Lake Tahoe ski report, Jan. 6
Clouds are filling up the sky and that white stuff is in the forecast. Here is today’s ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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Lakes near Tahoe to be inspected for mussels
By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal The hunt for invading mussels that could pose an ecological disaster for the region will extend beyond Lake Tahoe to other threatened lakes and reservoirs. Donner and Independence lakes and Boca, Stampede and Prosser Creek reservoirs will be searched for the possible presence of quagga or zebra mussels. Boats launching […]
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Decision on Bijou post office expected in 3 weeks
By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe post office officials expect to know by the end of the month if the Bijou facility will be closed. Postmaster Toni Passot told Lake Tahoe News on Jan. 5 that no decision has been made yet. Some of the confusion with the more than 900 people who rent a […]
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Abstract art exhibit at LTCC starts Jan. 9
South Shore artist and poet Yasmin Sayyed will display her abstract paintings in Lake Tahoe Community College’s Foyer Gallery starting Jan. 9. Born in New York of Cape Verdean and Caribbean ancestry, much of her professional life has been spent as an educator, researcher and psycho-educational therapist. Sayyed has had a lifelong passion for making […]
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Number of homes sold in Tahoe on the upswing
By Kathryn Reed More houses were sold in Lake Tahoe in 2009 than in 2008, but the prices kept falling. Foreclosure listings are still happening on a regular basis as people struggle to make ends meet in this economically depressed region. According to Chase International, sales were up 22 percent throughout the basin. It breaks […]
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Charter to sell billions in stock
Sacramento Business Journal Charter Communications Inc., which emerged from bankruptcy in November, plans to sell nearly 78 million shares of stock worth up to $2.7 billion. The proposed maximum offering price is $34.50 a share, according to a filing Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Read the whole story
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New headquarters for Sierra Wildlife Rescue
By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee Sierra Wildlife Rescue, an El Dorado County-based volunteer group that rescues and rehabilitates injured and orphaned wild animals, begins the new year in new quarters. With its 2010 class offerings for current and prospective volunteers scheduled to begin Jan. 14, volunteers will hold a work day Jan. 9 to put […]
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BlueGo is seeing red; more cuts needed
By Kathryn Reed A $211,000 shortfall is requiring BlueGo to tweak bus routes in South Lake Tahoe — again. It seems like every few months officials from the South Shore bus agency come before the South Lake Tahoe City Council with either proposed route changes or fare increases. On Tuesday there will be a public […]
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Tahoe area AT&T workers to lose jobs
KCRA-TV SACRAMENTO — AT&T is planning to lay off 525 technicians statewide by the end of March. Local union president Joel Nielsen said those layoffs would affect about 54 or 90 technicians that work out of Placerville and serve Auburn, Folsom, Placerville, Sacramento, Truckee, and the Lake Tahoe region. Read the whole story
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Tahoe snowboarders in contention in Mammoth
By Lindsey Sine, USSA MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN — No, it’s not déjà vu. Olympic gold medalists Kelly Clark (Mt. Snow, VT) and Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) are just so consistent that for the second Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix in a row, they have qualified first and will lead Wednesday’s finals. Under the sunny California sky, […]
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