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After-hours emergency care available for pets
02/14/2009 - 09:10
06/14/2009 - 09:10
LAKE TAHOE — The South Shore is filled with pets, and now they can receive emergency care at night.
Staci Baker, who previously owned Kingsbury Veterinary Hospital, began offering her expertise four nights a week.
Baker started the service Feb. 2, and has a lot of experience with emergency work.
Natural gas hike proposal for South Tahoe customers, public input sought Friday
Do you want your gas bill to go up?
Beer Chips: The best of both worlds
If your ultimate food-and-drink pairing is potato chips and beer, now you can have them all in one bite.
Stay cool with a strawberry honey mojito
While strawberries, honey and mint make a splendid combination in this seasonal take on the traditional mojito, any fresh berry or tender fruit would work, including blueberries, raspberries, even thinly sliced chunks of pineapple.
Milk truck slams into motel
A Crystal Dairy Foods truck crashed into the Super 8 Motel on Highway 50 on Tuesday morning, spilling gas and milk onto the pavement and sending the driver to the hospital.
BMP funds are awarded to TRPA
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has received a $770,489 grant from the State Water Board for a program that will help homeowners implement erosion-control measures - then measure how well they are working.
TRPA may reconsider position on plan for Kings Beach roundabouts
Three lanes and roundabouts still may be in the cards for a stretch of Highway 28 through Kings Beach.
Authorities warn against unlawful July 4 fireworks
July 4 is a day away, and Lake Tahoe Basin law enforcement authorities are on edge.
Gas prices change views on energy
WASHINGTON - High gasoline prices have dramatically changed Americans' views on energy and the environment, with more people now viewing oil drilling and new power plants as a greater priority than energy conservation than they did five months ago,...
Chocolates get political
The hand-crafted chocolate experts at L.A. Burdick have created two new boxed chocolate offerings, one honoring Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and one for Republican John McCain.
Add some pop to your Fourth of July dessert
Inspired by the colors and crackles of Fourth of July firecrackers, these miniature cakes are studded with flecks of color and go down with a bang, thanks to a sprinkling of totally retro Pop Rocks candy.
Area Transit Management loses contract to run casino shuttles
Area Transit Management, which operates the city's BlueGO bus system and the South Shore casino shuttle, is under fire for allegedly eliminating casino shuttles in violation of its operating agreement, not maintaining buses and losing a Chevrolet...
Body found in burned vehicle that sparked West Slope fire
The death of a person whose burned body was found inside a car that caused a wildland fire on the West Slope of El Dorado County is being investigated as suspicious, authorities said Wednesday.
Trebotich, Prescott named to All-Sierra Nevada baseball team
The Sierra Nevada Media Group recently selected an All-Sierra Nevada baseball team.
Grant buys thermal camera
Thermal-imaging cameras have quickly become one of the most important pieces of equipment any fire department can have.
Tribune has grown with South Shore community for 50 years
When the Tahoe-Sierra Tribune published its first issue on June 26, 1958, it was a weekly, eight-page, ad-supported "shopper" printed in Sparks.
Library offers programs for all this summer
The South Lake Tahoe Branch Library is offering a variety of programs, special events and activities for children, teens and adults during June, July and August. Activities are free and open to the public.
Business robbed of several video-game consoles, titles
Someone used a large rock to break into Area 51 Computers and Video Games early Wednesday morning.
Fires cause cancellation of Western States 100
The proliferation of Northern California wildfires and unhealthy air quality caused organizers to cancel the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run on Wednesday night.
