Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 3:58pm
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Black bears will remain in the crosshairs of Nevada hunters after a legislative panel agreed Wednesday to make regulations authorizing an annual hunt permanent, despite obj...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 3:40pm
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Police have arrested a relative of the couple shot dead at their home in the Southern Oregon community Merlin.Josephine County sheriff's deputies say 58-year-old Gary Ly...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 2:54pm
Whether you are bringing "Jessie's Girl," "Jack and Diane" or the "Dancing Queen" to the 33rd annual Freakers Ball this Saturday, Oct. 29, the band Pop Fiction will have the music to make eveCop...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 2:49pm
Ryan JohnsonGame had no shortage of trials and tribulations growing up, including getting shot multiple times. During his recovery, he was able to study the art of rapping and hip-hop, which beg...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 2:45pm
Just like last week, Harveys' Improv has a debut appearance. I've been waiting for Tom Cotter to get up here and still can't believe it's taken more than 10 years to get him to play our little r...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 2:40pm
The 22nd screen adaptation of "The Three Musketeers" is a tepid rendition of the Alexander Dumas 1844 classic.The film is directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, who seeks another vehicle to star his 37...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 2:37pm
Jay Seals has found an alternative to Blue Turtle Seduction.He is playing in an alternative rock-based band. Dad's LPs performs free on Thursday at a familiar Blue Turtle haunt, the Divided Sky....
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 2:30pm
Todd Clouser is not limited by geographic or musical borders.A native of Minnesota, he has lived in Mexico for five years, and while Clouser can be considered a jazz guitarist, he's clearly influen...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 10:00am
Flexibility is a commonly overlooked part of your child's fitness and health. While speed, strength, and endurance can be more easily shown or practiced flexibility is a little less obvious. One co...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 9:59am
The Douglas County Public libraries in Minden and Zephyr Cove will be closed from Oct. 27 through Oct. 29 for leave without pay and the Nevada Day holiday.The Minden Library will re-open at 10 a.m....
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 9:54am
The Sierra House Elementary Parent Teacher Association would like to give a huge thank you to Safeway for donating all the fabulous, hard bound books to our school! The kids loved having something ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 9:51am
In celebration of Tahoe Area Coordinating Council for the Disabled's 30 year anniversary, five different local restaurants offered to help increase the council's funding base to make sure their imp...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 9:47am
"You have breast cancer."More than 260,000 American women heard those words in 2010, and nearly 40,000 of them did not survive the year. But a diagnosis of breast cancer does not have to be a death...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 9:17am
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Lake Tahoe Police Department in conjunction with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public a chance to safely dispose of unused and unwanted pre...
Seagulls fighting over fish guts as the trout were being cleaned. Photo by Don Quilici
On Wednesday morning Oct. 19, Elaine and I went fishing at Lake Tahoe for Mackinaw lake trout with our longtime good friend and sport fishing guide, Gene St. Denis of Blue Ribbon Charters outfitted South Lake Tahoe, Calif.
“Gino” has fished Tahoe for some thirty years (the last 13 years as a fishing guide) and is one of the top, if not the top, guides at that lake.
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 7:43am
It's not often people get a chance to do charity work by hacking faux bodies to pieces.Terror in Tahoe is taking full advantage of the Halloween opportunity."At night, it's really ghoulish," sai...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 7:43am
It's not often people get a chance to do charity work by hacking faux bodies to pieces.Terror in Tahoe is taking full advantage of the Halloween opportunity."At night, it's really ghoulish," sai...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 6:43am
To the community,. I watched and listened to Mayor Hal Cole's state of the city speech. There are two parts to any speech, substance and tone. On substance ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../opinion-den...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 6:43am
It's going to get tougher to be passed from one grade to the next in Lake Tahoe Unified School District without knowing the material. ltusd The board on Tuesday ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../moment...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 6:43am
South Tahoe Area Transit Authority's board voted to file for bankruptcy in August 2010. MV filed a lawsuit a couple months before that after the STATA board ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../statas-bum...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 2:27am
Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe expects its $20 million renovation of its guestrooms Sierra Café and the Spa Terrace Conference Center to be done by the end of ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../snippets-abou...
