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You may run, walk, swim, paddle, or pedal one or more of the 30-plus events during the Lake Tahoe Marathon weekend, Sept. 28-30.
The Lake Tahoe Marathon starts Sunday on Commons Beach in Tahoe City and finishes on Pope Beach near South Lake Tahoe. On Friday and Saturday you can run two other different marathons or half marathons, the Emerald Bay Marathon on Friday and on Saturday the Cal-Neva Marathon. Run them a la carte or with the Tahoe Triple Marathoners. For information go to www.laketahoemarathon.com.

Lake of the Sky Outfitters is proud to host The Sugar Pine Foundation on Thursday September 27th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at 1023 Emerald Bay Rd. Come and hear about the important work the Foundation is doing to save the magnificant Sugar Pine, and all other Sierra Nevada five needle pines, from the invasive Asian Blister Rust Fungus. This disease is decimating stands of Sugar Pines in the basin and elsewhere in the range.

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UPDATE 7:30PM: Firefighters and engines are being released from the West Way fire incident according to dispatch. Firefighters have been able to get a handle on the fire, said to be about a half acre that burned on U.S. Forest Service land.
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South Lake Tahoe and Lake Valley have responded to a brush fire off of West Way near Highway 89 / Emerald Bay Road. A plume of smoke is visible in the area. The call came into dispatch at around 5:50 p.m. Forest Service firefighters are also on the scene and are scoping the area, said to be in a meadow.

The newspaper headline on page one on Aug. 15, 2002 said it all:
“They made it!”
Yes, they did! And, they did it in record-setting style.
Four athletes, who are personal friends of Elaine and I, completed 10 very physically and mentally-demanding challenges in a period of 10 grueling days, way back in 2002.
I know because we were there for each and every one of those 10 memorable days that resulted in the very first Nevada 10-in-10 Challenge going into the Nevada record book.
Those four were Karl Horeis, Jeremy Evans, Rick Gunn and K. M. Cannon.

I held tightly as my fingers grasped the tiny granite crevasse. With my free hand I swept away talus from the boulder above me. My concentration was sharper than the granite shards surrounding m...

We are seeing a trend towards intimate weddings for our brides and grooms and this isn't just a Lake Tahoe wedding trend, it's widespread. An intimate wedding is a celebration of two people being married with a few friends and family members present as they begin their new life together.

Why are intimate weddings on the rise?

A 16-year-old male has been taken into custody by South Lake Tahoe Police following a stabbing incident on Friday. Authorities on Saturday found the suspect at 12:30 p.m. in an apartment on Blackwood Trail after interviews of those associated with the alleged suspect. Two other arrests were made.

Traditional Celtic Music Session, 7 - 10 pm every Thursday night, Murphy's Irish Pub, 787 Emerald Bay Road, South Loch Tahoe. The jam session provides an opportunity for local musicians to interact and to promote themselves and upcoming musical events. The weekly event was founded by longtime Lake Tahoe bagpiper Sean Cummings.

The American Pyrotechnics Association rates South Shore’s spectacular Fourth of July fireworks celebration one of the top five displays in the nation The show is scheduled to begin at 9:45 PM. The fireworks are visible from all over town. Below are some of the sweet spots to get a front row seat.

On Sunday, America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride participants will be riding clockwise around Lake Tahoe and from Tahoe City to Truckee and back to Tahoe City, beginning and finishing at the Horizon Casino Resort at Stateline, South Shore, Lake Tahoe, Nevada from 6 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.

The Lake Tahoe Golf Course Bridal Show will be on Saturday, June 2, 2012: 12pm–4 p.m. at Lake Tahoe Golf Course, 2500 Emerald Bay Road, South Lake Tahoe.
Admission is free. Come discover the breathtaking Lake Tahoe Golf Course. You are invited to a Bridal Show at Lake Tahoe Golf Course. Enjoy a bridal fashion show, network with local vendors, tasting samples of our hors d’oeuvres and enjoying our beatuiful views.
For more information go to www.countryclubreceptions.com/CA/south-lake-tahoe/lake-tahoe-golf-course/
groupsales@laketahoegc.com; (530) 577-0788.

