By Kathryn Reed It will be up to voters if snow removal fees double in South Lake Tahoe. The City Council on Sept. 17 unanimously agreed to have staff draw up a ballot initiative for 2014 that would increase the fee from $20 to $40. “The equipment is desperately in need of upgrades,” City Attorney […]
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By Kathryn Reed In a heated debate Tuesday that included council members making snide remarks at one another, the regulations involving arts and crafts fairs in South Lake Tahoe was changed for the second time this month. On a 3-2 vote the City Council decided to allow 10 arts and crafts fairs in 2014 and […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun Caesars Entertainment’s online poker website, using the World Series of Poker brand, will launch Thursday morning, company officials said Monday. Caesars Interactive will capitalize on the brand with online tournaments feeding into the company’s annual competition at the Rio that runs from late May to mid-July. The site, […]
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By Brady Dennis and Brian Vastag, Los Angeles Times The nation faces “potentially catastrophic consequences” if it doesn’t act quickly to combat the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant infections, which kill an estimated 23,000 Americans each year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Monday. In a 114-page report, the agency detailed for the first […]
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By Kathryn Reed TAHOE CITY – A thick overgrown forest with logging roads that became gullies during the wet season that would then carry sediment into Ward Creek and Lake Tahoe. That was what these 179 acres near Tahoe City were like in the early 1980s when the McClatchy family deeded the property to California […]
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By Anya Martin, MarketWatch Nevada conjures up images of glitz, glamour and gambling, thanks to the reputation of the state’s largest city, Las Vegas. But many retirees set their stakes on the Silver State for entirely different reasons — including breathtaking landscapes, outdoor activities, affordable homes and low tax rates. With a population of about […]
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By Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee Atop Wolf Ridge on a clear day in the Marin Headlands several years ago, Tom Courtney paused to take in the view. Hikers always stop there, mostly to gawk at the Pacific Ocean to the west and Mount Tamalpais to the north, but also to catch their breath after a […]
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By Kathryn Reed Whether MV Transportation ever gets the $2 million it believes it is owed by a slew of South Shore entities may never be known because details of settlement agreements are only trickling out. Lake Tahoe News has been told the casinos and lodging property involved in the legal dispute have settled. TRPA […]
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By Tammy Webber, AP CHICAGO — The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Coca-Cola signed a five-year agreement Friday to restore watersheds that have been damaged or altered by development, wildfires and agriculture as part of an initiative to slow runoff and replenish groundwater on federal lands. Such efforts are increasingly important to corporations and farmers […]
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By AP Author Bill McKibben has opened a Sierra Nevada conservation conference with a call for a “coordinated, global” effort to deal with climate change. McKibben, in a keynote address at the Sierra Nevada Alliance’s annual conference in South Lake Tahoe, said change being made on the local level to deal with climate change will […]
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