• Jeff Marsolais has left his job as recreation and land staff officer in the Inyo forest to lead the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit of the U.S. Forest Service. He will be in South Lake Tahoe for 120 days. His official title will be acting supervisor – that’s as of Dec. 5. • The […]
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By Kathryn Reed A sign on Tahoe Keys Boulevard reads like the South Shore neighborhood doesn’t want anyone to set foot or drive on the streets except for owners. South Lake Tahoe officials, when told about the sign by Lake Tahoe News, contacted the Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association and told them to take down […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe officials have provided Lake Tahoe News with exact dollar amounts for how salaries and benefits are broken down. This intervention was needed because the figures could not be ferreted out based on published documents provided by the city. Total salaries for 2010-11 are $16,851,913; benefits total $9,849,239; making for […]
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It’s a great day to be on the mountain, but dress warm — it’s bitter cold out there. More resorts are open — Kirkwood today. Sierra is open top to bottom. Heavenly plans to have more lifts and runs in California open. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee A damage analysis by the National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado did indeed hit near El Dorado Hills on Tuesday. The damage assessment by the Sacramento office showed that at 1:17pm a tornado developed near the community of Latrobe, about 4 miles south of El Dorado Hills. The […]
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The El Dorado County Library, the South Lake Tahoe Women’s Center and CASA are partnering together to offer the sixth annual Giving Tree. The tree is up in the library (on Rufus Allen Boulevard) and decorated with the wishing ornaments of children who are part of the court system, perhaps in foster care, or living […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE — Shelters for bus riders, or the lack of them, has been a legitimate complaint for years. Gradually, there will be less to complain about. Federal stimulus money is paying for four shelters in Nevada – three in the basin, one in valley – all served by BlueGo. The Tahoe […]
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By Devon O’Neil, ESPN “I want to partner with the United Nations,” says Jamie Schectman. “I want to have a family that’s currently in Afghanistan come to one of our ski areas and see how we’re running things and then go back to Afghanistan and start one of their own [ski areas] in collaboration with […]
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River Ranch Restaurant will donate 30 percent of diners’ total food bill to the Truckee Donner Land Trust on Dec. 9 from 6-9pm. Make reservations (530.583.4264) at least a day in advance, and be sure to tell the person you are dining for the Truckee Donner Land Trust. The River Ranch is on Highway 89 […]
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By Dan Balz, Washington Post SAN DIEGO — Rick Snyder, the former Gateway executive who was just elected governor of Michigan, calls it the next big national issue, on a scale with health care in its importance to the economic vitality of the country. But unlike health care, this battle will be fought in the […]
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