By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Unified School District may have to change how it elects board members because of the growing student Hispanic population – which is 41 percent. The California Voting Rights Act that was enacted in 2002 was implemented to make it easier for racial and ethnic groups to challenge at-large elections instead […]
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By Michael A. Memoli and Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times TUCSON — With a plea to the nation to overcome its divisions, President Obama paid tribute to the victims and heroes of the weekend shooting spree in Arizona and sounded a call for Americans to heal themselves. Obama came to the University of Arizona, where […]
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By Kathryn Reed It may not matter what South Lake Tahoe wants regarding Lakeview Commons. Reeve-Knight Construction has filed notice the company intends to appeal the judge’s decision that rendered its contract with the city invalid. Multiple calls to the Roseville-based company went unreturned. However, City Attorney Patrick Enright confirmed Reeve-Knight has filed a notice […]
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By Kathryn Reed Only in his fourth year competing in skier cross, South Lake Tahoe native Trevor Ricioli is headed for the X Games later this month. “I grew up racing motocross. This is the most similar thing to it on snow,” Ricioli told Lake Tahoe News. “There are times when it’s scary, but that’s […]
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By Kathryn Reed This month results of two surveys administered by South Lake Tahoe will be released. In December employees of the city were asked to answer 71 questions from five categories – communications within the city, my supervisor, my work group, quality of the work environment, and the city as an employer. City Manager […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau STATELINE — For the most part, the trek was silent, save for the sounds of nature and the crunching of crusty snow beneath nearly a hundred snowshoes. The troupe of 37 participants and six guides traveled single file along the already packed down trail. The snow was unusually deep for this time […]
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By Kathryn Reed FALLEN LEAF LAKE – Snow glistens as though ice crystals are diamonds in the wild. Wind gusts send clouds of snow off the top of Mount Tallac. Fallen Leaf Lake is still, beckoning the dogs to swim in the icy water. It’s one of those postcard days in Lake Tahoe. Everywhere you […]
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Yesterday I literally had to fight back tears after the first hour. I am not ashamed to say that, but their suffering was very emotional and they have been waiting for some hope. One patient was seventeen and looked seven. She had terrible deformities from previous burns, but also a belly full of ascites. I […]
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By Kathryn Reed SPOONER SUMMIT — Tucked off the side of the road near the top of Spooner Summit is a new fire station that belongs to the U.S. Forest Service. The contractor finished the nearly $1 million project last month. Half of the money for the structure is from Forest Service coffers, while the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe will have a new state Senator in Sacramento on Thursday and at the same time will be without a representative in the Assembly. This is because on Jan. 4 Ted Gaines soundly won the special election for the 1st Senate District seat. He garnered 63. 2 percent of the vote […]
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