South Lake Tahoe News Archives

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.

Nevada Day Celebration Parade Nevada Day is more than just a parade! It is Nevada's Heritage Celebration, a gathering of community spirit on the last week of October to salute our state's past and look ahead to its future! Major Carnival and Midway, Arts and Crafts and Food Vendors.

Hauge Brueck Associates , LLC specialize in the management and preparation of environmental and planning documents for public and private clients.

A hearing to determine whether enough evidence exists to proceed with attempted murder charges against four men allegedly involved in the June stabbing of a teenage boy in South Lake Tahoe began in El Dorado County Superior Court on Monday.

The Improv at Harveys Come laugh and share a drink at the venue Nevada Magazine readers selected as the best comedy spot in Northern Nevada.

Measure B on the Nov. 3 ballot is no more and no less than a raid on the Measure S funds that were voted by the people of South Lake Tahoe nine years ago.

The Tahoe Douglas Bomb squad has purchased a new bomb response vehicle and robot through a $763,000 grant from the state Department of Homeland Security.

Father John Grace founded the Bread & Broth program 20 years ago at St. Theresa Catholic Church.

An 11th-hour order from an El Dorado County judge has blocked the state's shutdown of a longtime preschool and daycare facility in South Lake Tahoe.

The sound of the lunch bell echoed through the South Lake Tahoe High School. As students poured out of their classrooms, they were soon confronted with several wooden silhouette figures in the school yard.

Jenn Mendonca, 39 , and her 10-year-old daughter Natalie are working with pandas through a volunteer program at the Bifengxia Reserve in China's Szechuan Province.

Laurence Juber is coming to South Lake Tahoe and Carson City. Laurence Juber began playing guitar in November 1963, the week The Beatles released "I Want to Hold Your Hand." It was also around the time when the first James Bond movie was released.

Law enforcement officers working as a regional task force conducted a compliance check Wednesday of 50 registered sex offenders in Monterey County.

Exactly why some members of South Lake Tahoe City Council are pushing for city attorney Jacqueline Mittelstadt's removal may be aired in public after all.

Chuck Garric and a few thousand friends in Croatia. If you go What: Chuck Garric receives rock 'n' roll honors, donates bass to the Hard Rock Cafe Lake Tahoe When: 5-6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct.

Hayward police released an update Wednesday on the investigation of Phillip Garrido as a potential suspect in the 1988 abduction of 9-year-old Michaela Garecht, but said that so far investigators haven't been able to confirm or eliminate him as a suspect.

Sixth graders at St. Theresa School and South Tahoe Middle School will be coached on personal safety this week through the Fighting Chance program, developed by Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra and Terry Probyn, the mother of Jaycee Lee Dugard.

The spokeswoman for the family of Jaycee Dugard says the 29-year-old has released her first public statement since resurfacing two months ago in Northern California, saying she is happy to be with her family and have their unconditional love and support.

Staff Reports A 39-year-old South Lake Tahoe woman who was recorded withdrawing $700 from an automatic teller machine with someone else's bank card was sentenced Monday to probation.

Concerned employees filled the audience at a candidate's forum Tuesday night for the South Tahoe Public Utility District board, asking questions about cuts in wages, workforce and benefits.

The four-year-old boy in the photograph sits at what appears to be a kitchen table, smilingly broadly in a moment of happiness.

Despite a nation suffering from an ailing economy, South Lake Tahoe residents feeling the symptoms are hopeful of a quick recovery.

Bone fragments found in the yard of the US man suspected of kidnapping Jaycee Dugard have not yielded DNA and may be Native American remains, police say.

From crushed walnut shells to coiled wires, tire manufactures have been reinventing the wheel for decades.

The South Lake Tahoe main post office on Al Tahoe has achieved the highest safety recognition offered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Join local historian Bill Craven on Saturday as he presents a fascinating glimpse into Lake Tahoe's past from 1870 through World War II.

The developer behind the stalled convention center near Stateline in South Lake Tahoe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Sacramento on Monday, according to Councilman Bill Crawford at Tuesday's council meeting.

The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department confirms somebody may have seen Jaycee Dugard 10 months after she was abducted from South Lake Tahoe.

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation granted more than $20,000 to Barton Health to provide screening and diagnostic mammograms for low income, uninsured or underinsured men and women in South Lake Tahoe and Douglas and Alpine counties.

The Fourth Ward School is one of only forty venues throughout the country for this traveling exhibition that focuses on Lincoln's quest to restore a Union divided by Civil War.

Phillip Garrido, a convicted sex offender, and his wife, Nancy, were arrested and charged with 29 counts connected to the 1991 kidnapping, rape and imprisonment of Jaycee Lee Dugard.

People scrambled for cameras or a spot to watch a young black bear wade into Taylor Creek in search of a kokanee salmon lunch on Wednesday afternoon.

Greenridge Music provides a comprehensive, diversified musical repertoire includes classical to jazz.

Celebrate Fire Prevention Week at the 17th annual Fire Fest this Saturday at the Lake Tahoe Airport.

Santa will visit the Festival of Trees and Lights Dec. 3-6 at MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa, with proceeds to benefit Barton's Community Clinic.