By Lisa Herron UPDATED: The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) will begin the sale of holiday tree permits on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. Permits cost $10 each (cash or check only, no credit cards) with a limit of two permits per family, valid for cutting on or before Dec. 25, 2011. Permit holders may choose from a variety of pine, fir or cedar in designated cutting areas and must abide by specific permit conditions for proper and responsible collection.
Submitted by Don Quilici on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 11:56pm
Here is the fishing report for the week of Oct. 26 to Nov. 2. This report covers rivers, streams and lakes in Nevada, the Sierra, Northern California and Southern Oregon.
Don Quilici with a glass of grape juice. Photo by Elaine Quilici
On Saturday, Oct. 1, four of us (Bob and Lorraine Scholes of Dayton, Nev. and Elaine and I had the opportunity to visit a small vineyard called Corte de Valle in the Tuscany Region of Northern Italy.
It is one of a number of Bed & Breakfast vineyards (large and small) that are located along the Chianti Road between Siena and Florence.
We saw their small sign as we drove past, and on the spur of the moment, decided to turn around and visit there. It was a great decision.
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 7:18pm
Truckee River Winery with Slow Food Lake Tahoe is hosting a food swap Oct. 30 from 2-4pm. A food swap is where your homemade, homegrown, and foraged creations become your own personal currency for use...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 4:56pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A South Lake Tahoe investment broker has pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud for embezzling about $25,000 from investors, according to a Friday statement from ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 4:07pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The owner of a lakefront property that has attracted Tahoe Regional Planning Agency attention for allegedly violating Lake Tahoe's strict environmental rules is challe...
By the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
As the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency prepares to reorganize and reformat its code of ordinances to make it more user-friendly, an equally user-friendly summary of the proposed edits and procedural changes has been prepared and is available to offer greater clarity to the public, according to the Agency.
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 3:01pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will begin the sale of holiday tree permits on Nov. 7.Permits cost $10 each (cash or check only, no credit cards)...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 1:15pm
30 year South Lake Tahoe resident Mary Lee Wilson passed away peacefully on October 14, 2011 in Chandler AZ. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, George and Alma Wilson of Annapolis M...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:50pm
El Dorado County Animal Services officials are searching for dogs that bit people in two separate incidents, one in South Lake Tahoe and the other in Grizzly ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../dogs-bite-peo...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:50pm
By Carolyn Jones, San Francisco Chronicle. Seth Walsh was a typical 13-year- old. He loved dogs and riding his bike, listening to music, and hanging out with ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../law-gives-sch...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:50pm
By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee. As communities around the Sacramento region continue to install water meters, a number of local officials say the devices are ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../meters-gettin...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:50pm
By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee. Former Placerville Mayor David Machado's legal woes increased Monday. A grand jury indictment unsealed in El Dorado ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../ex-placerville-mayo...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:50pm
Publisher's note: This editorial is from the Oct. 18, 2011, San Francisco Chronicle. Among the budget targets of House Republicans, one stands out as especially ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../opinio...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:50pm
More snow, cleanups along the Truckee River and projects to fight quagga mussels have been approved to help keep the Truckee River, Lake Tahoe and other ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../grants-to-help-wit...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:50pm
Tahoe Rim Trail Association's 30th anniversary annual meeting celebration is Nov. 5 at the North Tahoe Event Center in Kings Beach. The event includes an ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../tahoe-rim-tra...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:00pm
MESA, Ariz. (AP) - Like just about everyone in the Phoenix area, Jen Pollock has lost several neighbors to foreclosure and short sales. And, like hundreds of thousands of others in Arizona, Pollock...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 11:40am
LAS VEGAS (AP) - President Barack Obama offered mortgage relief on Monday to hundreds of thousands of Americans, his latest attempt to ease the economic and political fallout of a housing crisis th...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 11:19am
