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SIROTA: Stopping the insanity
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 11:14amLike most people living through this jarring age of economic turbulence and political dysfunction, you can probably recall a moment in the last few months when you thought to yourself that our lawm...
TRPA seeking Best in the Basin nominees
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 11:12amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Staff reports The nomination period is open for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's 2011 Best in the Basin awards program, which annually recognizes environmentally comp...
CALSTAR's South Lake Tahoe Base marks 10th anniversary
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 11:10amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The chief flight nurse at the California Shock Trauma Air Rescue base in South Lake Tahoe can remember like it was yesterday when the base started operations 10 years ...
SLTPD Explorers take eight of 15 trophies in competition
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 11:08amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The South Lake Tahoe Police Explorers competed from Sept. 23-25 at the Central Coast Law Enforcement Explorer Competition in Paso Robles, Calif.The Explorer Scouts traine...
Snow stops construction
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 11:06amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Construction crews on Highway 88 near Caples Lake had to throw in the towel Wednesday. Drifts of snow, some more than a foot deep, surrounded their equipment and the m...
Control burns in multiple South Shore locations
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 10:44amPrescribed fire operations will also continue in the Angora Fire area near Tahoe Mountain and Forest Mountain Roads. In addition, operations are scheduled to ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../control-burns...
Soroptimist looking for young women to honor
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 10:44amSoroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe and Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra are sponsoring the Violet Richardson Award program, which was ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../soroptimist-looki...
Storm lays foundation for Tahoe resorts to open next month
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 10:44amSnow is likely to keep falling on-and-off today in the greater Lake Tahoe area. Chain controls are in affect this morning on Interstate 80, the Mount Rose Highway ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../storm-la...
TACCD celebrates 30 years with help of Tahoe restaurants
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 10:44amOn Oct. 4, the South Lake Tahoe City Council honored Tahoe Area Coordinating Council for the Disabled for 30 years of service to the disabled and senior ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../taccd-celebrates-3...
Vikings football loses to Sparks
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 9:47amThe South Tahoe Vikings lost to Sparks High School on Thursday night to remain winless in Northern 3A play. Sparks, who hadn't won a game as well, came back after being down 21-6 in the second quar...
Meteorologists: Snowfall like last winter's unlikely
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 8:38amWith the first flakes come the whispers of how the upcoming winter will match up to big ones in the past. Will it be as cold? Will there be as many storms? Will it snow as much?Rolling off of la...
Tough facts about breast cancer
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 12:56amBy Kelly Shanahan. “You have breast cancer.” More than 260000 American women heard those words in 2010, and nearly 40000 of them did not survive the ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../tough-facts-about...
Hwys. 50 and 267 subject to delays
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 12:56amCaltrans has issued an alert warning drivers Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe can expect delays with lane closures in both directions between Trout Creek ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../hwys-50-and-267-sub...
Workshop focuses on starting a business
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 12:56amAs part of its Chamber EDucation program, the North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Sierra Economic Development Corporation is ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../workshop-focuses-on-s...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 12:56ambest friends • Tahoe Best Friends is hosting a Dog Howl'oween Party and Parade on Oct. 29 at 2:30pm at 2197 Ruth Ave. (off Third Street) in South Lake Tahoe. ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../snip...
Tahoe City celebrates fall with Harvest Festival
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 9:54pmThe Tahoe City PUD Parks and Recreation Department's annual Harvest Festival ... This family event is the wrap up to the Tahoe City Downtown Associations ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../tahoe-city-ce...
Peace Corps allows STHS grad to help others
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 8:54pmPublisher's note: Michelle Aguilar is one of three 2005 South Tahoe High School graduates who joined the Peace Corps upon college graduation. As it gets close to their return date, each will share...
Kindertown granted reprieve until November hearing
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 8:54pmEl Dorado County Superior Court Judge Warren Stracener has ruled there is no harm to the public to keep Kindertown day care center open until next month's final hearing. The South Lake Tahoe facil...
S. Tahoe figure skater competing on world stage
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 8:54pmSouth Lake Tahoe figure skater Deirdre Faegre is in Italy to compete in the Junior Grand Prix of figure skating. The Oct. 5-8 competition at the Trofeo Walter Lombardi is an International Skating Unio...
Tribune Sports Talk
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 8:01pmJoe Proudman and Adam Jensen talk South Lake football.--Tribune Sports TalkOctober, 6 2011 8:03 pm MST...
Coming home: Mother of fallen soldier talks about son's life
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 5:41pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - U.S. Army Spc. Garrett Fant scored so high on his military entrance exam that he could have done any job in the armed forces, even those would have kept him out of the...
TRPA streamlines code ordinances
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 2:32pmNEWS RELEASE — As part of its Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency released last week the public draft of an overhauled Code of Ordinances that is already more than one pound lighter in print than the current code. Most of the changes in the draft document will not need to wait for the TRPA's scheduled adoption of the Regional Plan Update in 2012 to take effect.
OBITUARY: Garrett Anthony Fant
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 2:17pmGarrett Anthony Fant was suddenly called to God on Sept. 26, 2011, when he stepped on an improvised explosive device while on patrol in Afghanistan. Garrett was living his lifelong dream of beco...
Dave Mason keeps up his rock work in Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 12:13pmDave Mason isn't slowing down.The 65-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member appears at Tahoe for the second time in four months when he performs Saturday, Oct. 8, in the Harrah's Lake Tahoe ...
Rod Piazza blows white-hot blues
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 12:07pmRod Piazza is part of the last great generation of African-American blues artists. And he's white.In her fantastic new book, "The Warmth of Other Suns," Isabel Wilkerson describes the black migr...
