By Kathryn Reed South Tahoe Public Utility District says it has no unfunded liability other than the $3 million for sick days employees could claim. But it is part of pool that pays into the state retirement system that is behind more than $900 million in payments. While the district is current on its payments […]
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By Kathryn Reed PHILLIPS STATION – Scanning the field at the base of Sierra-at-Tahoe, Frank Gehrke wonders if he needs to bring his equipment out of the vehicle. It turns out he does need the tools. But he didn’t need them to tell the story. The dry, not even muddy field spoke volumes. The Sierra […]
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Apparently Laird Lopaka McDaniel doesn’t like to wait and likes to do things his own way. The newest South Lake Tahoe resident was born New Year’s Day at 8:02pm – two weeks sooner than doctors had expected. The little one weighs in at 6.9 ounces and is 18.5-inches long. Andie McDaniel went into labor about […]
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By Kathryn Reed No sport is without risk of injury or death. While common sense can play a roll in staying out of the hospital or morgue, sometimes it’s the other “players” who are the problem. Skiing and snowboarding are two sports where participants don’t often have control over whether they will be hurt. Out […]
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By Kathryn Reed LAKE TAHOE NEVADA STATE PARK – Tromping along the dirt under sunny skies, the only indication this is not a fall day in the Sierra is the fact the lake is nearly completely frozen. What was supposed to be a snowshoe at Spooner Lake turned into a trail walk with a few […]
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Lake Tahoe News wants to start off 2012 on a happy, positive, joyful (insert favorite word) note. Mostly, we want it to be a kind note. With that said, January will be Random Acts of Kindness Month on Lake Tahoe News. We are asking all readers to let us know about a Random Act of […]
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By Kathryn Reed A joint appeal to the state Water Resources Control Board is being crafted by South Lake Tahoe, and El Dorado and Placer counties regarding the stormwater permit the Lahontan Regional Board approved earlier this month. El Dorado County initiated the process. Legal counsels for the three jurisdictions with the assistance of outside […]
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By Kathryn Reed One day SnowGlobe might legitimately be used in the same sentence of Woodstock or Day on the Green. More than 9,000 people – mostly younger than 30 – swayed, danced, bounced and moved to the sounds of bands like their parents’ and grandparents’ generations did decades ago. Only this music isn’t rock […]
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By Kathryn Reed Three-foot wide aisles with shelves packed from floor to ceiling are not the ideal shopping conditions – for consumer or storeowner. That’s why Jon McElroy is moving out of the location Grass Roots has been in since 1973 and moving across the driveway to the old Blockbuster building. With 1,200-square-feet of retail […]
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By Kathryn Reed Second thoughts are what the California State Park and Recreation commissioners are having regarding the October decision to approve the final EIR for the Upper Truckee River restoration project, and to swap land between Washoe Meadows State Park and Lake Valley Recreation Area to allow Lake Tahoe Golf Course to be reconfigured. […]
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