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U.S. teens turning to heroin as a cheaper high
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 5:43pmBy 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 - 5:43pmPersonnel 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 - 5:43pmAnglers 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 - 5:30pmSOUTH 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 - 5:00pmSOUTH 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 - 4:30pmMINDEN, 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 - 2:30pmINCLINE 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 - 2:30pmSOUTH 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 - 2:00pmSOUTH 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 - 1:30pmSOUTH 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 - 1:00pmSOUTH 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 - 12:30pmSOUTH 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 - 12:00pmSOUTH 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 - 11:45amINCLINE 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 - 11:14amTo 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 - 11:14amBy 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 - 11:14amWell, 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 - 11:14amThere 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 - 11:14amIt 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 - 11:14amThat 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 - 11:14amSteve 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 - 11:14am(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 - 11:14amBy 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 - 11:14amDivers 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 - 11:14amSugar 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 - 11:09amSTATELINE - 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 - 10:42amHave 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 - 10:41amIt 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 - 10:39amSOUTH 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 - 10:38amSOUTH 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 - 8:31amIf 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 - 8:31amIf 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 - 6:48amIt 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 - 1:22amThe 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 - 1:22amHard 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 - 6:10pmBy 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 - 6:10pmBy 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 - 6:10pmBy 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 - 6:10pmThe 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 - 6:10pmContractors 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 - 6:10pmThe 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...
South Tahoe hotel implementing sustainable practices
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 6:10pmPosted by admin in News on July 28th, 2011 | no responses. Avalon Lodge in South Lake Tahoe has partnered with Clean the World Foundation to recycle amenities to be redistributed to impoverished and d...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 6:10pmSouth Lake Tahoe Mayor Hal Cole will give a state of the city address Oct. 20 at 6pm at Lake Tahoe Airport. • Chase International real estate agents Joshua Talayka and Edee Campbell were the only to...
Auburn likely to be part of Tahoe supe district in Placer County ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 6:10pmEastern Placer County may see its political influence diminish as the county adjusts political boundaries to accommodate the Lake Tahoe area's shrinking full-time population. Under tentative redis...
Inertia plagues South Tahoe council regarding sign rules
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 6:10pmWhat's another two hours of discussion about South Lake Tahoe's sign ordinance when it's been on the books for the past 15 years? The problem is the issue wasn't resolved at 9:15pm Tue...
Fine for illegal Tahoe City pier extension may increase
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 6:10pmTamara Fritz had agreed to pay the penalty for altering her Tahoe City property without the proper paperwork in order. But it was pulled from the consent item at Wednesday's meeting. Because neith...
Stateline man charged in California cold case
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 4:39pmMINDEN, Nev. - A 50-year-old Stateline man - taken into custody by a Douglas County sheriff's deputy who stopped to help two men by the side of the road - has been charged with murder in a 30-ye...
If Dick Van Dyke and Carol Burnett had a daughter...
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 3:51pmAllan Havey returns, and it's a good thing, too. Allan can be a one-stop joke-producing machine. Sometimes I wish he had a portable stage with him - he's always coming up with something new. If he ...
Girl Talk back as Wanderlust headliner
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 3:43pmGirl Talk, a.k.a. Gregg Gillis, the one-man laptop pop party, returns to Wanderlust Festival this weekend for one of his signature confetti-spewing, toilet-paper shooting, sample-a-thons. Don't exp...
'Ghost Whisperer' speaks with the spirits at Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 3:38pmJames Van Praagh makes his first Lake Tahoe appearance Saturday in the MontBleu Theatre. He says he is a "survival evidence medium," one who speaks with spirits. He produced the CBS television show...
