By Kathryn Reed Former El Dorado County Supervisor Norma Santiago believes the county owes her back wages. She is the second supervisor to demand more money since leaving office. The other was Ron Briggs. “I’m not commenting on that,” Santiago told Lake Tahoe News before she abruptly hung up the phone. Santiago was on the […]
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By Dean Heller and Dianne Feinstein It was 142 years ago that John Muir, the famous naturalist and conservationist, first laid eyes on Lake Tahoe. Muir wrote in a letter to a friend that he “sauntered through the piney woods, pausing countless times to absorb the blue glimpses of the lake, all so heavenly clean, […]
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By Russ Choma, Mother Jones In June, a video popped up on YouTube featuring a frenetic, shaggy-bearded pitchman in a chartreuse blazer. “Max Power here to tell you about an amazing new presidential candidate: Bailout Bush! If you love bailouts, you’re going to love Bailout Bush!” He touted Jeb Bush’s work for Lehman Brothers before […]
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By Grayson Schaffer, Outside On Aug. 7, President Obama signed into law a bill that converted just over 275,000 acres among the Boulder and White Cloud Mountains into federal wilderness — three separate areas collectively known as the Boulder–White Clouds. For years, it’s been obscure and sparsely trafficked by hikers, mountain bikers, off-road motorcyclists, skiers, […]
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· The Sept. 6 fireworks show on the South Shore starts at 8:30pm. · Russ Nygaard has been hired by Tahoe Transportation District as transportation capital program manager to oversee the planning, design and execution of the agency’s capital projects. · Heavenly Resort Mountain Run is a 5.8-mile trek that begins at California Base Lodge on […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee After a test period proved successful, Placerville police want to expand the use of body-worn cameras. “We are pleased with the current testing and evaluation of body-worn cameras on our patrol officers,” said Chief Scott Heller. “It puts everyone, officers and citizens alike, on their best behaviors.” The cameras, mounted […]
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The El Dorado Community Foundation has $74,000 to give to nonprofits that offer services and/or programs for residents of South Lake Tahoe. Seventy percent of the total is open to the entire community, while 30 percent will toward classroom curriculum support. Proposals of up to $5,000 will be considered. The grant process will open Sept. 15, with a deadline […]
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By Kathryn Reed Seneca Pond is no more. The 51-year-old manmade lake has been drained, and excavators are moving dirt and vegetation with the goal of the site being restored this fall. Today it is a mudflat. In a couple years U.S. Forest Service officials hope it will be hard to tell they had heavy […]
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Barton Health’s Signature Cocktail Contest is Sept. 23 at Riva Grill in South Lake Tahoe. This year all event proceeds will expand medical services and community programs for Barton Memorial Hospital’s Level III trauma center. The event starts at 5:30pm and ends at 8pm. Admission, which includes heavy appetizers, music, and cocktail samples, is $35 […]
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By Ivan Penn, Los Angeles Times California’s efforts to reduce electricity consumption over the last four decades saved $90 billion on utility bills, created hundreds of thousands of jobs and avoided construction of 41 power plants, according to a report released Thursday. And it’s not enough, the Natural Resources Defense Council said. Report author Lara […]
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