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Jury selection is due to start Reno for the trial of a former employee accused of opening fire inside a Walmart store, wounding three supervisors almost a year ago.The Reno Gazett...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 10:59am
CARSON CITY, Nev. - The horrific Sept. 6 shooting at Carson City's IHOP in which five people, including the assailant, died and and 11 others were wounded, continues to attract media attention. But...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 10:58am
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - The Amgen bicycle race through California set for next year won't be including a dramatic backdrop of Yosemite National Park's famous granite icons.National Park Service offic...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 10:58am
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - The Amgen bicycle race through California set for next year won't be including a dramatic backdrop of Yosemite National Park's famous granite icons.National Park Service offic...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 10:57am
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - A nonprofit think tank on Monday retracted a widely reported study that linked last year's closing of hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles to a rise...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 10:55am
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - If a tree falls in the woods, nobody really cares. But when two of California's 1,500-year-old giant sequoia trees fell across a popular hiking trail inside a national monumen...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 10:41am
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The nominations are in and TahoeChamber.org is announcing those people and businesses who could win at the 4th Annual Blue Ribbon Awards.More than 100 businesses and indi...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 9:13am
STATELINE - The state of Maine's largest lakes organization is visiting the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the Lake Tahoe Basin this week, seeking advice on their lakes' management programs, th...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 9:12am
OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. - Emergency crews retrieved the body of 52-year-old local man Saturday morning from the Truckee River, officials confirmed Monday.The body has been identified as Eric Klausse...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 9:05am
GRASS VALLEY, Nev. - As the federal government cracks down on commercial marijuana dispensaries and raids local growers, a proposed county ordinance to regulate cultivation is stirring up controver...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 6:30am
STATELINE – Connectivity. That is the word being used on the Nevada side of the Lake Tahoe Basin when it comes to total maximum daily load. “The big water year really helped educate us about what is c...
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Nevada Legislative panel approves annual bear hunt
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 3:58pmCARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Black bears will remain in the crosshairs of Nevada hunters after a legislative panel agreed Wednesday to make regulations authorizing an annual hunt permanent, despite obj...
Oregon slaying suspect arrested in Placerville
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 3:40pmGRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Police have arrested a relative of the couple shot dead at their home in the Southern Oregon community Merlin.Josephine County sheriff's deputies say 58-year-old Gary Ly...
The truth about Pop Fiction: it's a funky good time
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 2:54pmWhether you are bringing "Jessie's Girl," "Jack and Diane" or the "Dancing Queen" to the 33rd annual Freakers Ball this Saturday, Oct. 29, the band Pop Fiction will have the music to make eveCop...
Game wants to inspire the next Barack Obama
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 2:49pmRyan JohnsonGame had no shortage of trials and tribulations growing up, including getting shot multiple times. During his recovery, he was able to study the art of rapping and hip-hop, which beg...
The Improv welcomes Cotter to Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 2:45pmJust like last week, Harveys' Improv has a debut appearance. I've been waiting for Tom Cotter to get up here and still can't believe it's taken more than 10 years to get him to play our little r...
When You've Seen One, You've Only Just Begun
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 2:40pmThe 22nd screen adaptation of "The Three Musketeers" is a tepid rendition of the Alexander Dumas 1844 classic.The film is directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, who seeks another vehicle to star his 37...
Former Blue Turtle answers call to rock with Dad's LPs
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 2:37pmJay Seals has found an alternative to Blue Turtle Seduction.He is playing in an alternative rock-based band. Dad's LPs performs free on Thursday at a familiar Blue Turtle haunt, the Divided Sky....
Todd Clouser's tasteful jazz is hardly dinner music
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 2:30pmTodd Clouser is not limited by geographic or musical borders.A native of Minnesota, he has lived in Mexico for five years, and while Clouser can be considered a jazz guitarist, he's clearly influen...
