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Cross training for the trails
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 6:00amTRUCKEE, Calif. - I'm spending more and more time on a bike these days. I don't quite get the same satisfaction that I do when I'm running, but it's much better than doing nothing at all. Seriously...
Tour De Nez cycling race returning to its roots
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 6:00amTRUCKEE, Calif. - Planning a Costco or Trader Joe's run in Reno this weekend? Consider doing it Sunday morning so you can spend the afternoon watching the 19th annual Tour De Nez bike race. Tour De...
GUEST COLUMN: The fox in charge of the hen House
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 6:00amEl Dorado County Superior Court Judge Steven Bailey may have thought he was doing the right thing, according to the law, when he ruled on June 30 that The Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Bo...
Council to talk charter, pensions, marijuana
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 6:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The South Lake Tahoe City Council will meet starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Lake Tahoe Airport. Here are some of the issues to be discussed.Charter v. General Law cityWhat'...
Biomass plant in Lake Tahoe: TRPA chief reiterates Kings Beach is off the table
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 6:00amKINGS BEACH, Calif. - The North Tahoe property originally offered by Placer County as the preferred location to house a two-megawatt biomass facility is no longer a viable option after the leader o...
Lahontan positive for quagga mussels
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 6:00amFALLON, Nev. - After months of testing, the Bureau of Reclamation and Nevada Department of Wildlife announced quagga mussels have been linked to Lahontan Reservoir.The BOR found quagga veligers, or...
Vegetable gardening grows up in Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 6:00amJule Abner took a break from work at Aspen Hollow Nursery to check on her garden at home just down the street. She poked through the peppers, pulled on the scallions, pointed at the old bucket w...
USFS' fish testing puts Upper Truckee River off
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 11:31pmAnglers and others wading in South Lake Tahoe's Upper Truckee River could be in for a shock – literally – if they fail to heed warning signs. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../usfs-fish-testing-put...
Pop Warner practice quickly approaching
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 7:00pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The first day of practice for South Tahoe Pop Warner Football and Cheer Association is Aug. 8, with a parent/player meeting at 4:30 p.m. Practice begins immediately after...
U.S. teens turning to heroin as a cheaper high
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 6:43pmBy Tim Johnson, McClatchy Newspapers. EL DURAZNO, Mexico — Mexico's heroin industry has had a bullish few years, and for traffickers the outlook is as uplifting as the scarlet, orange and yellow...
Firefighters keep sharp on outdoor rescue techniques
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 6:43pmPersonnel from the Lake Valley Fire Protection District are participating in rope rescue training this month in conjunction with El Dorado County Search and Rescue, South Lake Tahoe Fire Department, M...
USFS' fish testing puts Upper Truckee River off
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 6:43pmAnglers and others wading in South Lake Tahoe's Upper Truckee River could be in for a shock – literally – if they fail to heed warning signs. Beginning the first week of August and continuing ...
All-female cycling race accepting
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 6:30pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Girl Power 2011, an all-female road race celebrating women, is taking entries for riders. The race, scheduled to start at 7 a.m. on Aug. 6, will raise money for the South...
NBA general manager to return home, speak with area youths
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 6:00pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Today he's leading an NBA franchise, but for Cleveland Cavaliers General Manager Chris Grant, it all started in South Lake Tahoe where he developed his love for sports. T...
Carson Valley motocross star prepares to defend X Games title
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 5:30pmMINDEN, Nev. - Even after nine years, Carson Valley resident Matt Buyten has to take a step back every August to brace himself.The 1998 Douglas High School graduate has established himself as on...
The World of Cheese: From Serendipity to Terroir
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 3:30pmINCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Cheese making has evolved over 9,000 years to become a unique and complex technology enabling more than 2,000 different cheeses.Although cheese making is an ancient art, mod...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: A sandwich picnic, local-style
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 3:30pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - In the summertime, no-cook sandwiches play a role in my life. My favorite ones are cheese, tuna and turkey. During the past days while feeling the happy vibe of tourists ...
