By Kathryn Reed Thane McCall’s generosity could be monumental if the South Shore housing market returns to the glory days. Even if home sales sputter as they have been, McCall has pledged to donate a total of $20,000 to five area charities. If profits are better than that for the entire calendar year, the larger […]
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The Genoa Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival features an unprecedented line up of nationally known Cowboy poets and musicians including Waddie Mitchell, Don Edwards, Paul Zarzyski, Lacy J. Dalton and the Dalton Gang, David John and the Comstock Cowboys, Dave Stamey, Larry Maurice, Richard Elloyan, Sourdough Slim, Old West Trio, Cross Town Cowboys, Dennis Golden, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Unified School District was able to secure $2 million more in bond sales Tuesday than financial advisers anticipated because of a good bond rating and favorable yield. The district will have $17.7 million in its coffers in the next week. The money is part of the $64.5 million bond approved […]
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• Tim Winters of Winters Electric closed escrow this month on the former House of Carpets building on Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe. In May he plans to open a retail business selling green living merchandise, including home automation systems to turn off lights and appliances remotely, central controllers and thermostats, and LED lighting […]
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To the community, Vote-by-mail ballots for the June primary election will be sent out in the next couple of weeks. These propositions aren’t on many people’s radar yet. Primary and mid-term elections have notoriously low turnout. This year the tea-partyers are riled up and ready to vote. Let’s match that with progressive energy and votes […]
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By Tom Knudson, Sacramento Bee As director of the emergency room at the UC Davis Medical Center, Robert Derlet always wondered what made people sick. Each summer, on hiking trips into the high Sierra, he brought that curiosity along, asking himself: Where do you get infections in the wilderness? The most obvious possibility, he believed, […]
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In its ongoing endeavor to provide good juju and great java, Truckee’s Elijah Bleu’s House of Coffee and Good Eats recently joined the Green Café Network, a movement that promotes environmental and social responsibility. According to café owner, John Evans, the nonprofit organization’s mission aligns perfectly with that of Elijah Bleu’s. “For instance, we serve […]
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The boat launch at Sand Harbor will reopen May 1. Boating launching hours will be 6am-8pm throughout the summer. Boat inspectors from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency watercraft inspection program will be present during these hours. Tahoe boaters are encouraged to get watercraft inspected early due to summer crowds. Lake levels are still low and […]
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By Kathryn Reed When ratepayers in South Tahoe Public Utility District incurred a 4 percent hike in 2007 it generated about $668,000 in revenue. Salary and benefit increases that year for STPUD totaled about $750,000. When ratepayers incurred another 4 percent hike in 2008 it raised about $700,000, with the district spending about $1.7 million […]
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The opportunity for citizens to submit their names for possible nomination for the 2010-11 El Dorado County Grand Jury is available. The grand jury acts as an investigative body to ensure county, special district, and city government is being effectively run. The grand jury is not a jury for a trial. The judges of the […]
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