We Can Challenge Week 6: Stretch for 10 minutes per day
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 10:00amFlexibility is a commonly overlooked part of your child's fitness and health. While speed, strength, and endurance can be more easily shown or practiced flexibility is a little less obvious. One co...
Douglas libraries closed for Nevada Day
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 9:59amThe Douglas County Public libraries in Minden and Zephyr Cove will be closed from Oct. 27 through Oct. 29 for leave without pay and the Nevada Day holiday.The Minden Library will re-open at 10 a.m....
KUDOS & KINDNESS: Thanks to Safeway for books
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 9:54amThe Sierra House Elementary Parent Teacher Association would like to give a huge thank you to Safeway for donating all the fabulous, hard bound books to our school! The kids loved having something ...
Local restaurants support council for the disabled's anniversary
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 9:51amIn celebration of Tahoe Area Coordinating Council for the Disabled's 30 year anniversary, five different local restaurants offered to help increase the council's funding base to make sure their imp...
Tough facts about breast cancer
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 9:47am"You have breast cancer."More than 260,000 American women heard those words in 2010, and nearly 40,000 of them did not survive the year. But a diagnosis of breast cancer does not have to be a death...
City offers prescription drug take back
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 9:17amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Lake Tahoe Police Department in conjunction with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public a chance to safely dispose of unused and unwanted pre...
Outdoors with Don Q: Fishing for Mackinaw at Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Don Quilici on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 8:50amSunrise at Lake Tahoe, while on the way from Cave Rock Landing to fish on the northeast side. Photo by Elaine Quilici
Captain Gene St. Denis of Blue Ribbon Charters in his sport fishing boat, “The PT-109.” Photo by Elaine Quilici
Elaine Quilici with the largest Mackinaw of the day weighing 8.5 pounds and measured 28 inches. Photo by Don Quilici
Don Quilici with the second largest trout of the day, It weighed 8 pounds and measured 27.5 inches. Photo by Elaine Quilici
Seagulls fighting over fish guts as the trout were being cleaned. Photo by Don Quilici
On Wednesday morning Oct. 19, Elaine and I went fishing at Lake Tahoe for Mackinaw lake trout with our longtime good friend and sport fishing guide, Gene St. Denis of Blue Ribbon Charters outfitted South Lake Tahoe, Calif.
“Gino” has fished Tahoe for some thirty years (the last 13 years as a fishing guide) and is one of the top, if not the top, guides at that lake.
Terror in Tahoe turns campground into haunted attraction
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 7:43amIt's not often people get a chance to do charity work by hacking faux bodies to pieces.Terror in Tahoe is taking full advantage of the Halloween opportunity."At night, it's really ghoulish," sai...
Terror in Tahoe turns campground into haunted attraction
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 7:43amIt's not often people get a chance to do charity work by hacking faux bodies to pieces.Terror in Tahoe is taking full advantage of the Halloween opportunity."At night, it's really ghoulish," sai...
Opinion: Denial will not heal what ails South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 6:43amTo the community,. I watched and listened to Mayor Hal Cole's state of the city speech. There are two parts to any speech, substance and tone. On substance ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../opinion-den...
Momentum to eliminate social promotion in LTUSD
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 6:43amIt's going to get tougher to be passed from one grade to the next in Lake Tahoe Unified School District without knowing the material. ltusd The board on Tuesday ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../moment...
STATA's bumblings seeping out in court documents
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 6:43amSouth Tahoe Area Transit Authority's board voted to file for bankruptcy in August 2010. MV filed a lawsuit a couple months before that after the STATA board ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../statas-bum...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 2:27amHyatt Regency Lake Tahoe expects its $20 million renovation of its guestrooms Sierra Café and the Spa Terrace Conference Center to be done by the end of ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../snippets-abou...
