Sammy Carlson’s two-year endeavor, “The Sammy C Project”, will have its Tahoe premiere screening at Sierra Nevada College on April 20. In 2014, after winning five X Games medals, Carlson abruptly stepped away from competition and dropped out of Olympic contention even as slopestyle skiing was about to make its Winter Olympic debut. Instead, he decided […]
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South Lake Tahoe is trying to engage residents in many ways as it can. The latest venue is through Flash Vote. The citizens engagement program will ask people to take a short survey each month. “The information will be provided to City Council members and to staff. The survey’s purpose is another way to collect […]
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El Dorado County search and rescue teams were called out to bring two groups of hikers to safety on Saturday. Five people from the Bay Area had to be rescued April 16 on the trail to Horsetail Falls. They got lost in the thick brush. The route to this waterfall off Highway 50 near Lover’s […]
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By Molly Guptill Manning In January 1942, thousands of New Yorkers gathered on the steps of the legendary New York Public Library at 5th Avenue and 42nd Street wearing their Sunday best and warmest coats. When standing room became scarce, crowds formed across the street. Nearly everyone had at least one book in hand. These […]
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To the community, A very energetic and outgoing volunteer team from Vail Resorts’ Retail Group joined the Bread & Broth volunteers to donate their time to serve the April 11 evening dinner at St. Theresa Grace Hall. With funds provided by the Vail EpicPromise Grant program, Heavenly Mountain Resort sponsored the Monday meal and had […]
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By Allen Young, Sacramento Business Journal Businesses would have a new tool to help avoid abusive ADA lawsuits under pending California legislation that has already drawn strong bipartisan support. The legislation by Democratic Sen. Richard Roth would give businesses a window of time to fix Americans With Disabilities Act compliance issues before being served with […]
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· South Tahoe Public Utility District board of directors will be having a public hearing on the budget May 12 from 6-7:30pm at the district, 1275 Meadow Crest Drive, South Lake Tahoe. The board will take action on the budget May 19 at 2pm at its regular meeting. · Lake Tahoe Mountain Bike Race is […]
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By Kathryn Reed It is up to the finance department of most agencies to have the pulse of the organization. South Lake Tahoe is no different. “We try to remain emotionally detached,” Mark Carlson, assistant city manager and director of Financial Services said. He admits the council has made decisions he disagrees with. All he […]
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To the community, NDOT is in the process of “selling” the Tahoe community on its plans for an extension of the Cave Rock tunnel. Their proffered justification is that our community needs such a tunnel extension to prevent future accidents that might be caused by rocks falling from the Cave formation. This is not a good […]
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By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times Republican state Sen. John Moorlach of Costa Mesa has emerged as a leading voice in the Legislature against skyrocketing debt piled up by public pension systems. But some in the pension reform movement say the former Orange County treasurer may be contributing to the problem: Moorlach receives an $83,827 […]
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