By Bill Kingman A South Lake Tahoe icon was razed today. The landmark Highway 50 frontage from Izzy’s Burger Spa up to Lake Tahoe Glass is owned by Marjorie Johnson Springmeyer of Tahoe’s pioneer Johnson family. The brick-and-frame building was taken down Aug. 6. It will be replaced by an Auto Zone store. Longtime local […]
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A Bay Area man missing since 2010 may have been spotted in South Lake Tahoe this summer. A resident called the South Lake Tahoe Police Department to report having seen a missing person poster displaying Jackson Miller’s picture. The caller reported having seen Jackson Miller in South Lake Tahoe on a number of occasions and […]
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A Tahoe City restaurant was closed for a few hours today when a fire started in a light socket. The fire was reported at 1:23pm Aug. 6 at Rosie’s Cafe. The building was evacuated. There were no injuries. The restaurant expects to reopen later today. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will begin post-Angora Fire restoration work on Angora Creek this week. The project is designed to enhance approximately two miles of stream by placing downed logs to prevent future channel erosion. This should improve aquatic habitat for fish and amphibians. Hand crews will do the work […]
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By Katherine Shaver, Washington Post Federally mandated low-flow toilets, shower heads and faucets are taking a financial toll on the nation’s water utilities, leaving customers to make up the shortfall with higher water rates and new fees that have left many paying more for less. Utility officials say they understand that charging more for water […]
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The 29th annual Lake Tahoe Autumn Food and Wine Festival at Northstar is Sept. 5-7. It is three full days of cooking seminars and demonstrations, culinary competitions, wine tastings and food-themed experiences in the village and on the mountain, as well as in the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe. The Culinary Competition & Grand Tasting is Sept. […]
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• Pediatrician Jonathan Halem will be at Barton Pediatrics and family medicine doctor Nichole DeLaPlante will start at Barton Family Medicine this month. Monika Mehrens will return to her hometown as a hospitalist, and North Shore native Alison Ganong will join Tahoe Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in September. • Lou Ferrigno Jr. will host the […]
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By Heidi Knapp Rinella, Las Vegas Review-Journal Louisiana has its Cajun and Creole cuisines, Pennsylvania its iconic Philly cheesesteaks. Nevada? Yeah, we got nothin’. It’s not for lack of trying. The state’s population hub of Las Vegas has taken its place among the best restaurant cities in the country, maybe even the world. But, asked […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Airport will not have commercial service – at least for the indefinite future. That was the unanimous decision of the South Lake Tahoe City Council on Aug. 5. Michael Hotaling, the consultant putting the airport master plan together, essentially gave the council an ultimatum – commercial or general aviation airport? […]
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To the community, The Zephyr Cove Tennis Club Foundation thanks all of the individuals and businesses that helped make the 31st annual Tahoe Tennis Classic a success. We formed the foundation in January 2014. The foundation received official 501(c)(3) nonprofit status from the IRS in July. And two months before that, we were awarded a […]
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