Holiday Tree permits go on sale in the Lake Tahoe Basin
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 12:50amBy Lisa Herron
UPDATED: The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) will begin the sale of holiday tree permits on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. Permits cost $10 each (cash or check only, no credit cards) with a limit of two permits per family, valid for cutting on or before Dec. 25, 2011. Permit holders may choose from a variety of pine, fir or cedar in designated cutting areas and must abide by specific permit conditions for proper and responsible collection.
Permits will be available at two locations:
Fishing report through Nov. 2
Submitted by Don Quilici on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 11:56pmHere is the fishing report for the week of Oct. 26 to Nov. 2. This report covers rivers, streams and lakes in Nevada, the Sierra, Northern California and Southern Oregon.
Italian wine making on a small scale
Submitted by Don Quilici on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 11:17pmA grape vineyard on the Chianti Road in Northern Italy. Photo by Elaine Quilici
Another vineyard in that same area. Photo by Elaine Quilici
A tractor with a grape-filled trailer, backing up to the crusher. Photo by Elaine Quilici
Dumping the grapes into the crusher. Photo by Elaine Quilici
A hopper full of grapes waiting to be crushed for their juices. Photo by Elaine Quilici
Grapes in the crusher. Photo by Elaine Quilici
Catching a glass full of icy cold, fresh grape juice. Photo by Elaine Quilici
Don Quilici with a glass of grape juice. Photo by Elaine Quilici
On Saturday, Oct. 1, four of us (Bob and Lorraine Scholes of Dayton, Nev. and Elaine and I had the opportunity to visit a small vineyard called Corte de Valle in the Tuscany Region of Northern Italy.
It is one of a number of Bed & Breakfast vineyards (large and small) that are located along the Chianti Road between Siena and Florence.
We saw their small sign as we drove past, and on the spur of the moment, decided to turn around and visit there. It was a great decision.
Food swap in Truckee
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 7:18pmTruckee River Winery with Slow Food Lake Tahoe is hosting a food swap Oct. 30 from 2-4pm. A food swap is where your homemade, homegrown, and foraged creations become your own personal currency for use...
South Tahoe woman pleads guilty to wire fraud
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 4:56pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A South Lake Tahoe investment broker has pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud for embezzling about $25,000 from investors, according to a Friday statement from ...
Pier owner challenges TRPA findings
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 4:07pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The owner of a lakefront property that has attracted Tahoe Regional Planning Agency attention for allegedly violating Lake Tahoe's strict environmental rules is challe...
Overhaul of Lake Tahoe planning ordinances made easy
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 3:30pmBy the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
As the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency prepares to reorganize and reformat its code of ordinances to make it more user-friendly, an equally user-friendly summary of the proposed edits and procedural changes has been prepared and is available to offer greater clarity to the public, according to the Agency.
Holiday tree permits go on sale in the Lake Tahoe Basin
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 3:01pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will begin the sale of holiday tree permits on Nov. 7.Permits cost $10 each (cash or check only, no credit cards)...
OBITUARY: Mary Lee Wilson
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 1:15pm30 year South Lake Tahoe resident Mary Lee Wilson passed away peacefully on October 14, 2011 in Chandler AZ. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, George and Alma Wilson of Annapolis M...
Dogs bite people on both sides of El Dorado County
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:50pmEl Dorado County Animal Services officials are searching for dogs that bit people in two separate incidents, one in South Lake Tahoe and the other in Grizzly ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../dogs-bite-peo...
Law gives schools teeth to go after bullies
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:50pmBy Carolyn Jones, San Francisco Chronicle. Seth Walsh was a typical 13-year- old. He loved dogs and riding his bike, listening to music, and hanging out with ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../law-gives-sch...
Meters getting little credit for less water consumption
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:50pmBy Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee. As communities around the Sacramento region continue to install water meters, a number of local officials say the devices are ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../meters-gettin...
Ex-Placerville mayor faces more criminal charges
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:50pmBy Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee. Former Placerville Mayor David Machado's legal woes increased Monday. A grand jury indictment unsealed in El Dorado ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../ex-placerville-mayo...
