By Kathryn Reed “You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, ‘My God, you’re right! I never would’ve thought of that!’” – Dave Barry Apparently you can do some foolish things with them, too, and get the same result. Like taking them in for […]
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By Linda Conaboy With voters deciding Measure R is a worthwhile piece of legislation, local playing fields will now have more discretionary dollars needed for field maintenance and renovation. Although the fields are on public land, including the Lake Tahoe Unified School District, Lake Tahoe Community College and Tahoe Paradise Park, a private group incorporated […]
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By Katherine E. Hill KINGS BEACH – Wanted: Local residents and business owners to serve for at least two years on one of four committees to help direct future planning and growth on Tahoe’s North and West shores. That’s the message from Placer County officials at a recent meeting on the Community Plan Update, a […]
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By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE – Sampling the pie before the main course was barely touched, a pair of third-graders gave the sweets thumbs up. Rachelle Hernandez is used to eating pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving, so for this meal she chose cherry. Her friend Alyssa Siewell was not going to break with tradition, so she […]
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By Kathryn Reed Drug dealers and users may have something to celebrate with the New Year. For everyone else it might not be such good news that the South Lake El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team is disbanding. SLEDNET is one of the 34 drug task forces being forced to shutdown because of state budget cuts. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Renaissance – that’s what Squaw Valley’s makeover is being called by resort officials. With plenty of snow on the mountain, the resort opens Nov. 23, though the ski team first took turns Nov. 9. At a meeting last month put on by the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association, CEO Andy Wirth talked […]
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By Kathryn Reed Vegetables keep being washed. Knives don’t seem to stop. Bread comes and goes from the oven. Cranberries whir in the food processor. It’s Sunday afternoon and the kitchen at Grace Hall in South Lake Tahoe is a bevy of activity in preparation for tonight’s annual community Thanksgiving dinner. With 275 people served […]
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By Kathryn Reed Seven months was a long wait. And when the wait was finally over at 8:30am Saturday, cheers reverberated throughout the plaza at Heavenly Village. Heavenly Mountain Resort opened for business for the 2011-12 ski season Nov. 19 with the gondola, Tamarack and Dipper running. As more snow falls, more lifts and runs […]
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By Kathryn Reed Turning the more than 40 miles of trails in the Fallen Leaf Lake-Camp Richardson area into a more cohesive, logical system is being proposed by the U.S. Forest Service. While the project area encompasses nearly 13,000 acres on the South Shore, nowhere near that much will be touched. The physical boundaries are […]
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By Kathryn Reed This particular Christmas tree will not have any presents under it next month. No children will fill the four twin beds upstairs. That’s because this house on Anita Avenue in South Lake Tahoe has been condemned. Greg Falkner got a call from a neighbor at 6am Friday saying a tree had gone […]
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