The 14th annual celebration of Snowshoe Thompson is March 2 from 9am-1pm at Picketts Junction. Nina MacLeod and Snowshoe Thompson (aka Steve Hale) will lead people on a ski-snowshoe tour through Hope Valley. Registration and rentals are available at the yurt. (From South Lake Tahoe, go straight onto Burnside Road at the junction.) A $10 […]
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Scott Enerson of South Lake Tahoe was sentenced Feb. 25 to seven years in prison. Enerson pulled a gun on a fellow patron at Whiskey Dick’s in June 2012. He pleaded guilty to felony assault with a firearm and the enhancement of using a firearm during the commission of a crime. El Dorado County Assistant […]
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Tahoe Youth Ballet celebrates the company’s fifth anniversary in the Frank Sinatra Showroom at the Cal Neva Resort on March 15-16 at 7 both nights. The program will feature guest artists Risa Larsen of Margaret Jenkins Dance Company and Max Van Der Sterre of Alabama Ballet, alongside Tahoe Youth Ballet’s nine company members and 12 […]
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El Dorado County’s financial situation is looking the best it has in years. In a presentation Feb. 25 by Chief Budget Officer Laura Schwartz to the Board of Supervisors it was revealed the current projections are that the general fund revenues will exceed budget by 1 percent for a total of $223,322,518. General fund expenses […]
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Don’t miss the Swatch Freeride World Tour at Kirkwood on Wednesday. Here is the Feb. 26 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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South Lake Tahoe is hosting a public workshop on the Tourist Core Area Plan formerly known as the Stateline/Ski Run Community Plan on March 20 from 6-9pm at Lake Tahoe Airport. City planning staff will be on hand to present information on the updated plan and to gather public input. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency staff […]
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By Kathryn Reed EMERALD BAY STATE PARK – While it would have been nice to be able to start a fire at the campsite to warm up a bit, it was even better having the entire campground to ourselves. As we descended to the shore of Emerald Bay, we were walking through a blizzard. Not […]
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By Philip Rousseaux The economy may be recovering, but some of the changes wrought by the Great Recession may be long-lasting. Anyone planning for retirement, no matter what their age, needs to take those changes into account. People in their 40s and younger have some time to retool their plan, but Baby Boomers need to […]
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By Nathaniel Frank Earlier this month, the leak of an internal memo revealed that the Associated Press advised its writers “generally” to call legally married gay spouses “partner” instead of “husband” or “wife.” The massive news agency, which sets the standard for many journalists worldwide, has it wrong; the default should be just what it […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will continue prescribed fire operations above Glenbrook on Feb. 26. Crews expect to burn approximately 20 acres per day, weather permitting. Operations will continue through the week as conditions allow. Residents and visitors of the Lake Tahoe Basin, Carson City and Reno can expect to see smoke from these […]
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