North Lake Tahoe’s Measure F is up for renewal on the June 5 ballot. If approved, it would retain the 2 percent transient occupancy tax that funds public improvement projects and services, such as beaches, bike trails and parks. The 2 percent tax applied to hotel rooms was first approved by voters in 1996 and […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe is getting a conference center after all. While it’s on the campus of South Tahoe High School, it is a joint-use facility that is partly funded with a grant South Lake Tahoe helped secure. It’s like a mini-convention center – especially with all the high-tech features being built in. […]
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Twenty percent of the proceeds from regular menu items at Coyote Grill will be donated to the Lake Tahoe Humane Society and S.P.C.A. to help California and Nevada animals in need. The event is March 29 from 5-10pm. Coyote Grill is next to Safeway in Round Hill.
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By Robert Reich Republicans have morality upside down. Santorum, Gingrich, and even Romney are barnstorming across the land condemning gay marriage, abortion, out-of-wedlock births, access to contraception, and the wall separating church and state. But America’s problem isn’t a breakdown in private morality. It’s a breakdown in public morality. What Americans do in their bedrooms […]
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El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office is having a promotional ceremony March 31 at 3pm. Sheriff John D’Agostini has promoted Lts. Marc Adams and Randy Peshon to captain. This filled two vacant division commander positions. Sgt. Tom Hoagland, Tim Becker, Jackie Noren, and Pete Van Arnum have been promoted to lieutenants. Subsequently, deputies Daniel Bears, Jim […]
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By Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee Salaries for California lawmakers remain the nation’s highest despite years of budget crisis and a belt-tightening backlash that sparked legislative pay cuts three years ago. For voters eager to target lawmakers as scapegoats for the state’s massive problems, California’s top ranking is sure to fuel debate this week over whether […]
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By Kathryn Reed In a 4-0 decision, the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board voted to launch the South Lake Tahoe Mountain Sports Academy. Board member Judy Cefalu was recused because her son, Chris Cefalu, is one of the owners of Tahoe Sports & Entertainment. TSE will bring the hockey and figure skating components to […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Raley’s is ramping up the pressure on its workers to swallow contract savings, taking steps that could provoke the first strike in the supermarket chain’s 77-year history. Fed up with months of fruitless labor negotiations, Raley’s refused late Friday to extend the contract with a Bay Area unit of the […]
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Join Friends of Hope Valley for a fun filled day pitching in to restore Hope Valley’s unique and beautiful habitat. Important jobs include planting willows to restore the banks of the West Fork Carson River. Cap off the day with the Back 40 Band, the Ten Dollar Pony Duo and a barbecue fundraiser at Sorensen’s. […]
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Discover dabblers, divers, and other feathered friends on an early morning walk with Jim Woods, local birder and member of the Lahontan Audubon Society. See what species are coming and going during the annual spring migration, and what birds will stick around all year. In May, the males will be singing their territorial and nesting […]
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