Learn to draw and paint animals
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 3:00pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Lake Tahoe Humane Society and S.P.C.A. is presenting a week long Art and Animals workshop Aug. 15 - 19.Designed for youth ages 11 to 13, the class is an introduction ...
Variety show tickets on sale
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 2:30pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Tickets are now available for the "Tahoe Variety Show - Traveling Around America. Doors open at 1 p.m. and the performance begins at 2 p.m. Aug. 20 in the Golden Cabaret ...
Music on the beach benefit
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 2:00pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Join Tahoe Arts Project for an evening of music on the beach from 7-9 p.m. Aug. 4 at the Tahoe Lakeshore Lodge and Spa.This benefit will feature the music of Niall McGuin...
Artist studio tour this weekend
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 1:30pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The 4th Annual Artists' Studio Tour sponsored by the Tahoe Art League will again be held two weekends this year. Studios will be open on from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Sa...
Executive director of Tahoe Tallac Association resigns
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 1:00pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Lori Cramer, executive director of the Tahoe Tallac Association, is set to leave the organization at the end of July. Cramer stepped down as executive director to help th...
Paul Mach captures top spot in Leadville Trail qualifier
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 12:45pmINCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Paul Mach of South Lake Tahoe posted the fastest time out of 195 participants in the Lake Tahoe Trail 100K at Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort this past Sunday. The event was the s...
Opinion: Taking note of superior El Dorado ... - Lake Tahoe News
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 12:14pmTo the community,. I am proud to announce the top winner in the state of California of the prestigious “Golden Bear Award”, my neighbor Windwalker Winery. Of the 2800 wineries in the state of Cali...
Stateline man arrested in connection with 1982 murder
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 12:14pmBy Jesse B. Gill, San Bernardino Sun. Sheriff's deputies have arrested a 51-year-old man in Douglas County they suspect killed a 62-year-old Yucaipa man in 1982. On Oct. 2 that year, deputies arri...
Opinion: From 'No and Slow' to 'Fast to Last'
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 12:14pmWell, unfortunately, too many of us know the outcome already – I never got a call back, so they never got the presentation so graciously offered, and it might have helped them, and Tahoe. Presumably...
STHS gridiron fund-raising goal inches closer to ... - Lake Tahoe News
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 12:14pmThere are about two weeks left to donate to the Friday Night Lights project at South Tahoe High as part of the Heavenly Mountain Resort-South Tahoe Alliance of Resorts matching challenge. Heavenly and...
Block's former owner told to pay or face prison time
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 12:14pmIt will take years for Eneliko “Sean” Smith to pay back the hundreds of thousands of dollars he owes South Lake Tahoe in back hotel taxes, but the payment plan has been increased. The issue is whe...
Optimal cycling involves properly fitted bike ... - Lake Tahoe News
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 12:14pmThat was the message Jason Collin, physical therapist with Tahoe Center for Orthopedics, dispersed Wednesday night. Besides being a PT, Collin has been a professional bike fitter for the past eight ye...
S. Tahoe man in jail for nearly killing his ex denied parole ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 12:14pmSteve Wasserman, the South Lake Tahoe man in prison for nearly slashing his ex-wife to death, will spend at least another seven years in prison. He was up for parole this week, but was denied. The par...
Public workshops precede annual Tahoe enviro summit
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 12:14pm(The 9-11:30am summit is open to the public, too.) The workshops are: Aug. 3 3-5pm and 6-8pm at Inn by the Lake, South Lake Tahoe;. Aug. 4 10am-noon at Granlibakken Resort, Tahoe City and 3-5pm, North...
'Butcher and the Vegetarian' — a delicious read
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 12:14pmBy Kathryn Reed. Our relationship with food seems to always be evolving. Tastes change. New foods are incorporated into our repertoire. Friends and eating are woven together. book All of these concept...
