bowl
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 10:59amAfter receiving 12” of new snow on Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, Heavenly Mountain Resort will open Milky Way Bowl for the first time this season, giving the resort additional expert and off-piste terrain. Heavenly will have 50 percent of the resort open, totaling 2,400 acres.
LIVE: Tribune Sports Talk
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 10:34amJoe Proudman and Tim Parsons are live talking about South Shore athletics and professional sports as well. Today we're talking Whittell boys' playoff basketball and South Tahoe girls' playoffs. ...
Grammy Awards had plenty of connections with Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 9:56amThe Beach Boys are back.The legendary rock 'n' roll band will perform July 15 at the Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys as part of the Lake Tahoe Summer Concert Series. Tickets go on sale March...
Grammy Awards had plenty of connections with Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 9:56amThe Beach Boys are back.The legendary rock 'n' roll band will perform July 15 at the Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys as part of the Lake Tahoe Summer Concert Series. Tickets go on sale March...
International Olympic Committee president in U.S., but relations still prickly
Submitted by admin on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 9:50amWeather Window | Flooding rains broke four-year drought
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 9:48amEditor's note: This is the first in a two-part installment.TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. - During the second survey of the 2012 water year on Feb. 1, Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Sn...
Sacramento police arrest suspect in South Lake Tahoe bank robbery
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 9:47amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Sacramento police arrested a man suspected of bank robberies in South Lake Tahoe, Sacramento and San Francisco, according to a press release sent out by the Sacramento...
IOC President Jacques Rogge arrives in Los Angeles
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 9:23amLOS ANGELES (AP) - International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said Wednesday night that there's no ideal time for the United States to make another bid to host an Olympics.With inte...
South Tahoe Wells Fargo Bank robbery suspect arrested in Sacramento
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 9:07amThe man believed to have robbed the Wells Fargo Bank inside the Raley's at the Village Center in South Lake Tahoe on Jan. 30 is sitting in a Sacramento jail after allegedly robbing a bank.
Wild and Scenic push for Upper Truckee River reappears with workshops
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 8:47amAfter El Dorado County supervisors agreed in fall to table the concept, plans are in the works to again bring federal protection measures to the Upper Truckee River.
Nevada approves regulations for self-driving cars
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 8:01amRENO, Nev. - Nevada is becoming the first of the U.S. states to regulate self-driving vehicles on its roadways.The state's legislative commission on Wednesday approved regulations that were vetted ...