Updated Aug. 16, 2010, at 12:18pm. By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe and El Dorado County officials have resolved their differences regarding redevelopment. The City Council, acting as the Redevelopment Agency, had a special meeting at 4:30pm Friday to approve the agreement. The vote was 3-0, with Councilman Bill Crawford leaving before the vote and […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee The Placer County Sheriff’s Department is working to identify two people who were found dead this afternoon inside a crashed airplane near Emigrant Gap. The plane, a single-engine Piper Cherokee Arrow, initially was believed to have departed from Watsonville for Auburn, but a Federal Aviation spokesman said later information indicated […]
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By Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee State highway officials said Wednesday they may be forced to slow or halt more than $3 billion worth of road projects statewide – including several in the Sacramento area – if the state budget is not passed by September. Several planned projects already have been placed on hold pending budget […]
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Join the Tahoe Rim Trail Association for volunteer trail building workdays on the Daggett Summit Trail System Project. Workdays are Tuesdays and Saturdays 9am to 4pm from now until mid-October. Learn new skills, meet likeminded trail enthusiasts, and give back to your community by joining a volunteer trail crew! Volunteers of all skill levels and […]
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The North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce and the Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Sierra Human Resources Association are offering “Get In the Zone: A Workshop for Working Women” on Aug. 18 from 8am to 12:30pm at Granlibakken Conference Center & Lodge, 725 Granlibakken Road in Tahoe City. The workshop is […]
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• Guy Lease, former president of Lake Tahoe Community College, has been hired as interim president for Las Positas College in Livermore. • Terri Thomas has resigned from the Fallen Leaf Lake Community Services District board. More Fallen Leaf news – the state has questions about voter fraud. Click letter to find out about that. […]
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It’s possible to be a good steward of the Truckee River and have a beautifully landscaped property, according to Robie Litchfield, a landscape architect, who serves on an advisory committee for the Truckee River Watershed Council. Litchfield, of Truckee’s L&P DesignWorks, says many people believe gravel is the only remedy for eroding slopes. However, there […]
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Four distinguished wineries – Chalk Hill Estate, Kuleto Estate, Three Rivers and Sebastiani – are on board for the Shaw Family Farm’s Feast in the Field dinner, slated for Aug. 21 in Truckee. A portion of the event’s proceeds will go to support Slow Food Lake Tahoe, a grassroots movement that links the pleasure of […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Aug. 11, 2010, Orange County Register. State legislators have decided to delay for two years a ballot measuring asking voters to approve an $11 billion bond to pay for water improvements – and a lot of pork, including a golf course, parks and Lake Tahoe water taxis. Proposition […]
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By Kathryn Reed Gary Moore is ready to redefine recreation. South Lake Tahoe’s director of Parks and Recreation is retiring Oct. 1. His wife, Angela, is retiring the day before as manager of the infusion center at Barton Memorial Hospital. Travel is a big part of their plans – and recreating. Tahoe will always be […]
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