Your comprehensive source of Things, Adventures, and People in Lake Tahoe!
Episodes
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Up-to-date, daily info on news that is happening around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada! Notes from today’s discussion include:
Local Topics:
- New fire chief for South Lake Tahoe - Clive Savacool
- Roundup of official gov't meetings around the lake this week:
---> SLT City Council, Douglas Co. Planning Commission, IVGID Board of Trustees, Douglas Co. Commissioners
- Burning Man cancelled
National Topics:
- Gov. Newsome announces pact between CA, WA, and OR
- Uncharacteristic, campaign style, presidential press conference last night
- Cities banning cars from streets to give room for cyclists and pedestrians
- Farmers: Adapting from wholesale to retail. Huge twist in supply chain
- “Open Up America” task force/council officially formed today
- National #LookUpAtTheSkyDay
Follow all articles in-depth at:
www.TahoeDailyTribune.com
www.SierraSun.com
Monday Apr 13, 2020
Monday Apr 13, 2020
Up-to-date, daily info on news that is happening around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada! Notes from today’s discussion include:
Local Topics:
- Earthquake Saturday morning out by Mono Lake
- Incline still getting hit with visitors coming to the area
- Tahoe Transportation District secured a grant that started free service on all routes yesterday
- A company out of Reno landed a deal with the US government for $550 million dollars
- The Tahoe Women’s Community Fund dished out $125,000 to 11 local non-profits
National Topics:
- Google and Apple team up to release a Covid19 tracking system
- British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, released from the hospital
- OPEC (Saudi Arabia & Russia) agree to cut oil production in efforts to stabilize the market
- No new emojis being released this year
- China cracking down on reporting of virus within their country
- #NationalScrabbleDay
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www.TahoeDailyTribune.com
www.SierraSun.com
Friday Apr 10, 2020
Friday Apr 10, 2020
We're switching it up on the pod this "Good Friday" and only delivering you wholesome, positive news:
- John Krasinski’s got the Hamilton creator on Zoom chat to lead the cast in an online rendition of the show’s opening number for a 9-year old girl who missed her chance to see the musical Hamilton
- Trolls World Tour opens up today in your home
- Learn guitar for free at Fender Play – 3 month free subscription
- After 13 years, 2 giant pandas in a Hong Kong zoo finally mated
- Tyler Perry picked up the tabs for all the elderly citizens who were shopping during the senior shopping hour in Atlanta
- Matthew McConaughey did some virtual bingo games with a Texas nursing home
- Michigan man earlier this week stood on the corner of a gas station by the hospital and held up a sign that said free gas for nurses – he ended up spending $900
- #GlobalWorkFromHomeDay
- National Hug Your Dog Day
- National Siblings Day
- Stock market closed today, but up 2,025 points this week
- 7pm in NY, everyone on their balconies cheering
- 370,000 total RECOVERED Covid cases
- Final Note: google “Good Morning Ralph 3 year old”
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Up-to-date, daily info on news that is happening around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada! Notes from today’s discussion include:
Local Topics:
- Woman in SLT arrested for licking groceries at local Safeway
- NV Gov. Sisolak announces new closures to curb the spread of Coronavirus
- Alpine County "Death Ride" in July officially cancelled
National Topics:
- 6.6M Americans file for unemployment last week (3 week total = 15M+)
- Trump vs. Biden 2020! Bernie Sanders drops out of the presidential race
- Stock market see large jump out of the gates this morning
- Texas and Connecticut arise as new hot spots
- NY deadliest day yet: 800 fatalities in 24 hours (statewide death toll = double 9/11 attack)
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www.TahoeDailyTribune.com
www.SierraSun.com
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
Up-to-date, daily info on news that is happening around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada! Notes from today’s discussion include:
Local Topics:
- Gas prices in NV hit 27 year low
- Quilting group in Incline Village making masks for health care workers
- Reno airport employee test positive for Covid-19
National Topics:
- Wuhan has reopened after long and brutal lockdown
- More stimulus checks possible. Trump and congressional leaders begin talks on another recovery package
- US highest one day death toll
- Totals: Nearly 1.5M cases and 83,500 deaths globally… 1,800 in the US
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www.TahoeDailyTribune.com
www.SierraSun.com
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
Up-to-date, daily info on news that is happening around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada! Notes from today’s discussion include:
Local Topics:
- NV Gov.Sisolak may "tighten the faucet" if Nevadans continue to not follow protocols
- Agenda for City of SLT special city council meeting
- Soroptimist and Rotary of SLT online auctions are live right now!
National Topics:
- British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is in ICU as of Mon. @ 3pm
- The death toll in USA is worse than 6 wars combined… Totals: 77k globally, near 11k USA
- #WorldHealthDay #NationalBeerDay
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www.TahoeDailyTribune.com
www.SierraSun.com
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Up-to-date, daily info on news that is happening around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada! Notes from today’s discussion include:
Local Topics:
- Weather: NHP reports 23 crashes Monday morning alone
- Snowpack report: 72% for Tahoe Basin
- 'Virtual Tip Jar' established for local workers
National Topics:
- Officials warn “our hardest days are ahead” and Surgeon General says “this will be our Pearl Harbor Moment”
- Tiger at Bronx, NY public zoo tested positive for Covid (officials suspected it was contracted through it’s keeper)
- Walmart ramps up cleaning efforts, 2 Chicago employees die
- Powerful speech from monarch Queen Elizabeth: “We will meet again!”
- #NationalTwinkieDay
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www.TahoeDailyTribune.com
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Friday Apr 03, 2020
Friday Apr 03, 2020
Up-to-date, daily info on news that is happening around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada! Notes from today’s discussion include:
Local Topics:
- Backcountry skier breaks leg in Tahoe backcountry on West Shore
- Incoming storm snow totals: 1-2 feet above 7,000. 6-12 inches at lake level.
- SLT Fire Dept. surprises 7 yr. old with parade
- 7 confirmed cases in SLT, 19 overall for El Dorado County
National Topics:
- White House expected to release new CDC guidelines (again) in press conference later today
- 10M Americans file for unemployment in the past two weeks
- 1M cases worldwide, 1/4 of those in the USA
- #WorldPartyDay!
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www.TahoeDailyTribune.com
www.SierraSun.com
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Up-to-date, daily info on news that is happening around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada! Notes from today’s discussion include:
Local Topics:
- Fire in Genoa off Foothill Rd.
- NV Gov. Sisolak activates the National Guard
- Former NV Gov. Sandoval leaves MGM, pursuing UNR President Role
- Hiking wins the Tahoe Tribune bracket as "Lake Tahoe's Best Recreation"
National Topics:
- US unemployment rate spikes to 6.6M Americans
- Don’t file taxes? No problem. You’ll still get a stimulus check
- NYC Mayor “urges” everyone in public to wear face masks
- Death Toll: World=50k, US=5,100
- #NationalBurritoDay!
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www.TahoeDailyTribune.com
www.SierraSun.com
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
We’re all hunkered down and consuming media like never before, so we figured we’d shorten this one up a bit, but still bring you some fun and engaging content.
The one and only Todd Offenbacher will be joining us via his first ever Zoom video chat from his living room and we’ll be discussing his past, present and future. This is such a burst of positivity that is much needed through these tough times.
Enjoy!
