To the community, Two contentious mega projects — Martis Valley West and Squaw Valley — just got approved by the Placer County supervisors despite raucous public outcry, objections by all area conservation groups and the California attorney general. In the case of Martis Valley West, even objections by the county Planning Commission couldn’t stop the […]
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To the community, The South Tahoe Association of Realtors would like to thank all of the generous donors that helped make our silent auction on Dec. 10 a success. We raised more than $1,200 toward future scholarship awards for South Tahoe graduating seniors and community service projects in South Lake Tahoe. We want to thank: […]
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To the community, In October, Bread & Broth reached the 27-year milestone for serving meals to the Lake Tahoe South Shore community. Currently, Bread & Broth serves a full-course Monday meal at St. Theresa Church Grace Hall and a soup and simple entrée at Second Serving at the Lake Tahoe Community Presbyterian Church on Friday. […]
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To the community, The South Lake Tahoe Library would like to send a special thank you to the SOS Outreach teen volunteers for helping out with our Winter Extravaganza event. They were a big help in assisting children, teens and adults in creating handmade holiday decorations. We would also like to say thank you to […]
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By Casey Beyer Four years ago this month, TRPA approved the 2012 Regional Plan. The landmark plan charts a course to restore Lake Tahoe’s environment and revitalize our communities and it was forged through Herculean work by California, Nevada, local governments, the public, and dozens of other partners. Many Tahoe Basin stakeholders once questioned if […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Dec. 9, 2016, New York Times. Nobody knows yet what Donald Trump is going to do to immigration enforcement. Only a month has passed since the election, and the president-elect is no different from the candidate: erratic, self-contradictory, hazy on principles and policies. But states and cities that […]
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To the community, Our community needs the temporary shelter that the warm room provides – not just for those homeless guests who use it, but for everybody else, too. Dickens’ Ebenezer Scrooge could tell you why. The warm room is open to keep people from freezing to death in the winter. It is open from […]
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To the community, For the fourth year the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority and South Tahoe Refuse & Recycling teamed up to benefit Christmas Cheer All Year with a “drive and drop” at the LTVA’s California Visitors Center, and curbside collection on regular pick-up days. Once again we were overwhelmed by the generous response from our […]
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To the community, On behalf of the organizers of the Lake Tahoe Virtual Race, I would like to thank Lake Tahoe community members and businesses as well as Barton Health employees and physicians for their incredible generosity. Barton Health recently hosted the first Virtual Race Challenge. Racers walked and ran for 72 days and recorded […]
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By Jerry Nickelsburg The Trump victory may well spell the end of America’s previous Pacific Rim aspirations. We will quite possibly see a significant shift of innovation and entrepreneurship westward in the Pacific Rim—indeed, so far West that the center of economic gravity ends up firmly in the Far East. There are two big reasons […]
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