By Dan Tirabasso In a 4-0 decision Tuesday, the South Lake Tahoe City Council decided to give residents another opportunity to vote on a tax revision aimed at increasing revenue for the city. (Councilwoman Angela Swanson was absent.) The June 5 ballot measure would increase the tax on the city’s largest companies by increasing the […]
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By Joshua Emerson Smith, Merced Sun-Star When you think of the final 400-foot ascent of the Yosemite Valley’s Half Dome Trail, what words come to mind? “Majestic?” “Breathtaking?” “Crowded?” How about “expensive”? Last year, visitors paid as much as $100 to hike the famous trail. Over the past two years, to address dangerously overcrowded conditions, […]
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The Placer County Department of Public Works is soliciting public comments on the Homewood Water Quality Improvement Project. The public comment period ends Feb. 18. Comments may be sent the Department of Public Works, 7717 North Lake Blvd., Kings Beach, CA 96143, or emailed to kmcgahan@placer.ca.gov. There will be a public meeting on the document […]
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Trout Unlimited and California Trout are hosting two open houses to discuss a proposal for the Upper Truckee River in Meiss Meadows to have the Wild and Scenic River designation. The South Lake Tahoe open house is Feb. 21 from 4-7pm at the El Dorado County Library, 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd. The Markleeville open house […]
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Washoe Meadows Community, which filed a lawsuit in November against the State Parks Commission and Department of State Parks for environmental studies inadequacies and statutory violations related to the unprecedented reclassification of a state park, has submitted a request for mediation. This was done after the state filed its CEQA notice of decision following the […]
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Business Expo Training Workshop is March 10 from 10am-noon at the Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce office at 169 Highway 50 in Stateline. Membership Director Shannon McIsaac will go over the basics in trade show etiquette. This interactive workshop will go over the best ways to engage visitors at your booth, how to […]
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By Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down California’s ban on same-sex marriage, clearing the way for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on gay marriage as early as next year. The 2-1 decision by a panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found that […]
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By Michael Frank, Adventure Journal Even though as the crow flies, the postage-stamp town of Tenna, Switzerland, isn’t far from historic resorts like St. Moritz and Davos, Tenna is a one-horse town, one-shop, one-school, and one t-bar town. And that t-bar, the only ski lift in the whole valley, was on its last legs. But […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee A proposed ballot initiative aimed for the November elections begs a key question looming over California’s medical marijuana industry: Can stricter state regulation keep the federal government from shutting it down? Dispensaries, medical marijuana growers and a powerful union local are rallying behind an initiative that would regulate California’s $1.5 […]
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If you live, own or work at a business in Stateline residential, Lakeside Park, Heavenly Valley, Tahoe Meadows or Bijou Park, the city of South Lake Tahoe is having a neighborhood service team meeting Feb. 21 from 2:30-4:30pm. It will be at the Best Western Station House in the conference room, 901 Park Ave. The […]
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