By Kathryn Reed A $300 million decline in gaming revenue at Stateline from 1990 to 2009; the number of employees on the South Shore from 1990 to 2008 going from 13,000 to 7,000; hotel occupancy on both sides of the state line dropping from 57 percent to 43 percent between 2006 and 2009 – these are...

By Kathryn Reed Census workers are making the rounds in Lake Tahoe and throughout the United States. It’s that every 10-year thing where households are asked 10 questions. Those coming by verify your address, the type of residence (single family or something else), the ZIP code, and if you get your...

By Diana Lambert, Sacramento Bee Four Sacramento-area schools have made the list of the state’s lowest-performing schools. The California Department of Education released the list of roughly 200 schools this morning. The schools on the register are in the bottom 5 percent of the state’s lowest-performing...

By Kathryn Reed The trial for a former South Lake Tahoe couple charged with a federal hate crime starts today in Sacramento. Joseph, 56, and Georgia, 52, Silva were residents of the South Shore when they were arrested in July 2007 on charges of physically assaulting and yelling racial slurs at Vishal...

By Susan Wood With the new concessionaire opting out, it’s back to square one for the seemingly endless circle of political debate over who will run the general store and marina at Fallen Leaf Lake. Rick Firkins, a caterer with a business based in Albuquerque and home in Christmas Valley, sent the...

By Kathryn Reed Tim Cohee’s dream of owning a ski resort may be realized in a matter of days. Long known as the voice of Kirkwood Mountain Resort’s ski report, as well as president 13 of the 17 years he’s been at the Lake Tahoe area resort, Cohee and a group of investors have put together a deal...

By Shanna McCord, Santa Cruz Sentinel LAKE TAHOE — With new jobs hard to find, some of the unemployed are heading to the mountains to look for work, even if the work only lasts as long as the snow. Lake Tahoe ski resort officials say they’ve seen a significant surge in the number of applicants...

By Gus Thomson, Auburn Journal With 2010 census packages due to be delivered to every household in the nation starting mid-month, concern is mounting that Placer and surrounding counties may lose out in the count. A projected $38 billion in federal funding is tied to census totals in the six-county area...

By Kathryn Reed John Andoh no longer has a job in Lake Tahoe. For the last two years he has been transit administrator for the South Shore’s bus system. On Friday, the attorney for the South Tahoe Area Transit Authority told Andoh to pack his things and be out by 5pm. John Andoh Andoh said his initial...

By Alan B. Goldberg and Sarah Netter, ABC News The home video shows a portrait of a healing family — a mother and her two daughters baking cookies, riding horses and laughing together. After sustaining years of abuse, Dugard discusses her long recovery. Jaycee Lee Dugard It’s the first glimpse...