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Question about traffic construction projects
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/23/2011 - 8:43amI live in a small town for a reason: I hate city traffic and commuting. What used to take five minutes to get around is now taking anywhere from 20 minutes to 45 minutes. There is traffic on Highwa...
Opinion: Habitat for Humanity volunteers working the South Shore ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 09/18/2011 - 8:34amThe South Lake Tahoe branch of Habitat for Humanity of El Dorado County had three projects this summer season. “A Brush with Kindness” is a program ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../opinion-habitat-for-hum...
2 South Shore bike projects gain significant
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 11:22pmFirst came the approval Thursday by the California Tahoe Conservancy board (with Larry Sevison absent) to spend $50000 that will fund appraisals, preliminary title reports, easement descriptions, maps...
2 South Shore bike projects gain significant
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 6:48amWhile implementation of new bike trails at Lake Tahoe seems to move at a glacial pace, on the same day boards on both sides of the South Shore unanimously ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../2-south-shore-bi...
Tahoe Conservancy Approves Signature South Lake Projects
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 3:42pm
By Ray Lacey
The California Tahoe Conservancy today awarded funding for two of South Lake Tahoe's signature environmental and recreational projects: the Bijou Creek Watershed Project and the South Tahoe Greenway bike trail.
Soroptimists plan to give more money to big ideas
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 10:26amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe is making significant changes to its Community Service Grants Program in 2012. Rather than funding many smaller projects as ...
Road projects tangle traffic on Highway 50, Pioneer Trail
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 6:39pm
By Elaine Goodman / Tahoe Business Monitor
It will be double-trouble for South Lake Tahoe motorists over the next few weeks, as roadwork is expected to cause delays on the city's two main thoroughfares.
On Sept. 14, Caltrans began working around-the-clock on its $40.6 million Highway 50 project within the city. Crews are grinding and paving the road between Fremont Avenue and Trout Creek. Lane closures are planned between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., with traffic diverted to the eastbound lanes during paving of the westbound lanes, and vice versa. Motorists can expect up to 10-minute delays.
Long-time League to Save Lake Tahoe director resigns
Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 2:25pm
League to Save Lake Tahoe Executive Director Rochelle Nason has resigned today, effective October 2011, after nearly 20 years of working to protect and restore Lake Tahoe.
League Program Director Carl Young will serve as interim executive director, with Nason serving as a senior advisor, until a new executive director has been selected.
Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe to Give $28,000 to Local Nonprofits
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/13/2011 - 7:25amRather than funding many smaller projects as in the past, this year Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe Foundation, Inc. (SISLT) will distribute $28,000 to a maximum of five local nonprofit organizations. The goal of this new approach is to encourage applicants to think big and create increasingly impactful programs for the community.
16 Year Old Continues Underwater Dream
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 6:58pm
Event Date:
September 17, 2011 (All day) South Shore Lake Tahoe local Sid Loomis continues her work with the Undersea Voyager Project in Catalina on September 17. The 16-year-old was part of the original crew that brought a submersible to Lake Tahoe in May of 2009 to study Lake Tahoe and Fallen Leaf, as well as projects in Catalina and Bodega Bay in 2010.
On Saturday, Sept. 17 team leader Scott Cassell will scuba dive from Catalina to Cabrillo Aquarium near Long Beach for a study on sharks.
Nonprofit aims to funnel private dollars into public projects
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 10:29amLAKE TAHOE - Perhaps the most salient message delivered at the Lake Tahoe Summit last month was a the growing need for private funding to help pay for environmental projects around the lake. On ...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 5:16am13 from 5:30-7:30pm at Sierra House Elementary School in South Lake Tahoe. It's an opportunity to learn about water quality and defensible space projects ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../snippets...
USFS trying to be innovative to fund healthy
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 8:50amHe spoke with Lake Tahoe News a bit about the scarcity of funding sources for fuels reduction projects as well as the perceived diminishing concern for wildfires ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../usfs-tryi...
U.S. military veterans gain job skills while reducing Lake Tahoe wildfire risk
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 12:50pm
By Cheva Heck
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — A crew of military veterans who are preparing for future employment while they're helping to protect Lake Tahoe communities from wildfire were visited today by U.S. Forest Service and California Conservation Corps officials.