Dr. Scott Welker, from Barton Memorial Hospital at South Lake Tahoe performed his first single-incision cholecystectomy (surgical removal of the gallbladder) with the da Vinci Si Surgical System on Wednesday, May 9.

“With all of the added benefits of less pain, less blood loss, shorter hospital stays and a reduced risk of infections, the single-incision allows us to do cholecystectomies via one incision in the umbilicus (navel), which is nearly invisible after it heals,” Dr. Welker said.

The upcoming Lake Tahoe Science Conference in Incline Village, Nev. will feature presentations from the Tahoe Resource Conservation District (Tahoe RCD) and its partners. Will Anderson of Tahoe RCD’s Watershed Resources Program will present on modeling of storm events, and Jim Brockett will display photographs highlighting aquatic invasive species control projects underway in Lake Tahoe by Tahoe RCD and its partners.

Professional road cycling teams continue to take note of Lake Tahoe as a premier outdoor biking destination.
The latest is Liquigas-Cannondale, a professional Italian racing team in the UCI ProTour, who will call North Lake Tahoe home Saturday, May 5 through Friday, May 11 to train for the upcoming Amgen Tour of California, an eight-stage race scheduled for May 13-20 and held throughout the state of California.

Raley's Aisle 1 Fuel Station on Emerald Bay Road will open on May 1.The new gas station will feature six as pumps, a touchless carwash, a car vacuum and a convenience store. The fuel station will e...

A Carmichael, Calif., man has been arrested in the 31-year-old murder case of Richard Swanson, South Lake Tahoe police report.
On March 28, 2012 Andrew Sanford, 50, of Carmichael, was arrested and booked in the Sacramento County Jail for the murder of Richard Swanson. The robbery/homicide occurred on Aug. 14, 1980 in South Lake Tahoe at what was then the Shell Gas Station located at the “Y” on the corner of Lake Tahoe Blvd and Emerald Bay Road, according to a press statement.

Barton University will present "Diabetes 101" 6:30-7:30 p.m. March 8, at 1113 Emerald Bay Road, #1, South Lake Tahoe.Join registered dietitian, Jen Trew, to learn about the basics of healthy eating...

Get back on track with Barton Health's diabetes education class "Diabetes 101" on Thursday, March 8 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Barton University, located at 1113 Emerald Bay Road, #1, South Lake Tahoe. Registered dietitian, Jen Trew, will discuss healthy eating and diabetic diet planning basics. She'll also provide basic knowledge about diabetes and the role of different macronutrients and blood sugar control. Lab glucose goals, HgBA1C, lipids and blood pressure also will be discussed.

Though it is off the radar, sledding will always have its place as an all-ages family activity. And though there are plenty of places to sled and tube around the city limits of South Lake Tahoe, the last of the remaining free places in town have dried up.
And not for a lack of snow, either. Two sled and tube hill favorites have been removed from the public after recent projects leveled some of the property to make way for expansions.

This winter, the Tahoe Resource Conservation District launched a Facebook contest in support of its “Tahoe’s Most un-Wanted” campaign in order to collaborate with the community for its series of educational posters. The wild-west themed posters are intended to help locals and visitors to identify some of the most pressing threats to the Tahoe Basin, as well as what people can do to help mitigate environmental challenges.

With the arrival of winter weather in this area, we certainly have plenty of water frozen on our creeks, streams, rivers, ponds, lakes and reservoirs.
And, that ice covering effectively inhibits your opportunity to catch fish…unless you are an ice fisherman.

By Heather Gould
On the west side of town, two new buildings are under construction and one is for sale: a Raley's gas station at its shopping center at the "Y" and a new California Conservation Corps facility in Meyers, next to Lira's Supermarket, are currently being built, while Sierra Recovery Center is seeking to move out of its location on Emerald Bay Road.
The CCC's motto is "Hard Work, Low Pay, Miserable Conditions and More . . . " But things are about to get a little more comfortable for both corps members and staff.

By Peter Brumis
The Tahoe Resource Conservation District has released a series of educational posters which identify some of the biggest threats to Lake Tahoe Basin, as well as what visitors, residents and even kids can do to help. Titled “Tahoe’s Most un-Wanted,” the first three posters feature aquatic invasive species, fine sediments from runoff and invasive weeds, and are free to pick up or request for local schools, businesses and other organizations who would like to display them publicly.