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The City of South Lake Tahoe has updated it’s Curfew Ordinance (18-1-3.7). Because of the recent changes and the desire by the South Lake Tahoe Police Department to enforce the ordinance from 1/1/2013 forward, we would like to update the community on the recent passage of the “Day Time Curfew.”

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - With security stepped up and families still on edge in Newtown, students began returning to school Tuesday for the first time since last week's massacre, bringing a return of ...

Burger Lounge will host its grand opening on Dec. 15.Juan and Loreen Sanchez are the new owners of the restaurant and have added daily favorites and specials and students specials for South Tahoe H...

NEWTOWN, Conn. - A gunman opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school, killing 26 people, including 20 children, by blasting his way through the building as young students cowered helples...

Editor's note: This is the first installment of a three-part series on South Shore authors and the routes they've followed to publish their works. If you grew up in the South Shore, you might recog...

Holiday favorites come alive with the 18th Annual Holiday Extravaganza with the South Lake Tahoe Children’s Choral Society at MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa, Performances are Dec. 19-20, 7 p.m. in the MontBleu showroom. The cost is $10 adults, $5 students and seniors, younger than 5 free. Tickets available at the door. The Holiday Extravaganza includes all the choirs in the district, which started practicing their tunes a month ago. In all, 31 songs will be sung. And for the finale, everyone will participate.

Anna Lee works at changing students’ lives everyday as the TRiO-SSS program specialist at Lake Tahoe Community College. One of Lee’s students, Lyra B. Fisher, was tragically murdered this summer, the apparent victim of domestic violence. This month Lee decided to start a scholarship in Fisher’s name with the Lake Tahoe Community College Foundation.

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The South Tahoe High School Performing Arts Booster Association will host its 2nd annual special fundraising event ‘Stars Night Out’ on Friday, Dec. 14 at 5 p.m. The fundraiser dinner is $30 per person and will take place at South Tahoe High School.

Participants can purchase their discounted ‘White Christmas’ show ticket for $10 at the theatre where they will be seated in a special section (show ticket not included with dinner fundraiser). Catering by the STHS Culinary Arts and entertainment by the STHS music department.

The City of South Lake Tahoe and Lake Tahoe Community College Connect Community Education are sponsoring the Renovator, Repair, Painter (RRP) course for local construction workers. The Lead Safe Worker 8-hour training for Renovators, Repair and Painters is being offered at LTCC campus on Saturday, December 8th from 8am-5pm.

The cost to attend the training is $50 and up to two workers from each local company are welcome to participate.

Jared Manninen, a local author and illustrator, recently visited Zephyr Cove Elementary School to talk with a fifth-grade class.Manninen spoke about his career path, writing books and illustrating ...

LTCC Chorus and the Tahoe Choir present: "My Favorite Things" in two performances. The first is on Friday, November 30 at 7:30pm in the Duke Theatre, Lake Tahoe Community College and Sunday, December 2 at 3 p.m. at St Theresa's Catholic Church
Tickets: $10 for adults, $8 for students & seniors, children under 5 are free.
For more information, call (530) 541-2635 or (530) 541-4660.

The ultimate Christmastime crowd-pleaser show is taking place at the Viking Theatre at South Tahoe High School’s Tahoe Arts and Design Academy this December 7, 8, 14 and 15 at 7pm and December 9 and 16 at 2pm. It’s the holiday favorite musical production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas performed by the students of South Tahoe High School’s Performing Arts Department.

LOS ANGELES - California State University is considering three new fee hikes designed to push students to earn their degrees faster and free up an estimated 18,000 enrollment slots, officials said ...

After attending the State of the South Shore Economy Public Forum held on October 23rd, 2012 I was inspired to draft a response to the questions about economic revitalization that were asked at the meeting. I feel like our group had many salient ideas that were not properly represented. Also, I have noticed that people are quick to offer ideas like “reduce unemployment”, “beautify the city”, and “improve recreation”, but they are typically unable to offer suggestions on how to make those ideas a reality.

"I hope one-day that I'll be able to use the da Vinci again," said one fourth-grader from Grace Christian Academy in Minden, Nev. One-day he just may. 

Parents and teachers of the 18 little visitors who drove from Minden on Thursday managed to keep third and fourth graders in-line during a two-hour tour at Barton Memorial Hospital. With wide open eyes, the questions soared and the excitement was building just before they made their first stop to the operating room.

When Bringing Art to Schools Director Penny Fairfield arrives at the Bijou Community School to collect students' artwork, she's often greeted by the an enthusiastic refrain. "'The art lady is he...

As Election Day nears, the voters of California have the opportunity to ensure that the education of the students of our state gets put back on track. With the passage of Proposition 30, we will pr...

High school students will gather in Tori Kuwahara's room in South Tahoe High School four days per week during lunch and after school to learn about getting into college and the skills they'll need to take them there.
The sessions are part of the Lake Tahoe Community College's newest TRiO grant, Upward Bound.

Rubber barriers bound for the lakebed of Lake Tahoe’s Emerald Bay are being assembled at the University of California, Davis, as part of the biggest Asian clam control project in the lake’s history.

The invasive clams threaten the lake's health and famed clarity.

UC Davis scientists, staff and students are unfolding the long, black mats and enhancing them with rebar, brass grommets and valves that will hold the barriers in place underwater and enable scientific analysis of the project.

South Tahoe High School Spanish teacher Maria Luqun surveyed the group of high school students before her on Tuesday as she went over the logistical details of an upcoming Generation Green field...

Surrounded by three other South Tahoe High School students, junior Brayan Latero focused on cutting a car brake while juniors Becca Wesson and Donovan Robins leaned over the engine compartment o...

It's nothing personal. Just numbers.Whittell High School will officially drop to Division IV next season after successfully meeting the enrollment criteria of less than 170 students for two year...