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3-day SnowGlobe music fest returning to S. Lake Tahoe
By Kathryn Reed Turning the stage 180 degrees so the sound reverberates away from homes, ending the concerts at 10pm the first two days and at 12:30 New Year’s morning, designating smoking areas, keeping the decibel level below 95, paying a $50,000 deposit and involving local businesses in the three-day event. Those are the criteria […]
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Accident ends with 1 arrest, 1 person in hospital
One person is in custody and another was fighting for his life Tuesday night at Renown Medical Center. South Lake Tahoe police refused to respond to multiple inquiries from Lake Tahoe News about the Aug. 21 incident on Highway 89. Reports are that it started as a hit and run accident of a pedestrian vs. […]
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LTUSD, South Tahoe solidifying how to manage ball fields
By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Unified School District officials missed a critical meeting Monday as the fields committee of the recreation joint powers authority centered its discussion on making an area at the old Al Tahoe Elementary School a multiuse field. This would require taking out some of the blacktop and the school board saying […]
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Mother Goose is on the loose at S. Tahoe library
Mother Goose on the Loose is a lap sit storytime for ages newborn to 2. “Mother Goose on the Loose” is an award winning program that combines music, movement, visual literacy and language development to help children get ready to read. The dates are Sept. 13, Sept. 20 and Sept. 27 at 11am at the […]
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Grant helps Tahoe students prepare for college
Services aimed at getting students ready for college are available for up to 500 students at South Tahoe Middle and High schools through a Lake Tahoe Community College federally funded grant program. The Department of Education grant consists of $230,000 a year for five years to provide services to 500 low-income, first generation college-bound students […]
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4-day seminar for new, existing South Shore businesses
A four-day business improvement series is being provided in partnership by the South Lake Tahoe and Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce. The program is designed to provide strategies for new and established businesses. Topics include: mapping revenue and profit projections, insight in potential markets, finance, messaging, customer experiences and more. The cost is […]
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Kerry officially becomes South Lake Tahoe’s city manager
By Kathryn Reed Nancy Kerry has lost part of her title with the city of South Lake Tahoe. That would be “interim”. The City Council in closed session on Tuesday agreed unanimously that Kerry should be the city’s city manager. When Kerry was appointed interim city manager in June this was to last until the […]
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California looking at how best to grade schools
By Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee California schools spend all year grading student performance, but lawmakers are turning the tables with an issue that strikes at the heart of education: How should a school be graded? Parents have a right to know if their child’s campus is passing or failing; the current yardstick is based entirely […]
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Lobbyist who facilitated Apple’s deal in Reno has state contract
By David McGrath Schwartz, Las Vegas Sun When Apple needed help negotiating the tax breaks it sought as a condition to build a $1 billion data center in Northern Nevada, the company turned to Greg Ferraro, a veteran Carson City lobbyist and top adviser to Gov. Brian Sandoval. But Ferraro not only has a close […]
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