By Susan Wood South Lake Tahoe voters spoke loudly when they turned funding support of the El Dorado County Library into a no brainer during Tuesday’s primary election. With its funding to operate teetering, citizens overwhelmingly passed the $20-to-$28 a year parcel fee with 2,552 votes at 78.52 percent. Measure L needed two thirds of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Say goodbye to South Lake Tahoe’s parking meters at Lakeview Commons and Lakeside Beach. The voters on June 3 said take them out. This will happen after Labor Day. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, the yes votes were 1,271 at 68.41 percent and the no votes were 587 at 31.59 […]
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By Susan Wood The women running for the two judgeships in El Dorado County will join presiding Judge Suzanne Kingsbury in what will be a slightly more gender balanced Superior Court. Superior Court Commissioner Dylan Sullivan and Deputy District Attorney Vicki Ashworth won judgeship offices 5 and 1, respectively, in the June 3 primary election […]
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By Nancy Kerry The polls have closed and voting is complete. Now the tallying begins. These past few months of debate regarding the value of parking meters as a revenue source for the city has resulted in a higher level of engagement and discussion among community members about revenues, expenses and the future of the […]
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By Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times Gov. Jerry Brown finished first Tuesday in the California Primary, easily advancing to the general election while Republicans Neel Kashkari and Tim Donnelly battled for the second spot on the November ballot. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Attorney General Kamala Harris, both Democrats, also advanced to November. Insurance […]
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A fire damaged a single-family home in Incline Village on Monday. The cause of the June 2 fire at 815 Ellen Court is under investigation. Assisting North Lake Tahoe firefighters were crews from Tahoe Douglas and North Tahoe Fire. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By Scott Gold, Los Angeles Times David Fiori, waist-deep in the chilly Kern River, braced against the current, stabbed a shovel into the ancient silt between his feet and tossed the muck downstream. His eyes, though, wandered to a potential prize — a spot on the opposite bank of the river. To the uninitiated, it […]
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By Howard Stutz, Law Vegas Review-Journal Come October, Macau’s casinos won’t smell the same. The special administrative region government last month told its resort operators that smoking will be banned on mass-market gaming floors starting Oct. 6. Here’s the surprise: Macau’s six casino operators — including MGM Resorts International, Wynn Resorts Ltd. and Las Vegas […]
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By AP For the first time in its 25-year history, the favorite to win the annual celebrity golf tournament at Lake Tahoe is a golfer. Annika Sorenstam is listed at 2-1 atop the odds posted Monday at Harrah’s/Harveys Lake Tahoe Race & Sports Book. Defending champ and four-time winner Billy Joe Tolliver is at 9-2, […]
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By David Leonhardt, New York Times The federal government’s main educational-attainment categories are fairly blunt. In particular, the “some college” category includes a wide array of people: Those who have dropped out of college without earning any degree, those who have earned a two-year degree meant to lead directly to a job (such as in […]
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