Home weatherization services are available to income-qualified residents living in El Dorado and Alpine counties to help reduce high-energy costs. An estimated $1.5 million in federal stimulus American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds will allow El Dorado County to expand its Home Weatherization Assistance Program to serve more households during the next two years. Weatherization […]
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Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations until noon Oct. 2 for its 2009 Blue Ribbon Awards. The awards highlight outstanding South Shore businesses and individuals who exemplify what it is to work together in an effort to improve the quality of life in Tahoe. Categories are: Experience, Service — Customer & […]
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Students are coming and going from Lake Tahoe – all because of the Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe. Maria Amélia Caixeta Barcelos is a 17-year-old from Brazil who is spending this school year at South Tahoe High School. Amanda Strong just returned from a year in Japan. For students and families interested in considering […]
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Helen Smith, who lived at Vikingsholm as a child and is now a docent for California State Parks, was recognized this summer for her 40 years of service to the preservation of the historic home at the base of Emerald Bay. Trivia: Kings Beach was named after card shark Joe King, who won the town […]
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Tahoe Mountain Resorts Foundation in Truckee is raffling a $1.4 million home in the Village at Northstar. Proceeds help the nonprofit foundation enrich the quality of life in Truckee/North Lake Tahoe by giving back to various organizations in the community. The drawing will be Feb. 14. Raffle tickets are $100 each, and the grand prize […]
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From Angie Keil at Lake Tahoe Unified School District: Sept. 17 brought some very tragic news for our friend and co-worker, Sierra Soleta, senior accounting assistant. She was notified that her husband, Ben Soleta, had passed away at home sometime during the morning due to unknown causes. He leaves behind his grieving wife, Sierra, and […]
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When all was said and done, Douglas County School District Superintendent Carol Lark was given an extension to her contract. It now expires July 2011. The board met more than once to decide if it would honor Lark’s request to have the one-year extension. “It was hard fought, but it was not as ugly as […]
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Today is the last day to submit nominations for Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s 2009 Best in the Basin awards. Categories are: new residential, residential modification, rebuild projects, new commercial, commercial modification, commercial rebuild, shorezone, green building, public service, erosion control, restoration, BMP retrofit, defensible space, mixed-use project and green remodel. Entry forms are at www.trpa.org. […]
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Kim Wyatt recently launched the Bona Fide Books’ website — www.BonaFideBooks.com. According to the website, “Bona Fide Books is a small press that seeks to publish provocative and adventurous literature. We will promote bold, unsung writers and connect them with readers. In an alleged age of declining readership, Bona Fide wants to give everyone a […]
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Two special guests will be at the Oct. 6 South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting. UC Berkeley police Officer Ally Jacobs and UCPD special-events manager Lisa Campbell will be recognized by the council for their intuition and savvy that led to Phillip and Nancy Garrido being arrested in the kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard. Mayor […]
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