By Kathryn Reed Unrest is brewing at Lake Tahoe Community College among staff, the board and the president. One classified employee on Jan. 21 told Lake Tahoe News privately, “Morale has always been in the toilet, now it’s in the sewer.” College board member Kerry David isn’t surprised staff would be disgruntled based on continued […]
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Publisher’s note: This is the second of four days of stories about issues pertaining to Vail. By Susan Wood VAIL – Things are looking up for businesses from markets and restaurants to ski resorts and sporting goods shops in this snowsports tourism area, following a rough recession-based year for the United States. Overall, November sales […]
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Publisher’s note: This is the first of four days of stories about issues pertaining to Vail. Lake Tahoe News reporters spent the first week of January in Vail – skiing, eating, walking, talking, and observing. Today through Jan. 23 we share some of those experiences and insights with readers of Lake Tahoe News. The point […]
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By Kathryn Reed A C-plus – that’s the grade South Lake City employees gave their employer and overall work environment. City Manager Tony O’Rourke is not surprised by the results of the survey 92 percent of the 198 employees took in early December. Results are being disseminated to staff this week, with directors having received […]
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By Kathryn Reed Bagels the size of hockey pucks and muffins the size of eggs. That’s what a single serving is. Finding out bagels and muffins from coffee houses and restaurants count as several servings did not seem to sit well with some of the women as they ate breakfast. When registered dietician Amber Wilson […]
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By Kathryn Reed “People in your life are a wing to lift you up or a weight to drag you down.” Manny Scott said that message in several ways to South Tahoe Middle School students Jan. 14. Scott is one of the Freedom Writers – the gang members depicted in the 2007 movie by the […]
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By Kathryn Reed TAHOMA – People with guns on cross country skis. That certainly set the tone for a unique day in the woods. Fortunately, they were shooting at electronic targets with laser rifles. A sign saying “Olympic Heritage Event” made us wonder if we should turn around because we are nowhere near Olympic caliber […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — TripAdvisor isn’t solely driven by free content like customers might think it is. Chambers of commerce and visitors bureaus may buy regions, thus in turn dictating what content viewers see. The divide is pitting the North Shore against the South Shore in Lake Tahoe. In July, the North Lake Tahoe […]
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By Kathryn Reed Change the requirement mandating new residential construction come with sprinklers and create a setting so those who want to graduate in four years from the CSU system can. Those are two pieces of legislation state Sen. Ted Gaines plans to introduce this session. Gaines, who represented Lake Tahoe in the state Assembly […]
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Ruth Baumann, matriarch of the Swiss family, died Jan. 12. She was 74. Mrs. Baumann met her husband, Kurt Baumann, when she applied to be a waitress at the restaurant he owned in the middle of South Lake Tahoe. That was 1959, just after she moved to the area from Switzerland. They had been married […]
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