South Lake Tahoe News

A quick moving winter storm dropping 3 to 8 inches of snow at lake level has resulted in driving restrictions for many roads around the lake.

Libby Garecht, 24, ties a ribbon to a tree for her sister Michaela Joy Garecht in the parking lot of the Mexico Super grocery store on the 21 year anniversary of her abduction, in Hayward, Calif., on Thursday, Nov.

Children ages 2 to 9 may receive free vaccinations against the H1N1 flu today from at 4 p.m. at the Bijou School 3501 Spruce Avenue in South Lake Tahoe.

A parole agent who oversaw the man accused of kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard has been transferred for the safety of him and his family.

An adult filmmaker plans to base a movie on the case of Jaycee Dugard, the rape and kidnap victim who was discovered to be living in the backyard of a home near Antioch for 18 years.

The South Lake Tahoe Branch of the El Dorado County Library will be closed Wednesday for Veterans Day.

Green Party members and friends from South Lake Tahoe and El Dorado County participated in an environmental clean-up project at Loon Lake on Sept.

A University of Nevada, Reno graduate who worked the last two years as news editor of the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza in Incline Village, Nev., has been named the new editor of the Tahoe Daily Tribune.

The man accused of kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard has issued an apology in a jailhouse letter that talks about "a sexual problem believed to be impossible." In a letter Sacramento, Calif., television station KCRA received Thursday, Phillip Garrido says he wants to "apologize to every human being for what has taken place." Garrido and his wife, ...

El Dorado County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 63-year-old employee at South Tahoe High School last week after pulling him over and finding that he had allegedly smoked marijuana with a 16-year-old female who was sitting in the passenger seat.

South Lake Tahoe High School senior David Wise was named a "commended student" in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship program, placing among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2010 competition by taking the 2008 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Join CASA El Dorado on Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 5-7 p.m. for family fun and good food at Ernie's Coffee Shop, 1207 Emerald Bay Road, South Lake Tahoe.

The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors will meet in South Lake Tahoe on Tuesday.

Jaycee Dugard hid her identity, lied, refused to answer questions and asked for a lawyer as a parole agent probed her relationship with Phillip Garrido during the Aug.

Voting is over for the Nov. 3 election. These are unofficial esults known as of 8:30 p.m. Tuesday night.

The high demand for seasonal flu vaccinations combined with fewer available doses than usual has led El Dorado County health officials to cancel several community flu shot clinics.

The Barton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary is hosting its annual Holiday Faire Nov. 8 in Grace Hall at St.

Judging by the volume of calls to the county elections office, registrar William Schultz said there's confusion surrounding Tuesday's election.

An El Dorado County Superior Court Judge ruled this week that South Lake Tahoe Police Officer Johnny Poland should be reinstated.

A pre-preliminary hearing is scheduled today in Placerville, Calif., for Phillip and Nancy Garrido, who are charged with kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991 and sexually assaulting her.