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South Tahoe giving people a reason to visit New Year's Eve
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 9:46pmLake Tahoe Community College board of trustees on Tuesday unanimously agreed to partner with South Lake Tahoe to bring Snowball Music Fest to the campus as well as the neighboring joint use ball field...
South Tahoe murder suspect released from jail
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 9:46pmA spokeswoman for the El Dorado County District Attorney's Office told Lake Tahoe News her office is waiting for the police department to finalize reports before they would contemplate issuing a c...
Tahoe-Douglas fire chief calling it quits after 33 years
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 9:46pmIn 1979 he moved to Lake Tahoe, starting at Tahoe-Douglas as a firefighter. Shortly thereafter Nevada mandated ambulances be staffed with paramedics, so he and five others became certified. He worked ...
Social Scene: Oscar de la Renta dazzles at Lake Tahoe fashion show
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 5:37pmTAHOE CITY, Calif. - Nobody does it like Oscar de la Renta. Five hundred and forty people were enrapt for 20 minutes during the Saks Fifth Avenue presented fashion show for the League to Save La...
Postal Service considers cutting 120,000 jobs
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 5:35pmWASHINGTON (AP) - The financially strapped U.S. Postal Service is considering cutting as many as 120,000 jobs.Facing a second year of losses totaling $8 billion or more, the agency also wants to pu...
Drug store, gaming and restaurant slated for former Bill's building
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 4:54pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Good bye Bill. Hello Dotty.After more than a year and a half, new tenants have been confirmed for the building previously occupied by Bill's Casino.A CVS drug store, a...
Nevada gaming: Stateline casinos see loss as fiscal year ends
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 1:00pmCARSON CITY, Nev. - Nevada casinos saw a nearly 16 percent jump in winnings for June, capping the fiscal year with signs that business is beginning to come back.Gaming Control Board Analyst Mike...
Swooping in: Lake Tahoe skydiving guru films commercial in Incline Village
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 11:13amINCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - JT Holmes glided down toward Hyatt Beach from high above Lake Tahoe's clear blue depths, his red skydiving jumpsuit and black parachute framed against a cloudless sky.As ...
Volunteers needed for trail building at Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 10:55amSummer is here and the Tahoe Rim Trail Association is working hard to repair and improve the trail after the long winter. We are seeking volunteers in three major areas: trail maintenance, Rim t...
Demolition begins start of park in South Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 9:35amEdgewood Companies is in the process of permitting a neighborhood park at the Bonanza site In a partnership with South Lake Tahoe the company will donate 1 ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../demolition-begi...
Mayo Clinic orthopedist to lead South Shore practice
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 3:33amIt's one of the reasons he moved to South Lake Tahoe. Even though he does not start as the director of Tahoe Orthopedics and Sports Medicine until next week ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../mayo-clini...
TahoeDouglas fire chief calling it quits after 33 years
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 2:20amDramatic changes is how Guy LeFever describes what he has experienced in the 33 years he has worked for the TahoeDouglas Fire Protection District ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../tahoe-douglas-fire-chief-...
Eldorado National Forest taps woman who knows
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 9:52pmA woman who knows the Eldorado National Forest well has been tapped to be the forest supervisor for that region. Kathy Hardy replaces Ramiro Villalvazo who left in June for a position in the Forest Se...
Measure R to be on Nov. 8 ballot
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 9:52pm... bike trails to be given funding for maintenance and more money for ball fields. The boundaries for the people paying the $18 a year fee are those who live within the Lake Tahoe Unified School Dist...
Two unhurt in Washoe Valley plane crash landing
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 3:45pmCARSON CITY, Nev. - A student pilot and his instructor escaped injury Wednesday when their plane crash-landed in Washoe Lake State Park. According to Washoe County Sheriff's Deputy Armando Avina, c...
Grass Valley city employees agree to pay cuts
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 3:15pmGRASS VALLEY, Calif. - Employees at Grass Valley City Hall have agreed to a 2-percent pay cut and to paying more for their medical and pension benefits as the city enters a third year of declining ...
'Butcher and the Vegetarian' — a delicious read
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 07/31/2011 - 6:58amBy Kathryn Reed. Our relationship with food seems to always be evolving. Tastes change. New foods are incorporated into our repertoire. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../butcher-and-the-vegetarian-a-delici...
Best of both worlds with amphibious Tahoe Duck Tours
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 07/31/2011 - 6:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - When was the last time you were actually on the lake?Not walking its shores, skipping stones across or contently gazing at it, but actually gliding across the waters l...
Tahoe Fund adds five board members
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 07/31/2011 - 6:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Tahoe Fund, an nonprofit that is partnering with public agencies to restore and enhance the natural and recreational resources of Lake Tahoe, has named five new membe...
Join the conversation on Facebook
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 07/31/2011 - 6:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Miss the comments on TahoeDailyTribune.com? There's another way to discuss the story that's buzzing around town on www.facebook.com/tahoedailytribune.Like us there and...
Structures threatened in fire near Virginia City
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 11:40pmBy Reno Gazette-Journal. Between three and 10 structures might be threatened by the Bain Street Fire on Geiger Grade, Sierra Front Center Intelligence Dispatcher Helen Frazier said. Evacuations are un...
Pedestrian dies crossing Hwy. 50 in Stateline
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 11:40pmA Calaveras County woman has died from the injuries she sustained after being hit by an alleged drunken driver while she was crossing Highway 50 in Stateline. Joan Marie Hamrick, 60, of Valley Springs...
Opinion: 'It's the spending, stupid'
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 11:40pm... time-consuming and thoroughly unpleasant process. But there's an infinitely worse alternative. Just ask the Greeks. Tom McClintock represents the 4th Congressional District, which encompasses ...
Auburn likely to be part of Tahoe supe district in Placer County ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 8:34pmEastern Placer County may see its political influence diminish as the county adjusts political boundaries to accommodate the Lake Tahoe area's shrinking ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../auburn-like-to...
Tulare County fire bringing smoke to Lake Tahoe Basin
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 8:34pmTulare County fire bringing smoke to Lake Tahoe Basin. Posted by admin in News on July 28th, 2011 | no responses. By Juan Lopez, Reno Gazette-Journal ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../tulare-county-fire-br...
Great Gatsby Gala is a trip back in time
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 8:34pmTickets are available at both Tahoe Youth & Family Services offices, 1021 Fremont Ave., South Lake Tahoe (530) 541.2445 or in Gardnerville at 1422 Mission ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../great-gatsby...
El Dorado County woman ready to compete after
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 8:27amBy Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee. Such plans Nicole Young made for her 40th year. She could hardly wait. In fact, she chose not to. She ramped up her running and bike training early last October so that...
Nevadans relying on food stamps more as jobs
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 8:27amBy Nevada News Bureau. Nevada experienced the greatest growth among the states in food stamp caseloads between 2007 and 2010 with an increase of 128 percent, according to a recent report from the Urba...
South Shore election season dominated by incumbents
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 8:27amThere is going to be a new face on the South Lake Tahoe Public Utility District board in December. Marylou Mosbacher, who has served for 21 years, is not running for another term. She knows she will m...
Golf tourney helps fund cancer center in Truckee
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 8:27amTahoe Forest Health System raised more than $119000 to benefit Tahoe Forest Cancer Center at its annual Gene Upshaw Memorial Golf Classic charity event. The cancer center is projected to open in 2012....
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 8:27amAnytime Fitness is looking to open a second Lake Tahoe gym. According to an employee at the Zephyr Cove facility, negotiations are under way for the Minnesota-based company to lease the Tahoe Daily Tr...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