The thrill is still there with B.B. King
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 12:05pmB.B. King, one of the biggest living legends of blues, continues to astound fans on tour and with his most recent DVD, "B.B. King Live." With an all-star guest lineup consisting of Terrence Howard,...
Appeals court overturns CA city's marijuana law
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 12:03pmLOS ANGELES (AP) - A California appeals court has struck down the city of Long Beach's efforts to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, ruling the efforts conflict with federal law banning pot u...
Lubriphonic says Chicago Bears not as scary at the Tahoe variety
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 11:59amThe thought of walking down a dark Chicago street might be scary to someone from Tahoe. But it works both ways. So if you talk to Lubriphonic's guitar player, don't tell him our bears are prepar...
Diagnosis: Bruised Ego and Funny bone
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 11:53amWriter Will Reiser adapts his own fight against cancer into this dramadey, but both he and the film appear resigned to their fates. Adam, Will's stand-in played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is 27 wh...
Comedian Bob Zany at Tahoe for premiere of 'Close But No Cigar'
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 11:47amBob Zany has remained true to the art of comedy not just as a comedian but also as a producer of other comedy shows, as a writer and as an actor whose latest movie, "23 Minutes to Sunrise," star...
We Can Challenge Week 3: Two hours of screen time per day
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 11:32amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It is not a secret that the TV has become a free babysitter and a major source of inactivity. Sitting in front of the TV may also be causing us to gain weight. TV and mun...
Barton Health offers a helping hand
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 11:30amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Barton Health, along with its affiliated healthcare facilities treated more than 165,000 patients in 2010. With a population of 21,403 in the City of South Lake Tahoe and...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: City should maintain efficient and effective snow removal
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 11:25amSnow removal is an essential city service in South Lake Tahoe. The ability of city crews to remove snow from our streets allows police, fire and emergency medical personnel to respond quickly in ou...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Is there no law enforcement in Tahoe anymore?
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 11:23amRecently we have letters about cyclists and the situations that are angering both the cyclist and the local drivers. I, for one, have seen some pretty ignorant behavior on both sides of this argume...
Take our reader survey and win an iPad
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 11:19amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Tahoe Daily Tribune is asking readers and advertisers to help the publication better understand the region's market and expectations of the communities it serves. ...
Comedian makes movie about his time in war zone
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 11:09amGraham Elwood asked himself a question after he visited an Afghanistan hospital filled with maimed children: "How am I supposed to go onstage and be funny through all of that?"A comedian on assi...
Radio stars get up close and personal at the Improv
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 11:01amThis is a special week at the Harveys Improv with Bob Zany. First off, he's garnered a decent loyal following via "The Zany Report" heard every Tuesday on my morning radio show. "The Zany Repor...
Rock climbing celebrated at LTCC film festival
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 10:57amSome witness the towering mountain slopes like Trippy Rock outside Incline Village or the Pie Shop near South Lake Tahoe and think, "nice view."Then there are those people full of adventure, and...
Rock climbing celebrated at LTCC film festival
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 10:57amSome witness the towering mountain slopes like Trippy Rock outside Incline Village or the Pie Shop near South Lake Tahoe and think, "nice view."Then there are those people full of adventure, and...
Whiskey Dick's Saloon has a unique crowd for punk rockabilly
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 10:52amThe slosh pit awaits the punk rockabilly trio from Los Angeles, the Rocketz."We can keep them swing dancing or moshing, whatever the crowd is," said guitarist Tony "Slash" Red-Horse, who has pla...
Fallen soldier U.S. Army Spc. Garrett Fant returns home
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 11:35pm
A procession made up of several law enforcement agencies passed through South Lake Tahoe late Wednesday night to deliver the body of fallen soldier U.S. Army Spc. Garrett Fant, who was killed on Sept. 26 in Afghanistan.
Taking a few bites out of Apple Hill
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 10:30pm
By Don Quilici
It’s that time of the year, once again, to visit a special place known as Apple Hill. If you are a newcomer to this area or if you have never been there, fall is a great time of the year to visit Apple Hill.
And, if you are a newcomer, about now you are probably wondering, “What and where in the heck is Apple Hill?”
Well, the correct answer is: “Apple Hill is not a specific hill or a specific location; on the contrary, it is a large geographic area.”
Mexican restaurant chain files for bankruptcy
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 8:09pmPublisher's note: A corporate official with Real Mex on Oct. 5 told Lake Tahoe News all restaurants are slated to remain open, including the Chevys in South Lake Tahoe. By Jacqueline Palank, Wall ...
Snow keeps falling; makes driving a challenge
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 8:09pmA little snow doesn't stop people in Lake Tahoe from doing what they want. Swimmers were found at the South Lake Tahoe city pool this morning – even though the bubble has not been put on yet. Snow...
Barton scheduling flu vaccinations
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 8:09pmBarton Health is providing free flu vaccines to South Lake Tahoe area residents ages 3-18. Ages 19 and older may receive the flu vaccine for $20 and the pneumonia vaccine for $35. Barton has secured v...
Apple says company co-founder Steve Jobs has died
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 6:54pmCUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) - Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer ...
The World-Changer: Steve Jobs knew what we wanted
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 6:51pmCUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) - In dark suit and bowtie, he is a computing-era carnival barker - eyebrows bouncing, hands gesturing, smile seductive and coy and a bit annoying. It's as if he's on his f...
Fallen soldier's body being flown to Reno
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 6:48pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Due to weather, U.S. Army Spc. Garrett Fant's will be flown to Reno Wednesday evening instead of South Lake Tahoe. A number of South Lake Tahoe residents are traveling to...
Casinos focus on upping amenities, not gambling
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 3:53pmCasino executives say they're spending less time thinking about new card tables, slot machines and hotel rooms and instead are chasing new entertainment that's cheaper to offer and will distinguish...
