Firefighters rolled up in front of Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Tuesday morning and caused quite a stir. Traffic was shutdown in one lane. Water was spraying, but no flames were seen. This is because it was all a test. Tahoe-Douglas fire crews go out to Harrah’s and Harveys once a year to test the casinos’ fire […]
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968 Park Hotel in South Tahoe has received California’s highest green rating for a hotel. Slow Food Lake Tahoe, a group based in Truckee, is partnering with other organizations to bring the educational program Harvest of the Month to schools. Students will munch on tomatoes, bell peppers, Satsuma mandarins, beets, dried fruits and salad greens. […]
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Governor – it’s a title Tom Millham is looking forward to getting used to. Millham, 59, is governor-elect of the California-Nevada-Hawaii district of Kiwanis. With more than 16,000 members, it is the largest district of Kiwanis International. The South Lake Tahoe man has been a member of the Kiwanis Club of Tahoe Sierra since 1976. […]
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Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has added two key figures to the agency. Harmon Zuckerman, formerly the principal planner for Douglas County and member of TRPA’s Advisory Planning Commission, is director of TRPA’s Regional Plan update. Casey Beyer of Manhattan Beach has been appointed to the Governing Board by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Zuckerman brings more than […]
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Sierra Recovery Center is no longer an independent nonprofit. This summer became part of Elko-based Vitality Unlimited. “We aren’t carpetbaggers coming into South Lake Tahoe,” CEO Dorothy North said. “We are members of the community. We are here to build on and improve what has been here a long time.” The board of directors in […]
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Literature being passed out by South Tahoe Public Utility District incumbent Ernie Claudio is causing a stir. The second page of the two-page information sheet lists 102 names of people under the heading “I depend on these people for advice and they know me on a first name basis.” The document implies the individuals are […]
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In the first week of registration at Lake Tahoe Community College, enrollment is up 31.4 percent for full-time students over this time last year. Part-time admissions is only up 0.4 percent. Lousy economies tend to send people back to the classroom. But this is happening when the cost of each unit went from up $3 […]
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The Angora Fire Lookout served the Tahoe basin’s fire surveillance needs for many years until it was replaced in the late 1970s by improvements in aerial and satellite technology. The first lookout was built in 1924 and was one of many standard lookout designs conceived by forester Coert DuBois in 1914 to be used by […]
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Bijou Bash is back. Organizers say the Sept. 12 free event at Bijou Community Park will have something for every age. This event at the city-owned park went on for a few years before it petered. With the park growing in the subsequent years, some said it was time to bring back the Bash. A […]
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Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe has started an account to help Jaycee Lee Dugard’s family. Checks may be sent to Bank of the West, Jaycee Dugard Family Fund, 2161 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150. The account number is 186153508. MontBleu hotel-casino at Stateline has offered its showroom as a fundraising mechanism. […]
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