south lake tahoe
South Lake Tahoe and Meyers Climbing Festival
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 09/06/2011 - 12:55am
The first Lake Tahoe and Meyers Climbing Festival and Bouldering Competition will be on Saturday, Sept. 17. This first-time event is held in and around the town of Meyers, four miles outside South Lake Tahoe. Get out and climb, meet other members of the climbing community, and celebrate the outdoor adventure lifestyle. Beer garden from Divided Sky and local breweries. Live music from Safe Haven Chiropractic and Food from Tahoe Bouldering.com. This event is free to attend and climb.
Labor Day Fireworks from Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 11:22pmHere's a clip of the Labor Day fireworks show in South Lake Tahoe on Sunday night, shot from Nevada Beach. The exhibition featured a simultaneous musical broadcast that was heard on South Lake Tahoe radio stations KRLT 93.9 and KOWL-AM 1490.
Tribune donates money to Christmas Cheer
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 12:00pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Tahoe Daily Tribune Publisher Kimberly Kuntz presents a $500 check to City Councilman Tom Davis for Christmas Cheer All Year. The Tribune staff decided to donate the p...
Affordable senior housing available
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 10:55amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Seniors, age 62 and older, who are seeking affordable housing can fill out an application to live at the Tahoe Senior Plaza located at 1101 3rd St. Applicants will be put...
Beauty bar open on Kingsbury
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 10:49amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - V'z Image Option'z, Lake Tahoe's only beauty bar, is open for business at 298 Kingsbury Grade.Developed by longtime local Valorie Suzan Hazley, V'z provides a variety ...
SugarPine Bakery now in two locations
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 10:47amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Katie Schultz and Matt Hogan, co-owners of SugarPine Bakery, located at 3564G Lake Tahoe Blvd., are pleased to announce the opening of a second SugarPine Bakery locati...
Tribune offices closed for Labor Day
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 10:24amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Tahoe Daily Tribune's 3079 Harrison Ave. office will be closed Monday, Sept. 5, in observance of the Labor Day holiday. The Tribune's offices will reopen at 8 a.m. Tu...
Stand-up paddling takes over Regan Beach
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 10:15amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - If there was any doubt left that stand-up paddleboarding is the fastest-growing sport at the South Shore, the last of South Tahoe Standup Paddle's Wednesday night race...
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...
Fireworks, food and wine today
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 9:05amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Nearly 2,000 foodies and wine aficionados are expected to converge on Ski Run Boulevard Second Annual Sample the Sierra from noon to 5 p.m. today.Afterwards, South Lak...
Near and unclear
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 5:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - As a plan to return Lake Tahoe to historic levels of clarity moves forward, concerns persists about whether the part of the lake visitors and residents are most famili...
Labor Day weekend, in photos
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 5:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Fireworks, a race between the Tahoe Queen and M.S. Dixie II and the Sample the Sierra festival rounded up the 2011 summer season in South Lake Tahoe.Check out some pho...
Sternwheeler race, food and fireworks highlight holiday weekend
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 8:39amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Not so fast, shoulder season, South Shore still has some summer celebrating to do. Highlights this weekend are Saturday's race between the Tahoe Queen and M.S. Dixie I...
Charges in Broc's Puppies case being reduced
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 4:20amCharges against Dennis Franks, one-time owner of the now closed Broc's Puppies in South Lake Tahoe, will be reduced. It was decided in El Dorado County Superior Court this week the new grand theft...
K-9 Trials in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 4:20am24 at 9am the South Lake Tahoe Police Canine Association will host the 2011 K9 Trials at Babe Ruth Little League Field, 1100 Lyons Ave., South Lake Tahoe. This event is sanctioned through the Western ...
South Tahoe's Anderson gets Gnu pro model
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 3:01amJust 21 years old in September, the South Lake Tahoe native has been a sponsored rider since she was 9 years old. Among her slopestyle accolades (a list ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../south-tahoes-ander...
