By Sanford Nax, Sacramento Business Journal Lower prices are helping boost home sales around Lake Tahoe, according to a midyear report released by Lake Tahoe-based real estate company Chase International . Sales increased 28 percent, but there was no change in dollar volume. That’s because median and average prices fell 19 percent and 33 percent […]
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The North Tahoe Public Utility District received a slightly higher than expected fine from the Lahontan Water Quality Control Board for a 2010 sewage spill. The board voted July 12 to fine NTPUD $239,081.25, about $7,000 more than the team investigating the spill proposed. The board decided to increase the fine because it felt there […]
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By Will Doig, Salon Since 1979, Eddee Daniel has been hiking Milwaukee’s Cambridge Woods, part of an 800-acre swath of wilderness now called the Milwaukee River Greenway. Back then, the forest, which cuts straight through Wisconsin’s most crowded ZIP code, was largely shunned by the public. “There were vandals and drug dealers,” says Daniel. “It’s […]
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Alan Tolhurst, an architect who contributed to the community by serving on local boards, passed away on July 8. He died after a long battle with leukemia. “Alan served his community of South Lake Tahoe in so many ways to insure economic improvement and environmental responsibility as a leader on the El Dorado County Planning Commission […]
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By Cynthia H. Craft, Sacramento Bee If it seems like aerial bombardments of mosquitoes are coming fast and furious this summer, rest assured it’s not a product of the imagination. Mosquito control district aircraft are taking to the skies earlier and more frequently this season than in any other year since the West Nile virus […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee The fire that has scorched more than 1,000 acres of wildland and threatened homes near Foresthill is still burning this morning but its march has at least temporarily slowed. However, fire officials are worried that the afternoon will bring hot winds that could push the fire toward houses despite the […]
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Every metro area in Northern California, including South Lake Tahoe, saw a double-digit drop in the average price of gas over the past month, according to the latest report from AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah Insurance Exchange. The average price in South Lake Tahoe dropped to $3.85 from $4.20 when the survey was done […]
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The California Community Colleges Board of Governors this week took the first step toward establishing system-wide enrollment priorities and gave final approval to regulations that prevent students from repeating courses that they have already successfully completed. The enrollment priority regulations, which are scheduled for final adoption in September and implementation in the fall of 2014, would reward students who […]
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• Edgewood Company and the city of South Lake Tahoe invite the public to the opening of the Bonanza Neighborhood Park on July 14 from 11am to 1pm. The park is located at 1209 Bonanza Ave. • Tahoe Arts Project is having auditions for Missoula Children’s Theater production of “The Wizard of Oz” on the lawn of Valhalla […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 11, 2012, Sacramento Bee. In a landmark decision handed down last week, the state Supreme Court has ruled that charter cities in California that use their own money to build new fire stations, libraries, sewer systems or other municipal facilities can ignore the state’s prevailing wage law. […]
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