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Tilly Mezger Lake Tahoe Truckee Realtor Serving Lake Tahoe, Truckee, Northstar, Lahontan, Old Greenwood, Grays Crossing, Tahoe Donner, Donner Lake & Donner Summit neighborhoodsTruckee football roster shrinks - but it's still potentAs rosters continue to dwindle, Truckee football's championship fervor remains alive and well.Pro volleyball returns to South ShorePro beach volleyball is returning to the South Shore.Organs taken from dead bear near TruckeeA bear hit by a car on Monday night may have had organs removed for sale on the black market.There's a new lift in townShuttling guests through a maze of rough work roads in the bustling Martis Camp development, Northstar-At-Tahoe and Martis Camp brought club members and guests to the base of Northstar's Lookout Mountain Saturday to view the new runs and base area...Truckee grant theft hearing postponedThe conference hearing on the felony grand theft case against a former partner of Truckee-based Vacation Property Management was scheduled for Tuesday, but has been postponed while negotiations continue.SPECIES IN PERILBERKELEY - Amphibians are dying off in astounding numbers around the world, including in the Sierra Nevada, in a decline that UC Berkeley researchers are calling a "mass extinction spasm."My Turn: Truckee's future better as a townThe author of "Town of Truckee is wearing blinders" (Sierra Sun Aug. 8) longs for Truckee of the past. Many of us do. But I must take issue with some of the claims made in his guest column.My Turn: Wildfire - The risk and responsibilityAs my husband spends two weeks on the fire line, I worry nonstop. While fire in the wildland-urban intermix is a public safety problem, "government" can't solve the entire problem.Readers Write: Endure delaysThis is in response to the letter-to-the-editor tirade against our local men and women who have been charged with enforcing our laws. ("Cops: Protectors or public nuisance?" Aug.My Turn: Where is Tahoe in the Sandy Beach equation?The citizens of Lake Tahoe, a shrinking population, no longer have a voice in the Tahoe Basin as has been evidenced in recent planning hearings for the Sandy Beach-fractional development.Readers Write: Cat careIs the Humane Society doing its job? I suggest an interested person look at these areas. Are the cat rooms clean and the temperature acceptable?State's thirst not quenched by bondsCalifornia voters are often under the impression that once they OK a bond issue, that's it. Construction on whatever the bond is to build will start forthwith.Let the preparation begin: North Tahoe football optimistic about new seasonHigh school football coaches this time of year are as intense as their players are physically drained.Boreal to host U.S. Snowboarding Grand PrixBoreal Mountain Resort was selected to host one of three stops on the 2008-2009 U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix tour.XML error: Invalid character at line 123
