Kings Beach News

Ignacio Bravo, of Bravo Produce, prices out some nectarines for local shopper Carol Bargar, who was buying extra for her art class at a recent farmer's market at Sierra Nevada College.

Wednesday's inaugural Tahoe Fest event in Kings Beach also served as a fundraiser for the North Tahoe Public Utility District's Friends of the Park fund, which is raising money for various public park projects in North Tahoe, including a new playground for North Tahoe Regional Park in Tahoe Vista.

With the threat of State Parks shutting down as a result of California's budget crisis, what will become of Kings Beach State Recreation Area still hangs in the balance.

A citizen group opposing the narrowing of Highway 28 through Kings Beach to three lanes and has dropped its lawsuit against Placer County nearly one year after the government agency approved the idea.

The Incline Village/Crystal Bay Republican Women will meet from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, at the home of Maryanne Ingemanson.

North Shore knows how to throw an Independence Day party. "The Fourth of July holiday traditionally brings thousands of visitors to North Lake Tahoe," said Andy Chapman, tourism director of the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association.

Thursday, July 2 Kings Beach Music on the Beach The Blues Monsters will perform at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 2, at Kings Beach State Recreation Area.

Going to Truckee for school is a definite possibility for lakeside families if we do not act responsibly now.

Friday, June 26 The Neville Brothers and Mission Players New Orleans' First Family of Funk, the Neville Brothers, play at 9 p.m. at the CBC's Crown Room.

Amateur radio operators from Truckee and surrounding areas will construct and operate a working amateur radio field station at the CDF fire lookout station on Martis Peak, elevation of 8,000 feet, overlooking Lake Tahoe, approximately 10 miles north of Kings Beach, rom Saturday, June 27 at 11 a.m. through Sunday, June 28 at 11 a.m. This exciting ...

Placer County will host a series of public information forums in the Tahoe area to update residents and other interested parties on a variety of Tahoe issues.

As the Fourth of July approaches, Independence Day celebrations, complete with fireworks shows in Incline Village, Tahoe City, Kings Beach and South Lake Tahoe, are undergoing final preparations.

Since the 1970s, the Hispanic population in our district has increased from 2 percent to more than 30 percent and is served primarily at Kings Beach and Truckee Elementary Schools.

We have been working alongside our partners at the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority and the North Shore Resort Association and Chamber of Commerce to oppose Gov.

Tahoe City resident and local business owner Melanie Jackson took action when funds were unavailable for 250 lakeside school children to attend a program that could save their lives.

Aug. 9, 2009. Two fires are burning between Truckee and Lake Tahoe; one near Ponderosa Palisades, the other heading toward Kings Beach.

As the spring sun melts away the snow in Truckee and Tahoe, new life emerges - but so do old transgressions - that's right, it's time to pick up trash at a local cleanup day this Saturday.

All California state parks in the Lake Tahoe Basin, including Emerald Bay State Park, would be closed under a new budget proposal from Gov.

A high school security guard has been arrested on suspicion of giving police misleading statements regarding a May 2 assault outside a South Lake Tahoe church.

Next week holds three open houses for people interested in learning about the Boulder Bay project and giving input on its plans.