By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee A study released Monday by the Little Hoover Commission recommends that California should consider divesting some of its state parks and permanently turning them over to local agencies. The 120-page report is the result of a year-long investigation that began before financial scandals emerged in July 2012 at the California […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Unified School District on Monday will be posting jobs for three principals, a vice principal and instructor to oversee the Sports Medicine Academy at South Tahoe High School. The school board created the vacancy at Bijou Community School Tuesday night when the five unanimously agreed to move Karen Tinlin to […]
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Keep your fingers crossed for measurable snow as these series of storms pass through. Conditions are still very good on the slopes with machine groomed corduroy and spring conditions. Here is the March 27 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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• South Lake Tahoe police Officer Johnny Poland’s next federal court hearing has been pushed back to May 1. • Travel & Leisure has released its list of America’s Coolest River Walks and Reno comes up No. 9. • Andrew Sanford, who is accused of killing South Lake Tahoe teenager Richard Swanson in 1980, will […]
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By Kathryn Reed Advocates for a growing dome at Sierra House Elementary School have discovered they need to nurture their idea a bit more for it to sprout into a reality. This means learning that permits are needed, a thing called coverage is an issue in the Lake Tahoe Basin, that the school board needs […]
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By John L. Smith, Las Vegas Review-Journal Consider it the memoirist’s prerogative: He gets to recount his life’s events any way he wishes, and readers expect he’ll place himself in a sympathetic light. Whether he flashes a glimpse of stocking or lets it all hang out, the writer of a memoir needn’t adhere to the […]
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To the community, “The Big Burn” by Timothy Egan is about the wildfire of 1910 that burned an area the size of Connecticut. And it is about the birth of the Forest Service and conservation in the U.S. The fire began in Idaho and spread to Montana and Washington. It is about good guys and […]
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A Dodge Ram 1500 tried to do some urban four-wheeling, but instead ended up being towed Tuesday night. South Lake Tahoe police Sgt. Jeff Regan said alcohol was not a factor in the 8:22pm March 26 accident. The driver and passenger refused medical treatment. Regan told Lake Tahoe News the driver had been drifting on […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will begin prescribed fire operations near the Meeks Bay area on March 27. Crews expect to burn approximately 30 acres near Meeks Meadow. Operations may continue through the week, weather and conditions permitting. Residents and visitors can expect to see smoke from this prescribed fire project area. Smoke may […]
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By Andrea Domanick, Las Vegas Sun “Loosen his bow tie and snuggle up, you two,” says Las Vegas photographer Linda Quackenboss, directing a camera-shy couple sitting for portraits in her studio. Reaching out, Phil Pineda does as he’s told and loosens Mel Cole’s bow tie. “There’s my GQ smile!” the 53-year-old tells the couple, who […]
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