Placer County supervisors this month went on a bit of a spending spree that will affect Lake Tahoe. Working with the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association in how to spend money collected from the hotel tax in the region, the supervisors allocated $1.48 million. The transient occupancy tax money will be doled out starting July […]
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South Lake Tahoe is on a beautification quest of sorts. This means it is going to start enforcing rules on the books so the city looks better. Officials are going to start with the sign ordinance. This means actually not allowing the illegal signs. Businesses with a permitted sign do not need to do anything. […]
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The mission for WordWave is to create an annual cultural event for locals and visitors to share their stories, create and be inspired by the beauty of Lake Tahoe. WordWave, A Festival of Story at Lake Tahoe will debut Oct. 9-11 at the Tallac Historic Site on the South Shore. WordWave is the brainchild of […]
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By Chris Megerian and Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times Gov. Jerry Brown and top lawmakers from both parties announced Thursday a $1-billion plan to deal with California’s persistent drought, describing the legislation as a mix of short-term relief and support for long-term water projects. “This is a struggle,” Brown said at a Capitol news conference. […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is asking for public input on a proposal to reconstruct the Kingsbury Stinger Trail near Kingsbury Grade. The Stinger Trail runs approximately 2.75 miles from Genoa Peak Road to Terrace View Drive on lower Kingsbury Grade and is open to all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles and mountain bikes. […]
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By Michael Abbott and Christopher Bennett As people creep into the retirement “red zone” – those years just before or right after they retire – it becomes more important than ever that they find ways to keep their savings safe. Because at that point, their retirement picture will change significantly only if they lose a […]
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Dick Derby didn’t stay retired long. He has been rehired by Barton Memorial Hospital to be the interim chief financial officer. A one-year contract has been signed. His first day will be March 23. The need to rehire Derby, or someone else, was needed after the South Lake Tahoe healthcare system fired Steve Neff on […]
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By Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times A proposed law that would make California the first state in the country to require that adult bike riders wear helmets has reignited a decades-long debate between regulators and the bicycling community over safety. Senate Bill 192, introduced by state Sen. Carol Liu, D-La Cañada Flintridge, would impose […]
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By Alison Griswold, Slate America’s craft breweries are thirsty for a lot more market share. By 2020, the trade association representing small and independent brewers in the U.S. says its members will satisfy 20 percent of the country’s beer consumption. That’s quite a bit when you consider that in 2014 beer giant Anheuser-Busch (which includes […]
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• The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Advisory Planning Commission on April 8 at 9am will discuss the Tahoe Valley Area Plan at the agency’s Stateline office. The South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission will discuss the plan April 9 at 3pm at Lake Tahoe Airport. Comments are being taken until 5pm April 14. • David Pogue, […]
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