Heat tape on pine needles cause of S. Tahoe structure fire
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 12:17amSouth Lake Tahoe and Tahoe-Douglas firefighters arrived at the boarded up hotel near Stateline about 1pm Friday to find flames and smoke billowing from the back left corner of the roof. Tahoe-Douglas ...
Fire breaks at former stateline hotel
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 7:24pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif - Investigators believe heat tape was the cause of a Friday afternoon fire that broke out at the building formerly occupied by The Block hotel.Dispatchers received report...
LIVE COVERAGE: Vikings play Fallon under the lights
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 5:01pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Follow live coverage as the South Tahoe High School Vikings play their first game under permanent lights at the newly renovated Vikings Stadium. The Vikings will take ...
Bartenders to serve cocktails for a cause - Barton's Community Clinic
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 1:00pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Barton Foundation will hold its annual Signature Cocktail Contest from 5:30 -8 p.m. Sept. 8 at Riva Grill. This contest "kicks off" the third annual Festival of Trees and...
SugarPine Bakery's Katie Schultz featured in Brides Magazine
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 12:30pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Lake Tahoe pastry chef Katie Schultz joins an elite group of top pastry artists in the September issue of Brides Magazine, with a Jackson Pollack-inspired weddin...
Angora burn provides job opportunities for veterans
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 12:00pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - "Watch your wedges," shouts U.S. Forest Service forestry technician Brent Grueter to Joel Gallagher over the din of an idling chain saw on Angora ridge Wednesday after...
Tahoe Conservancy builds new trail to Eagle Rock
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 11:13amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The California Tahoe Conservancy recently completed a new trail to the top of Eagle Rock, a popular landmark and hiking destination on Lake Tahoe's West Shore, south of T...
Progress made on Lakeview Commons
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 7:31amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Apart from a boathouse and concession stand that sprang up last month, it's hard to notice much progress on the Lakeview Commons project simply by looking at it from L...
New terrain, wider trails and a whole lot of South Lake Tahoe festivities ahead
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 6:48pm
LAKE TAHOE — If another La Nina visits the Sierra this winter – all-time records were approached in 2010-11 with more than 700 inches of snow – Tahoe South ski resorts are ready to roll on another epic season.
Lake Tahoe Lights Up Labor Day Weekend With Food and Fireworks Extravaganza
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 12:29pm
The South Shore Lake Tahoe Labor Day Weekend Fireworks Extravaganza explodes over Lake Tahoe this Sunday, at around 8:30 p.m. and will once again famously feature spectacular patterns and a variety of lights, designs, and shapes.
Police release additional photos in suspected Bijou arson
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 10:11amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Lake Tahoe police have released additional surveillance photos of two men suspected of running from a possible arson at the Bijou Center last week.After receivin...
Sketch released in missing South Lake Tahoe woman case
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 9:50amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Skamania County Sheriff's detectives have released a sketch of a person of interest in the search for missing South Lake Tahoe woman Marie C. Hanson.Hanson, 54, was re...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 6:16amSouth Lake Tahoe author Todd Borg is conducting a workshop called “The Hook, the Twist, and the Cliffhanger” Oct. 14-16. Go online for more details. ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../snippets-abou...
2 sought in S. Tahoe arson seen at concert hours before fire started ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 1:57amThe two people who police believe started last week's fire at the Bijou Center in South Lake Tahoe were caught on other surveillance tape. The two men are on video taken at MontBleu casino in Stat...
Police looking for man in S. Tahoe missing woman case
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 7:34pmMarie Hanson of South Lake Tahoe vanished after attending what she had described as a “peace rally” in the remote Washington forest on July 6. Police are ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../police-lookin...
Chair yoga is for everyone
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 6:00pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - No matter what age you are or what condition you are in, you can experience the health benefits of chair yoga.I bet you didn't know that you can perform yoga postures, br...
Mysterious safe at former Bill's Casino may be
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 4:20pmA hidden safe found during the remodeling of a casino in South Lake Tahoe will be opened next week. The safe — found underneath a stairway at the old Bill's Casino — may be linked to an unsolv...
