By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe Standup Paddle will continue to be the concessionaire at Lakeview Commons unless legal action is taken to prevent that from happening. The South Lake Tahoe City Council this week on a 3-2 vote rejected the bid protests. Councilmembers Wendy David and Brooke Laine were in the minority. Before the […]
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By Case Keefer, Las Vegas Sun Don’t be fooled by photos of money line tickets and high-priced parlays still circulating on social media a few days after the initial weekend of the NCAA Tournament. Sports books aren’t hurting through the first 52 games of March Madness. Sure, they may have taken a hit on a […]
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By Lake Tahoe News The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a flood warning for the greater Lake Tahoe area, including South Lake Tahoe, Truckee, Stateline and Incline Village. The warning is in effect through late Thursday. “Right now the city is looking good. We have cut snow berms in known zones and have a […]
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By Kathryn Reed In less than four years it’s possible the much maligned Chateau project in South Lake Tahoe will be completely built out with a hotel that includes a rooftop pool, condos that come with another pool, a high-end bowling alley where the convention center once was planned, outdoor movie theater showing family-friendly films, […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP A Nevada woman who fears her missing horse could end up at the slaughterhouse has joined a lawsuit challenging state plans to transfer ownership of thousands of free-roaming mustangs to private hands Lawyers for the California-based American Wild Horse Campaign and Cynthia Ashe of Silver Springs filed the lawsuit Monday in […]
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By Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle The knock on the front door of the South Lake Tahoe vacation rental was a surprise. It was the first family getaway together for Gus Pries and his extended family. With six adults, four children ranging from 3 months to 5 years old, suitcases, snow gear and groceries, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Thank goodness the employees of South Lake Tahoe are proficient at their jobs because the elected officials are anything but that. Two employees report directly to the five council members – the city manager and the city attorney. This council has managed to run both of these women off. One has to […]
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By Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle Nature bats last and the weather in March is hitting a grand slam for the outdoors. The latest storms to sweep across the Bay Area, Sierra Nevada and Northern California are a game changer for the snowpack, reservoir levels — and the imminent blossoming of spring across the parklands […]
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By Trina Hamilton and Winifred Curran, The Conversation There are many indexes that aim to rank how green cities are. But what does it actually mean for a city to be green or sustainable? We’ve written about what we call the “parks, cafes and a riverwalk” model of sustainability, which focuses on providing new green […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt “I feel trapped in Paradise. I live in Tahoe in the mountains, but I live by an asphalt plant. I want the spectacular clean air and water that was the Tahoe promise.” –Jeff Marcus, Julie Lane resident Tahoe Asphalt is the only asphalt plant in the Lake Tahoe Basin. It […]
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