Opinion: Shameful attack on reproductive rights
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:50pmPublisher's note: This editorial is from the Oct. 18, 2011, San Francisco Chronicle. Among the budget targets of House Republicans, one stands out as especially ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../opinio...
Grants to help with Tahoe area water issues
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:50pmMore snow, cleanups along the Truckee River and projects to fight quagga mussels have been approved to help keep the Truckee River, Lake Tahoe and other ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../grants-to-help-wit...
Tahoe Rim Trail celebrating 30 years
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:50pmTahoe Rim Trail Association's 30th anniversary annual meeting celebration is Nov. 5 at the North Tahoe Event Center in Kings Beach. The event includes an ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../tahoe-rim-tra...
Voters with housing woes giving up on politicians
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:00pmMESA, Ariz. (AP) - Like just about everyone in the Phoenix area, Jen Pollock has lost several neighbors to foreclosure and short sales. And, like hundreds of thousands of others in Arizona, Pollock...
Obama offers mortgage relief on Western trip
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 11:40amLAS VEGAS (AP) - President Barack Obama offered mortgage relief on Monday to hundreds of thousands of Americans, his latest attempt to ease the economic and political fallout of a housing crisis th...
Jury to be picked for Reno Walmart shooting trial
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 11:19amRENO, Nev. (AP) - Jury selection is due to start Reno for the trial of a former employee accused of opening fire inside a Walmart store, wounding three supervisors almost a year ago.The Reno Gazett...
Sue Morrow: Working though the fallout of IHOP
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 10:59amCARSON CITY, Nev. - The horrific Sept. 6 shooting at Carson City's IHOP in which five people, including the assailant, died and and 11 others were wounded, continues to attract media attention. But...
Amgen bicycle race will not include Yosemite leg
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 10:58amFRESNO, Calif. (AP) - The Amgen bicycle race through California set for next year won't be including a dramatic backdrop of Yosemite National Park's famous granite icons.National Park Service offic...
Amgen bicycle race will not include Yosemite leg
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 10:58amFRESNO, Calif. (AP) - The Amgen bicycle race through California set for next year won't be including a dramatic backdrop of Yosemite National Park's famous granite icons.National Park Service offic...
Rand Corp. retracts study on pot clinic closings
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 10:57amSANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - A nonprofit think tank on Monday retracted a widely reported study that linked last year's closing of hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles to a rise...
Forest Service seeks input on fallen sequoias
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 10:55amFRESNO, Calif. (AP) - If a tree falls in the woods, nobody really cares. But when two of California's 1,500-year-old giant sequoia trees fell across a popular hiking trail inside a national monumen...
Nominees announced for 2011 Blue Ribbon Awards
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 10:41amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The nominations are in and TahoeChamber.org is announcing those people and businesses who could win at the 4th Annual Blue Ribbon Awards.More than 100 businesses and indi...
TRPA: East Coast lakes look to Tahoe as model
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 9:13amSTATELINE - The state of Maine's largest lakes organization is visiting the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the Lake Tahoe Basin this week, seeking advice on their lakes' management programs, th...
Body of Lake Tahoe man, 52, found floating in Truckee River
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 9:12amOLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. - Emergency crews retrieved the body of 52-year-old local man Saturday morning from the Truckee River, officials confirmed Monday.The body has been identified as Eric Klausse...
Proposed Grass Valley marijuana ordinance stirs fears
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 9:05amGRASS VALLEY, Nev. - As the federal government cracks down on commercial marijuana dispensaries and raids local growers, a proposed county ordinance to regulate cultivation is stirring up controver...
Douglas County looking beyond traditional TMDL solutions
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 6:30amSTATELINE – Connectivity. That is the word being used on the Nevada side of the Lake Tahoe Basin when it comes to total maximum daily load. “The big water year really helped educate us about what is c...