20th Annual Boys & Girls Club Tournament At Edgewood October 14

20th Annual Boys & Girls Club Tournament At Edgewood October 14

Stateline, NV…The 20th annual Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe Golf Tournament (info@bgclt.org), long considered one of the area’s top golf fundraisers, is set for Columbus Day, Monday, October 14. The event annually raises over $40,000 to support the work of the Club, which assists over 800 local kids throughout the year. Another sell-out […]

BOE Wins “Best of California 2013” Technology Award

Sacramento – The Board of Equalization earned a 2013 Best IT Collaboration Among Organizations Project Excellence Award from the Center for Digital Government for its role in creating a less costly, more efficient debt-collection program – the Financial Institution Record Match Project. The FIRM project is a collaborative effort between the Board of Equalization, Franchise […]

Treasury and IRS Announce That All Legal Same-Sex Marriages Will Be Recognized For Federal Tax Purposes

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today ruled that same-sex couples, legally married in jurisdictions that recognize their marriages, will be treated as married for federal tax purposes. The ruling applies regardless of whether the couple lives in a jurisdiction that recognizes same-sex marriage or a jurisdiction […]

Philanthropy on Display at Tahoe Fund Dinner

Philanthropy on Display at Tahoe Fund Dinner

Incline Village, CA…The love and support of Lake Tahoe was on full display at the Tahoe Fund annual Founders Circle dinner, Sunday August 18, raising more than $300,000 for the organization and four Signature Projects around the Lake. Tahoe Fund donors were joined by Senators Dianne Feinstein and Harry Reid and Governors Jerry Brown and […]

Announcing the Leadership Lake Tahoe “Class of 2014”

Announcing the Leadership Lake Tahoe “Class of 2014”

South Lake Tahoe, CA/NV….TahoeChamber is pleased to announce the participants for the Leadership Lake Tahoe Class of 2013/2014.  25 applicants have been accepted in to the upcoming program due to start next month.  Leadership Lake Tahoe is  an  intensive ten-month experience in which participants meet once each month for a full class day.  Each month […]

Rim Fire Pushing Further Into Yosemite National Park

Rim Fire Pushing Further Into Yosemite National Park

Groveland, CA…The now 15th largest fire in California History is making a push further into Yosemite National Park and closer to Hetch Hetchy today. Fire remained fairly active overnight in most all divisions. Increased activity developed on the eastern edge of the fire with very active burning inclusive of rapid rates of spread, torching and […]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months

REDMOND, Wash. — Aug. 23, 2013 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer has decided to retire as CEO within the next 12 months, upon the completion of a process to choose his successor. In the meantime, Ballmer will continue as CEO and will lead Microsoft through the next steps of […]

Governor Brown and Governor Sandoval Issue Joint Proclamation at Lake Tahoe Summit

Governor Brown and Governor Sandoval Issue Joint Proclamation at Lake Tahoe Summit

INCLINE VILLAGE, NV – Committing to continued partnership with the State of Nevada, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed a joint proclamation with Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval prior to today’s 17th Annual Lake Tahoe Summit to boost cooperation on wildfire protection and preparedness efforts in the Tahoe Basin. The full text of the proclamation is […]

Red Cross Prepares for more Evacuations as Rim Fire Continues to Burn

Red Cross Prepares for more Evacuations as Rim Fire Continues to Burn

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Thursday, August 22, 2013 – As firefighters from around the state continue to battle the rapidly expanding Rim Fire in Tuolumne County, volunteers with the American Red Cross Capital Region are working hard to meet the needs of evacuated residents. Since Tuesday, Red Cross volunteers have been operating an evacuation shelter in the […]