By Lake Tahoe News Quagga mussels were found on a boat wanting to launch at Lake Tahoe this month. The boat was being inspected at the Alpine Meadows station May 14. California Department of Fish and Wildlife quarantined the boat for several days, and Tahoe Resource Conservation District staff performed multiple decontaminations to ensure all […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee A gymnastics instructor and professional photographer who has worked in Sacramento and El Dorado counties has been arrested on suspicion of sexual abuse. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office received a report on May 18 of child molestation that had occurred between 1999 and 2004. The victim said that her […]
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Placer County has scheduled two housing fee study workshops in June, one in Kings Beach and another in Auburn. The workshops will offer an opportunity to comment on two recently completed studies about fees charged to developers to help fund workforce and affordable housing projects. The Kings Beach meeting will be June 6 from 6-7:30pm […]
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By Wayne Parry, AP Getting new customers involved in more interactive experiences is going to be a big part of the future for casinos in the United States and around the world, participants in a major gambling conference predicted Wednesday. Casino executives, digital experts and payment processors at the conference in Atlantic City agreed […]
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· Report from the Eldorado National Forest: Facilities above 6,000 feet in elevation that are expected to open in mid- to late June are Loon Lake, Bear River Group, and Silver Lake East. At over 7,000 feet in elevation, Kirkwood Lake, Caples Lake, Woods Lake and Wrights Lake will be the last to open, most […]
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By Sean Whaley and Ben Botkin, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — A bill that requires school districts statewide to offer dual credit courses to high school students so they can simultaneously pursue higher education degrees and certifications was signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Brian Sandoval. Sandoval signed Senate Bill 19 at Western Nevada […]
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A celebration of life for Carolyn “Callie” Clark Goodenough will be June 4 at 3pm at Camp Galilee in Glenbrook. Callie died from Alzheimer’s complications on Jan. 9, 2017. She was born on Aug. 27, 1938, in Albuquerque, N.M., to John and Nell Graham. She was the oldest of three children, and, according to her […]
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By Kathryn Reed Communication. It was a dominate part of Lake Tahoe Unified School District’s board of education’s discussion this week. There are some board members who want to get their message out to parents and the broader community in a more proactive way. Communication from the district, though, has usually been through the superintendent’s […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the May 24, 2017, Ventura County Star. One of the news media’s most important functions in a democracy is to constantly remind public agencies about that “public” part of their name. Too often, government officials try to conduct the public’s business in private, and the results can be disastrous […]
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Mike Franceschini, a 32-year veteran of Lake Tahoe Unified School District, died May 24, 2017. He was 85. In 1956, Mike moved to Lake Tahoe. He taught grades four, five and six at Al Tahoe, Bijou, and Tahoe Valley elementary schools in South Lake Tahoe between 1956 and 1988. He was president of the South […]
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