By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County spent more than a quarter of a million dollars to do a salary study that it doesn’t want to use during current negotiations with workers. The 900 or so employees represented by Local 1 are working without a contract. The last full contract expired June 30, 2016, but had […]
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· Tahoe Rim Trail Association will be raffling one of its vistas at the annual celebration and fundraiser on Oct. 3 at North Tahoe Event Center in Kings Beach. The winner will name the view of Lake Tahoe from mile 15 of the Tahoe Rim Trail north of Tahoe City. Vistas are normally available for […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about affordable housing in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee region. All articles may be accessed via the home page under Special Projects, 2017 Affordable Housing. By Kathryn Reed Nearly two years after Vail Resorts announced it would spend $30 million on workforce housing, the financial commitment is […]
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By Kathryn Reed With farmers’ markets getting ready to call it a season in the Lake Tahoe area and summer produce soon to be thing of the past, this recipe needs to be made soon. While the ingredients can be found year-round, I try not to buy tomatoes out of season. They don’t have any […]
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Based on decades of exploring California’s backcountry, the “California Field Atlas” is Obi Kaufmann’s compilation of hundreds of hand-painted maps detailing the striking topography of the Golden State. Kaufmann will be at Alpenglow Sports in Tahoe City on Oct. 2 at 6:30pm to talk about the book. There will be a Q&A following the presentation. […]
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Kick off this Halloween season with what it is said to be a spine-tingling tale of mystery, suspense, and maybe a ghost or two. Opening night of “The Woman in Black” is Oct. 6 at Valhalla. The South Shore performance of this play is Oct. 6-8 and Oct. 12-15, 7:30pm. Tickets range from $15 to […]
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By Susan Wood Water agencies are pressing forward on a proposed work plan designed to outline how to eliminate the contaminant PCE from groundwater near the Y in South Lake Tahoe. Richard Solbrig, South Tahoe Public Utility District general manager, gave his board an update Sept. 21 on treatment of a toxic plume known for […]
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By Victor Joecks, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada’s Medicaid expansion has been getting a lot of love from Gov. Brian Sandoval, Sen. Dean Heller and others who want Washington to continue paying the bulk of the program’s tab. But if Nevada taxpayers had to pay the full cost of the expansion, it’d have less support than […]
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By Todd Prince, Las Vegas Review-Journal The son of a champion motorcycle racer, Zeno Panarari grew up in a region of Italy so well known for its gasoline-fueled bikes that it’s sometimes called Motor Valley. Thus, when the mechanical engineer took to building a bicycle, it turned out more like his father’s motorcycle than a […]
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Douglas County sheriff’s investigators are looking for a man they believe to be responsible for a rash of burglaries in the Lower Kingsbury Grade area. The man’s name is Peter Quillian. No precise description was provided. Anyone with information about Quillian’s whereabouts is asked to call 775.782.5126. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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