Amid protests, Regan Beach parking remains free
Parking at and around Regan Beach will remain free, but additional paid parking is expected near El Dorado Beach following a Tuesday decision by the South Lake Tahoe City Council. Amid continued concerns about the expansion of paid parking in the cit …
Read More »City hears Bijou Bike Park presentation
Members of the Bijou Bike Park nonprofit hope to break ground on the project this fall, but first they need city approval. Parks and Recreation Chairman Peter Fink presented an overview of priority projects to the South Lake Tahoe City Council Tuesd …
Read More »Computer problem leads to Nissensohn jury duty snafu
About 250 to 300 extra people showed up for a murder trail jury summons at the El Dorado Superior Court Tuesday due to a computer glitch, court administration said. The system, which is designed to shut down and reboot nightly, failed to restart, ac …
Read More »Students celebrate Day of the Child
Aeson Walton decorates a drum at the Africa station during the Lake Tahoe Child Development Center’s Day of the Child celebration Tuesday. …
Read More »4-Wheel Bob to cross Sierra via wheelchair
Bob “4-Wheel Bob” Coomber has climbed some of California’s tallest peaks, not on foot, but in his wheelchair. The legendary hiker, now 58, has new plans. He’s training for a 30-mile Sierra Nevada crossing later this summer. Coomber took a few minutes …
Read More »Chicks Climbing reaches Tahoe women
Suspended over an 80-foot granite face with her hand touching the metal anchor, Andréia Christenson let out a victory shout and pumped her fist in the air Wednesday. She’d just completed her first climb as fellow members of the local Chicks Climbing …
Read More »Lake Tahoe boating season about to shove off
Around the South Shore hulls are being scrubbed, drain plugs are being screwed in tight, crew members are being interviewed and boats are being plunked in the water. Once again, it’s boating season at Lake Tahoe. “A lot of what we’re doing right now …
Read More »Wet weather can’t stop bike parade
Despite wet and gray weather, hundreds turned out for the third annual Slow Rollers Bicycle Club’s Spirit Parade in South Lake Tahoe. Colorful costumes and bikes of all different shapes and sizes rolled slowly down U.S. Highway 50 Thursday afternoon. …
Read More »Improv program evolves at LTCC
Lake Tahoe Community College’s improv program keeps evolving as more colleges across the state develop their own off-the-cuff theater groups. LTCC Theater Director Susan Boulanger started seriously developing the college’s improvisation group, Ran …
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