Publisher’s note: The following endorsement is from Lake Tahoe News after a team of six community members gathered to hash out who the two best people in the field of five are to lead South Lake Tahoe on the City Council for the next four years. We believe Austin Sass and JoAnn Conner will best […]
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By Melissa Wiese, Sacramento Business Journal Raley’s Inc. says it has handed over its final offer to the union covering its workers. The West Sacramento-based grocery chain has been in negotiations with the United Food and Commercial Workers for 14 months, according to a Raley’s spokesman. The proposal includes a health care plan that’s almost […]
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Barton Health officials are reporting there is no threat to patients of the South Lake Tahoe hospital to contract fungal meningitis. “Barton Memorial Hospital does not purchase any drugs from NECC nor, for the nine-years that I have been the director of pharmacy, has the hospital ever purchased any drugs from that company,” Barry Keil […]
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Lake Tahoe News in cooperation with Soroptimist International South Lake Tahoe is giving away two tickets to the annual wine tasting. The event is Nov. 2, 6-9:30pm at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. It will showcase more than 18 area restaurants and 30 vintners. To be in the running for the pair of tickets you must be […]
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The auditing firm that Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and Tahoe Transportation District use has been sanctioned by the state because of its involvement with the city of Bell. It had been recommended that Mayer, Hoffman and McCann have its license suspended for six months. That recommendation was stayed. The auditing firm per the state Board […]
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By Kathryn Reed The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with the League to Save Lake Tahoe regarding one of five claims it made to stop the Sierra Colina project in Stateline. But that one aspect could derail the project. The court in its Oct. 11 ruling will not allow the developers to use […]
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To the community, Urs Schuler of Placerville [Voices, Oct. 10], makes one of the most peculiar arguments I’ve seen. He describes the trillion-dollar deficits and excessive spending during this administration, but then suggests that we replace Tom McClintock, one of the leading voices in Congress for fiscal sanity, with Jack Uppal who promises to support […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College is changing its board meeting to once a month. The board will meet the second Tuesday of the month. Special study sessions or workshops will be on the fourth Tuesday if needed. This will be done a six-month trial basis. “Most business items each month should be able to be addressed […]
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Tahoe Regional Young Professionals is having a mixer at the Beacon restaurant at Camp Richardson on Oct. 17 from 6:30–9pm. The cost for non-members is a $5, while TRYP members are free. Becoming a member costs $40 annually, effective for one year from the purchase date. TRYP will also be volunteering, handing out candy and […]
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More fire prevention fee bills are on their way to the region. “This week the state is mailing nearly 58,000 fire tax bills to Placer County residents — the largest single county billing to date,” George Runner, with the state Board of Equalization, said in a press release. “I think many people will be shocked […]
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