By Kathryn Reed This is it. It’s time to say goodbye. These past nine years have been an incredible journey; one I would never trade. So many friends have been made. So many interesting people interviewed. So many exciting events to cover. So many stories – and not all of them saw the light of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lakeside Inn has long been the favorite casino for locals. Now it wants to be the preferred employer. The hotel-casino a couple years ago had designs of re-creating itself so it would be a focal point when driving in from the east. Those plans have been shelved and instead the owners are […]
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By Kathryn Reed Don’t be surprised to hear more Spanish than English at Lake Tahoe Community College this week. Monday begins the 25th year of ISSI – Intensive Spanish Summer Institute. What started with 150 students in three levels of grammar courses has evolved into 16 levels from low beginning to high superior. Hundreds of […]
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By Kathryn Reed A prime piece of South Shore real estate may be back in the limelight. Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District would like to build a pier at the Dreyfus estate that would be used only by public agencies, but not the boating or recreating public. The U.S. Forest Service owns this land. No […]
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By Kathryn Reed The release of some of the public records that were requested of the South Lake Tahoe city clerk only muddies the waters. Suzie Alessi, who is quitting effective next Friday, provided Lake Tahoe News on July 25 with some of the documents that had been requested earlier this year. Normally a public […]
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By Cassandra Moseley, The Conversation Just six months after the devastating Thomas Fire – the largest blaze in California’s history – was fully contained, the 2018 fire season is well under way. As of mid-July, large wildfires had already burned over 1 million acres in a dozen states. Through October, the National Interagency Fire Center […]
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By Kathryn Reed Ten days. That’s how much longer the residents of South Lake Tahoe have to put up with an ineffective city clerk. The city on July 24 sent out a notice saying Suzie Alessi has finally said Aug. 3 will be her last day. On June 29 she first announced her intent to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Dominic Mushines is proving almost daily that tennis is a lifetime sport. This week the 84-year-old is going to test his abilities when he competes in the 35th annual Tahoe Tennis Classic at Zephyr Cove Tennis Club. “Younger guys can overpower me, but I have for my age pretty good reflexes and […]
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By Christina Restaino Last winter marked one of the most severe flu seasons in recent memory. Thousands of people were hospitalized and many died. People with compromised immune systems such as the elderly or young children were hit particularly hard with the flu. Lake Tahoe’s forests are no different. Just as humans are susceptible to […]
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By Jim Sallis, The Conversation Electric scooters are appearing in many major cities across the country, including South Lake Tahoe, bringing fun to riders, profits to scooter makers – and lots of potential risks to walkers and riders. San Diego, where I live, is at the forefront of the proliferation of electric rideables, and as […]
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