Publisher’s note: This is the third of three articles from the Amador-El Dorado Unit of CalFire regarding the “Ready-Set-Go!” fire and life safety campaign. By Teri Mizuhara CAMINO – “Leave your home before you are ordered to evacuate. You will not only be giving your family the best chance of surviving a wildfire, but you […]
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By Kathryn Reed Twenty-six seconds. That’s all it took for Corey Carlson to win his first mixed martial arts bout this summer. Now the 24-year-old South Lake Tahoe resident is training for a match at MontBleu in Stateline this fall. A date for the cage fight has not been set. Also in the ring will […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – If the phone rang at a quarter after one Saturday morning, blame it on Lady Antebellum. As an encore to their 17-song concert Friday night, the trio delivered their most recognizable song “Need you now.” And to make sure the audience knew the lyrics, they were asked to sing the […]
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By Kathryn Reed There is going to be a new face on the South Lake Tahoe Public Utility District board in December. Marylou Mosbacher, who has served for 21 years, is not running for another term. She knows she will miss being on the board, but said at 82 it’s time to focus her attention […]
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By Kathryn Reed Cycling is so much more than pedaling. To do so efficiently and without injury takes a bit of understanding about how ones body relates to her bike. That was the message Jason Collin, physical therapist with Tahoe Center for Orthopedics, dispersed Wednesday night. Besides being a PT, Collin has been a professional […]
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By Kathryn Reed What’s another two hours of discussion about South Lake Tahoe’s sign ordinance when it’s been on the books for the past 15 years? The problem is the issue wasn’t resolved at 9:15pm Tuesday when the talking ended. The council directed staff to come back with revisions to the law. It may be […]
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By Kathryn Reed A fire department without upper management except for a chief who divides his time with the police department. That is one scenario on the negotiating table in South Lake Tahoe. The city has a $1.5 million deficit gap to deal with before the next fiscal year begins Oct. 1. The reality is […]
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By Kathryn Reed Five years ago when Ivone Larson became principal of South Tahoe High School her dream was to get rid of the building in the middle of campus that originally housed the auto and wood shops. That wish came true this summer. And an even bigger dream was realized Monday with the ceremonial […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe police officers are investigating the death of a 52-year-old man as a possible homicide. Officers said they were called by the dead man’s roommate to their residence in the 3700 block of Forest Avenue at 3:15 Monday morning because the victim was not breathing and had sustained a head […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – Twins have a penchant for playing trickery on unsuspecting soles. In “Twelfth Night” the confusion is not the intentional making of Sebastian and Viola. They don’t even know the other is alive. And to confuse things, Viola is passing herself off as a man. Such are the mischievous musings […]
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