Judge dismisses League to Save Lake Tahoe suit against TRPA
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 4:11pmBy Kristi Boosman
LAKE TAHOE — A federal judge has dismissed a suit against the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the Sierra Colina project that was brought on by the League to Save Lake Tahoe.
Injunction denied in Angora burn area restoration
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 5:27pm
An injunction to halt fuel reduction work in the Angora Fire area was denied last month after a lawsuit was filed by two environmental organizations.
A three-person panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an emergency injunction was not needed after a U.S. District Court judge in Sacramento, Garland Burrell, upheld the agency's environmental
analysis. The suit was brought on by Earth Island Institute and Center for Biological Diversity over the protection of a rare black-backed woodpecker.
September hearing set in South Lake Tahoe general plan lawsuit
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 5:18pm
By Heather Gould
The League to Save Lake Tahoe and the city of South Lake Tahoe are engaged in a tennis match worthy of the U.S. Open. A volley of charges and counter-charges have been flying back and forth regarding the League's recent lawsuit againt the city over the city's recently adopted general plan.
The plan guides overall growth and development within the city.
Blog: Former Tahoe photographer now living in Beijing returns for visit
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 10:23am
Here are two blog items from former Tahoe resident Jonah M. Kessel (www.jonahkessel.com), now a freelance visual journalist based in Beijing.
$4.5 million funding for Tahoe bikeways secured
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 8:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - Funding of $4.5 million for two bikeway projects at Lake Tahoe, Nevada has been secured by Tahoe Transportation District through the Nevada Department of Transportation and...
Tahoe bike path projects secure $4.5 million in grants
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 08/19/2011 - 10:39am
Funding of $4.5 million for two bikeway projects at Lake Tahoe, Nevada has been secured by the Tahoe Transportation District through the Nevada Department of Transportation and the U.S. Department of Transportation, according to a news release. Development of a 3.2 mile segment between Stateline and Round Hill at South Shore — part of an eventual 43 mile route along U.S.
Tahoe Fund partners with Heavenly, Northstar
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 08/19/2011 - 10:17am
The nonprofit Tahoe Fund partnership with Heavenly Mountain Resort and Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort, called the "Ski Conservation Fund", will raise an estimated $75,000 annually for the nonprofit Fund to support environmental improvement projects within the Lake Tahoe Basin.
Restoration may depend on private dollars
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 9:41amHOMEWOOD - Fiscal challenges on the federal and state levels will make it difficult to secure public funding for many environmental restoration projects around the Lake Tahoe Basin, congressiona...
Meetings set to decide projects for Tahoe National Forest
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 2:02pmBy Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee. A bi-county advisory committee for the Tahoe National Forest has scheduled three meetings in September to discuss funding for projects that will benefit the fo...
Feds commit $43.1 million for Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 11:09amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that Interior will commit more than $43.1 million for a variety of conservation and recreation improvement projects ...
Tahoe Fund doles out $50000 to 3 projects
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 8:43pmThe nonprofit Tahoe Fund is dividing $50000 between three entities – Van Sickle Bistate Park Lakeside Bicycle Trial and publication of the State of the Lake ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../tahoe-fund-d...
Caltrans issues warning to cyclists, walkers in Tahoe construction ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 08/13/2011 - 2:56pmCaltrans is reminding pedestrians and cyclists to respect the cone zone around Lake Tahoe Basin projects, especially along the stretch from Trout Creek Bridge to Ski Run Boulevard on Highway 50. Caltr...
Caltrans issues warning to cyclists walkers in Tahoe construction ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 08/13/2011 - 2:00amCaltrans is reminding pedestrians and cyclists to respect the cone zone around Lake Tahoe Basin projects especially along the stretch from Trout Creek ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../caltrans-issues-warn...
Construction on new student union building begins
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 5:16pmConstruction on the new joint-use student union building at South Tahoe High School began Monday, adding one more to the list of projects being undertaken by the school district."This is symbolic b...
Squaw Valley USA prepares for a $50 million 'Renaissance'
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/23/2011 - 5:00amOLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. - Nearly a year to the date after his official hiring as CEO at Squaw Valley USA, Andy Wirth revealed plans this week for numerous transformative projects at the North Shore ...
