Kayak, fun paddle on Saturday. This is an informal day of paddlers getting together to have an enjoyable day on the water. When: Sept. 12th, 9am Where: Baldwin Beach on the South Shore What: Paddle to Emerald Bay and back Bring: Kayak, paddle, personal floatation device, lunch, safety gear, water, sunscreen, hat, cash (for parking […]
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By Susan Wood FALLEN LEAF LAKE – Tears, cheers, jeers and sneers encapsulated a contentious community meeting last weekend at this normally quiet hamlet that backs up to the Desolation Wilderness near South Lake Tahoe. At stake for the standing-room-only crowd is the hub of the village — the marina and general store. Long-time, fourth-generation […]
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By Kathryn Reed It felt more like going to a construction site than school for students and staff at South Tahoe High School on the first day of school. The campus on Sept. 8 looked a whole lot different compared to when everyone left for summer break in June. Building is under way, big equipment […]
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By Kathryn Reed Parents filled the Lake Tahoe Unified School District boardroom Sept. 8 to complain about the bus routes taking students living in outlying areas to Bijou Community School. Liz Muckerman and Heidi Hill Drum spoke on behalf of the parents. Both said they understand the state has cut $200,000 from the district’s transportation […]
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TRUCKEE — Four people survived a single-engine plane crash Monday night while taking off from the Truckee Tahoe Airport. The Associated Press is reporting that National Transportation Safety Board officials will arrive today to begin the investigation. The plane reportedly flipped over and landed upside down. AP said one person was airlifted to an area […]
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Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe has started an account to help Jaycee Lee Dugard’s family. Checks may be sent to Bank of the West, Jaycee Dugard Family Fund, 2161 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150. The account number is 186153508. MontBleu hotel-casino at Stateline has offered its showroom as a fundraising mechanism. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Connecting Nevada from Stateline on the south to Crystal Bay on the north via a bicycle route is gaining momentum. Known as the Stateline-to-Stateline route, the roughly 30-mile stretch has demonstration projects that will be built before the core center section. One is in the Incline-Sand Harbor area, the other from Stateline […]
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By Kathryn Reed One or both of South Lake Tahoe’s city attorneys may be asked to pack up their office after having only been on the job since June. In a special closed session meeting today at 9am the City Council will meet to evaluate Patrick Enright and Jacqueline Mittelstadt, the two attorneys. It seems […]
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By Kathryn Reed Despite Phillip Garrido’s now-well publicized criminal exploits with women, his name was never one that crossed the desks of law enforcement after Jaycee Lee Dugard was abducted June 10, 1991. “We didn’t have anything that was remotely close to these people. These people just did not come up on the radar screen […]
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By Susan Wood Businesses and agencies in the two states flanking Lake Tahoe are reporting double-digit declines in lodging, gaming, retail and travel demand. Lake Tahoe tourism officials say most every commerce indicator points to a struggling economy in the world of tourism for the summer season, which in the basin officially ended Labor Day […]
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