Atmosphere brings 'family' vacation to Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 3:55pmThere's nothing like a family vacation in paradise, a.k.a. South Lake Tahoe. The Rhymesayers family visited Tahoe last week on its "Family Vacation Tour." The lineup consisted of artist Prof, Bl...
STHS alumni football game planned for October
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 3:54pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif - Gridiron Alumni is planning a full contact alumni football game between South Tahoe High School and Truckee High School alumni this October. Players are needed to sign up,...
Annual Kirkwood run this Saturday
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 3:42pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif - The 31st annual Kirkwood 5K and 10K Trail Adventure Run is on Saturday at Kirkwood Mountain Resort. The one mile and half mile fun run for kids starts at 9 a.m., with the ...
Sample the Sierra all week long
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 3:26pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Participating business are offering discounts on local specials in preparation for Sunday's Sample the Sierra farm to fork festival on Ski Run Boulevard. Luigi's Tahoe Pi...
Sample the Sierra all week long
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 3:26pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Participating business are offering discounts on local specials in preparation for Sunday's Sample the Sierra farm to fork festival on Ski Run Boulevard. Luigi's Tahoe Pi...
DEATH NOTICE: Deborah King Macdonald
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 3:25pmDeborah King Macdonald died in her South Lake Tahoe home, surrounded by family Aug. 14, 2011.She was 53.Macdonald was born Sept. 9, 1957 in Tracy, Calif.She is survived by her son, Steven Hamel; pa...
2 sought in S Tahoe arson seen at concert hours before fire ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 1:59pmThe two people who police believe started last week's fire at the Bijou Center in South Lake Tahoe were caught on other surveillance tape ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../2-sought-in-s-tahoe-arson-see...
Sketch released of person last seen with missing South Lake Tahoe woman
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 1:14pm
Authorities have released a sketch of a person of interest in the case of a South Lake Tahoe woman missing from a counter-culture gathering in southwest Washington state, the Reno-Gazette Journal reports.
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.
Slow start to fire season doesn't guarantee slow end, officials say
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 8:57amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A not so long, not so hot summer is set for an unofficial close this weekend, but fire risk in the Lake Tahoe Basin may just be getting started."Quiet," was how U.S. F...
South Tahoe tennis beats McQueen
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 5:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Both the boys and girls South Tahoe High School varsity tennis teams defeated McQueen High School on Tuesday. The boys won 10-8 on the road, while the girls came out stro...
South Tahoe soccer in league action
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 5:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - After the final whistle blew for the varsity boys soccer match between South Tahoe High School and Incline High School, both teams looked like they missed out on a win...
Fallon will be a challenge under the lights on Friday
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 5:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Friday will be a big night for the Vikings. They're coming home to a renovated stadium, to play under the newly installed lights, after a big 35-12 win at Portola last we...
South Tahoe prepares for second Sample the Sierra on Sept. 4
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 12:36am
You’ve heard of the farm to fork movement, right? Get a taste of Tahoe arts and mountain culture at the 2nd annual Sample the Sierra festival in South Lake Tahoe on Sunday, September 4th from noon to 5 p.m. Check out this comprehensive story by Becky Bell on the Tahoe Arts and Mountain Culture website.
Red Cross to offer training on South Shore
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 11:50pmSouth Lake Tahoe has three trained Red Cross volunteers ready to help out in a disaster, whereas the North Shore has 40 and Markleeville 20. That is why Red Cross has scheduled a Shelter Operations cl...
Flight originating in South Lake Tahoe ends in back of passenger ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 11:50pmThe CHP shut down that portion of Highway 29 for about 40 minutes after the crash. The pilot, who flew from Lake Tahoe Airport in South Lake Tahoe, was planning to land at Napa County Airport before t...
Helicopter rescue latest in busy rescue stint
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 6:45pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A California Highway Patrol helicopter was used to rescue a man who suffered a head injury following a fall at Lower Eagle Falls Saturday afternoon.The man slipped and...
