Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked the two Lake Tahoe Community College District 5 candidates a series of questions. The responses are being run in the order LTN received them. Name: Michelle Sweeney Profession/work experience: Please see my resume following: Strategic Planning | Policy Development | Knowledge-building High-integrity, energetic, listening leader building management structure and […]
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By Raquel Maria Dillion and Gillian Flaccus, AP Firefighters are dropping record-breaking amounts of retardants on the King Fire that is burning explosively because of the prolonged drought. California firefighters and the U.S. Forest Service together had bombarded the conflagration with more than a half-million gallons of retardant, fire spokeswoman Lynne Tolmachoff said Friday. That included […]
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By Susan Wood HOMEWOOD – As active as I am, I never dreamed I’d look so forward to waking up early on vacation. I also never thought I’d go to a hotel and have sitting be my favorite activity. But a couple days at the West Shore Café and Inn isn’t just any experience – […]
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Dylan Sullivan has started her job as El Dorado County Superior Court judge four months sooner than expected. Presiding Judge Suzanne Kingsbury swore Sullivan in on Sept. 19. Gov. Jerry Brown appointed her to the position this week. This is the only judicial interim appointment Brown has made. Sullivan was elected in June to fill the […]
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By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Secret California water bill negotiations have a “55 percent to 60 percent chance” of success during the fast-fading 113th Congress, Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer said Thursday. In her first extended public comments on the closely held water talks, Boxer voiced cautious optimism even as she criticized House Republicans […]
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By Kathryn Reed A possible project to come out the California water bond that is on the Nov. 4 ballot is restoration of the Upper Truckee Marsh. On Thursday the California Tahoe Conservancy board heard a presentation about staff’s recommendation for how to restore this approximately 500-acre parcel. The CTC owns this swath of land […]
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By Kathryn Reed Ray Lacey knew what job he wanted to have before it even existed. Now, after 25 years with the California Tahoe Conservancy, the deputy director is calling it quits. Lacey earned an undergraduate and graduate degree from UC Berkeley and then a graduate degree in watershed planning from UC Davis. While at […]
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Updated Sept. 18 7pm: By Kathryn Reed An arrest has been made in the out-of-control King Fire near Pollock Pines. Wayne Allen Huntsman, 37, was arrested Sept. 17 on a charge of arson – forestland. His bail was set at $10 million. The King Fire erupted Sept 13 and has since burned 73,184 acres and […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Gang members are among us – in schools, at stores, in our neighborhoods. They get recruited at the elementary level and often don’t leave until they’re killed. While these facts seemed to come as a surprise to many members of Soroptimist International South Lake Tahoe, the reality is gangs are […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked the two Lake Tahoe Community College District 5 candidates a series of questions. The responses are being run in the order LTN received them. Name: Robert “Bob” Grant Profession/work experience: Educator, professional director and conductor. I have taught 25 years with Lake Tahoe Unified School District at the high […]
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