By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee State parole agents failed completely to properly supervise accused rapist and kidnapper Phillip Garrido for 10 years, and after his alleged victim, Jaycee Lee Dugard, was discovered alive in August top corrections officials praised parole despite the fact that agents missed numerous opportunities to discover her presence, a new state […]
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Veterans Day ceremony at the American Legion in South Lake Tahoe starts at 11am.
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Pints and Paddles cruise on Nov. 19 on the Tahoe Queen out of South Lake Tahoe; cruising from 6:30-9:30pm. This cruise features the band Truckee Tribe and Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. Tickets are $30 with $5 off with local ID or coupon. Ticket price includes a souvenir pint glass and your first beer. Call for […]
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Italian Night is the flavor of the winter season at Zephyr Cove Restaurant every Thursday (except Thanksgiving) beginning Nov. 5. Call (775) 589.4968 for reservations or additional information. Porters Lake Tahoe, with stores in Tahoe City-Truckee-Incline, celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2010. Tahoe Grille is open in South Tahoe. Reno’s Rink on the River is […]
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By Kathryn Reed Do It Center is ready to begin a remodel on the old South Shore Motors building in anticipation of opening the general merchandise store in 2010. The Southern California-based chain had expected to be open in South Lake for a few months by now. Appeals by hardware stores in town delayed the […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County’s next sheriff is still unknown, but the Board of Supervisors did decide Tuesday not to appointment one of the seven people running for the position. Sheriff Jeff Neves late last month tendered his resignation effective Dec. 26 — a year before his term expires. Supervisors said by not picking […]
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By Susan Wood The three incumbents on the Lake Tahoe Community College board pulled off a decisive win over a challenger in the quest for three seats in the El Dorado County election Tuesday. Molly Blann, Roberta Mason and Kerry David, respectively, took 1,926 votes or 28.1 percent, 1,904 or 27.8 percent, and 1,891 or […]
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By Kathryn Reed Wendy David is the clear winner of one of the two Lake Tahoe Unified School District board of education seats, while five votes separate newcomer Judy Cefalu and incumbent Duane Wallace. This will be David’s fourth term on the five-member board. “I look forward to creating things instead of eliminating things,†David […]
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By Kathryn Reed Two of the incumbents for South Tahoe Public Utility District soundly won re-election, while one fell to a challenger. Jim Jones and Eric Schafer are returning to the board. Chris Cefalu is replacing Ernie Claudio. The utility district race was the most heated of all the issues before South Shore voters on […]
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B apparently is not for baseball, as advocates of the measure put before El Dorado County voters on the South Shore had lobbied. Measure B was designed to alter the 2000-voter approved Measure S. It would have taken money designated for maintaining bike trails and put it toward renovating ball fields. Two-thirds of the voters […]
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