Body pulled from Tahoe had been there more than a decade
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 12:14pmDivers out for a fun day under Lake Tahoe found a body that is believed to have been there since the late 1990s. The divers discovered the corpse last weekend, with sheriff's deputies able to reco...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 12:14pmSugar Pine Bakery has moved to Emerald Bay Road in South Tahoe. • Parking at Push Fitness in South Lake is about to get better as the gym expands the slab of asphalt to the vacant lot next door. •...
Gangster of Love plays Harveys
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 12:09pmSTATELINE - He sings of swirling, opaque ideas such as epistemology and pompitus, but he's still just the plain ole' gangster of love. After 44 years entertaining the masses with novel, catchy h...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Corporations, wealthy should pay their fair share
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 11:42amHave you ever wondered why almost all the Republicans in the House and Senate signed Grover Norquist's pledge of no tax increases? Well, could it be that the wealthy and corporations may actually p...
GUEST COLUMN: The debt ceiling and 2012
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 11:41amIt is true, so true, as Judson Phillips, founder of Tea Party Nation, argues in the Washington Post, that the doyens of liberal media have been attempting to paint tea party members as the villains...
Council to mull fate of redevelopment agency
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 11:39amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The fate of the South Tahoe Redevelopment Agency could be decided as soon as next week.At its Tuesday meeting, the South Lake Tahoe City Council will be asked to decide w...
Body discovered off Rubicon Point
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 11:38amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - El Dorado County Sheriff's Office Dive Team members recovered a body from the water off of Rubicon Point about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.The team was able to recover the body a...
Power boat use drops, paddlers increase
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 9:31amIf the waters of Lake Tahoe seem a little less choppy from boat wakes, they likely are. While the popularity of paddling sports continues to increase, power boat use is decreasing locally and st...
Power boat use drops, paddlers increase
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 9:31amIf the waters of Lake Tahoe seem a little less choppy from boat wakes, they likely are. While the popularity of paddling sports continues to increase, power boat use is decreasing locally and st...
Block's former owner told to pay or face prison time
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 7:48amIt will take years for EnelikoSean Smith to pay back the hundreds of thousands of dollars he owes South Lake Tahoe in back hotel taxes but the payment plan ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../blocks-former-o...
Placer County exhibit wins at state fair
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 2:22amThe exhibit features the ski and recreation areas at Lake Tahoe, nature, culture , history, fine food and wines available throughout the county. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../placer-county-exhibit-wins...
Hard Rock gives a big thank you to community
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 2:22amHard Rock Cafe Lake Tahoe's anniversary event was May 18 through June 26. Hard Rock Cafe Lake Tahoe partnered with Bread & Broth; an all-volunteer program ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../hard-roc...
Opinion: Cruelty has a name even if you don't use one
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 7:10pmBy Phil Bronstein. How much courage does it take to be mean about the dead? Or to scold them for dying accidentally? Two stories in the past week, about three young hikers swept over Yosemite's Ve...
Opinion: School board work — a challenging job
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 7:10pmBy Vicki Barber. A friend said to me recently, “I didn't know being on a school board would be so difficult. I thought I would just try to help out. This is work.” I imagine most people have s...
Dugard's book breathing life into publishing world
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 7:10pmBy Ben Schenkel, Sacramento Bee. Jaycee Lee Dugard's memoir, “A Stolen Life,” has been zipping off bookstore shelves since its release two Tuesdays ago. book Orders for new copies from Amazon....
Art and Animals workshop for youth
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 7:10pmThe Lake Tahoe Humane Society and S.P.C.A. is presenting a weeklong Art and Animals workshop Aug. 15-19. Designed for youth ages 11 to 13, the class is an introduction to drawing and painting in all m...
Leviathan Mine treatment may set a record
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 7:10pmContractors for Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board expect this to be a record summer for treatment of acid mine drainage at the Leviathan Mine superfund site in Alpine County. Treatment pre...
Small brush fire extinguished in Incline
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 7:10pmThe North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District responded to a brush fire on the corner of Alder Avenue and Northwood Boulevard in Incline Village on the afternoon of July 27. The cause of the 15 foot b...
