By Kathryn Reed Leadership, or the lack of it, is creating a fissure at Lake Tahoe Community College that some say is bringing harm to the two-year institution. The turnover in presidents, other administrators and personnel leaving by choice by having found a new job or retiring are taking a toll on what had been […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee Heavy rain battered the foothills during the late afternoon and early evening today, with reports of road flooding and rock and mudslides in El Dorado, Placer and Nevada counties. Some of the heaviest rain in the past six hours was along the Highway 49 corridor, with a little more than […]
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Helly Hansen’s Big Mountain Battle returns to Squaw Valley for the third year on March 19. The event was postponed earlier this winter due to heavy snowfall at the resort. The Big Mountain Battle’s Squaw Valley stop is a favorite among local skiers. The event will challenge teams of two to ski and snowboard a […]
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On March 17, officers of the South Lake Tahoe Police Department will conduct a specialized enforcement effort focusing on motorists who violate pedestrians’ right of way in crosswalks, as well as those motorists who ignore the flashing red lights displayed on local school buses while picking up or delivering children. Pedestrians, particularly children, pose one […]
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A bait and switch scam at the South Lake Tahoe Rite-Aid has police warning retail workers to be on the lookout for similar transactions. Officers said the suspect on March 12 gave the clerk five $20 bills in exchange for a $100 bill. The clerk took his money and gave him a $100 bill. The […]
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Updated March 15 at 3:09pm The body of 18-year-old Andre Simonpietri was located this morning by a local Truckee resident. Truckee police working with members of the Nevada County Search and Rescue team were contacted by a local Truckee resident at about 11:01am Tuesday. Andre Simonpietri’s body was located in the Glenshire subdivision of Truckee […]
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Time to get out the shovel because snow is in the forecast overnight. The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a winter weather advisory from 8 tonight to 5pm Wednesday for elevations above 7,000 feet Below 7,000 feet about a half foot of snow is forecast, while above that elevation between 8 and 16 […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe officials are being vague about what the boarded up Mikasa-Miller’s Outpost site might be turned into. At the same time, they are frustrated with TRPA allegedly being obstructionists to getting tenants into the Y retail center. “The biggest stumbling block is the required traffic study and air mitigation fee,” […]
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Weather could pose a problem for the lifts up top. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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• The 2011 Nevada State Fair has been canceled because of money issues. Only 13 percent of the fundraising goal had been met before the board made its decision this month. • Zephyr Cove Elementary sixth-grader Aspen Kidd is going to the state National Geographic Geography Bee in Las Vegas on April 1. • Lake […]
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