To the community, This letter is addressed to whoever is responsible for snow removal along the bike path on Al Tahoe Boulevard. Could the residents of Pioneer Village get the snow cleared at one of the two marked crosswalks that lead from the bike path to our area? The crosswalks are marked by signs and […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee An El Dorado County man was killed in gunfire last night in an officer-involved shooting. The dead man was identified as Christopher Michael Sheldon, 38, of Pollock Pines. The incident began when the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office dispatch center received a call about 9:30pm Wednesday from a resident in […]
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A good day for freshies. Dress warm. The day is starting off with single digits. Here is the Dec. 13 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Dec. 8, 2012, Sacramento Bee. No sooner did a poll come out showing that legislators are less unpopular than they have been since 2008, word comes that they still don’t quite grasp that they should pay for their own car repairs. Associated Press reporter Don Thompson reported that […]
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Friends of the California State Fair is offering scholarships for the 2013-14 academic year to California college students and graduating high school students. Applications, which are online, are due March 8. This year, 27 scholarships will be awarded in the following areas: agriculture, animal science, arts, business, culinary, education, enology, event planning, fair industry, international […]
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The Public Health Division of the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency has wrapped up its community flu vaccination clinics for the season, and is now offering the flu vaccine by appointment. The seasonal influenza vaccine is available for $10 per vaccination. No one will be turned away due to inability to pay. […]
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By John Eligon, New York Times KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Even as the summer swelter has given way to frost, nearly two-thirds of the country remains in a drought, with forest fires still burning, winter crops choking in parched soil and barges nearly scraping the mucky bottoms of sunken rivers. More than 62 percent of […]
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South Lake Tahoe therapist Ray Goodenough on Dec. 13 at 4pm will sign the book he co-authored with his daughter. Goodenough and Kathy Rem just published “Parallel Journeys”. After 33 years of separation, the two were reunited. In this book they compare stories and parallel journey. The signing is at the Center for Higher Learning […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Historic. That is what some called the near unanimous vote Wednesday by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board to approve the Regional Plan. For a document that was supposed to be approved in 2007, it was long in coming. It got derailed, turned upside down and faced the threat […]
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STATELINE — Byron Sher made it publicly known Wednesday that he will be resigning from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Board of Directors effective Dec. 13. He made the declaration during deliberations of the Regional Plan update. “If I were going to remain on the board, I would probably vote against the Regional Plan update,” […]
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