By Barbara De Lollis, USA Today Travelers may hate paying for Wi-Fi in their guest rooms, but more hotels are getting ready to offer it for free in lobbies. More than 300 Marriott Hotels & Resorts locations will flip the switch in the coming weeks on free lobby Wi-Fi to please guests and non-guests alike, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Maintaining its nearly 5,000 properties and paying the people to do so are the priorities of the California Tahoe Conservancy in this era of austerity. New projects, while important, are farther down the priority list. This was the bleak news delivered to the board on Thursday at its meeting at Lake Tahoe […]
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By Renée Frojo, San Francisco Business Times “Your life called. It wants its balance back.” That’s one of the lines from North Lake Tahoe’s newest advertising campaign that’s trying to take some of the credit for the destination’s surprising boost in hotel bookings. Despite the severe lack of snow, hotel bookings in Tahoe are reportedly […]
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By Kathryn Reed Remove development on the lake to provide better views. Have hotels near bike-pedestrian paths. More access to public transportation. Boardwalks. More kayaking. Decrease the number of driveways at Bijou Center. Make Lakeside Beach public. Those are some of the ideas the public came up with at a meeting Wednesday night in regards […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe is balking over the $35,000 connection fee the water district is imposing in order for there to be ample water to irrigate Linear Park. This stretch along Highway 50 isn’t really a park, but instead a paved path with landscaping from McDonald’s to Holiday Inn Express in front of […]
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By Kathryn Reed One of South Lake Tahoe’s rundown hotels on Highway 50 is about to undergo some much-needed rehabilitation. “By April 30 it will be looking good from the road,” Robert Durward said of the Trout Creek Motel. He is the new owner of the 11-room lodging facility near the Town and Country Center. […]
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By Jonathan Zimmerman Upon today’s 10th anniversary of America’s war in Iraq, a critical question with serious ramifications has been little explored: What are our children being taught in schools about the conflict, as it passes from “current events” into history? To answer this question, one obvious place to start is school textbooks. I looked […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of a few articles about the Drug Store Project. This marks the 10-year anniversary of the program. This year’s event will be April 2 at Lake Tahoe Community College. For more info about volunteering, donating or if you have questions, email Lisa Huard at lhuard@ymail.com. By Kathryn Reed “Pick your […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges today in the CalPERS bribery case, naming the big pension fund’s former chief executive and a Nevada businessman. Brian Stretch, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney in San Francisco, said former CalPERS Chief Executive Fred Buenrostro and former board member Alfred Villalobos were named in […]
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By Michael Doyle, Miami Herald WASHINGTON — A long-running Sierra Nevada forest planning dispute will now be settled by the Supreme Court in what could shape up as a crucial public lands case. On Monday, the court agreed to referee the dispute pitting environmentalists with the Portland-based Pacific Rivers Council against the U.S. Forest Service […]
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