By Kathryn Reed On the first day on the job, Claire Fortier learned it takes more than desire to get what she wants as an elected official. During council member comments Dec. 14, she proposed forming a citizens’ committee to look into what happened to the stalled Lakeview Commons project. “I feel like we are […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe is inching toward recognizing it needs to do something regarding nepotism. But the bigger policy issue regarding employees will not be brought to the council until February or March. A revision to the basic nepotism policy was before the council Dec. 14. What was altered is the code of […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe has a new mayor of sorts – Hal Cole. He had the position during his first tenure on the council, so he knows what he is getting into. He was mayor in 1998, 2001 and 2006. Claire Fortier, the top vote getter in the November election, was unanimously appointed […]
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By Jason Hildago, Reno Gazette-Journal It’s the early 1930s. At one West Coast university, an engineering professor laments about how many of his graduating students have to move East because of a lack of tech jobs in his area. The area without enough tech jobs? Palo Alto. The professor? Stanford University’s Frederick Terman. “Terman had […]
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By Kathryn Reed CAMP RICHARDSON — I’m confused. The snow under my skis clearly means it’s winter. But the temperature makes me wish I were in short-sleeves and has me reminiscing of summer days at the beach at Tahoe. The few feet of sand next to the lake have me thinking a towel and book […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Parents. They are the common denominator of the eight South Tahoe High students selected to be Young Women of Distinction. Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe each year singles out seniors who have risen to the top of their class beyond having exceptional grade point averages. Still, the averages are […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Unified School District is bucking the state trend of rising dropout rates. Data released this week for the 2008-09 school year show the South Shore district with a 5.3 percent dropout rate in grades 9-12. This compares to 2007-08 when the district 9-12 dropout rate was 6.5 percent. This compares […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau STATELINE — The South Shore’s marketing plan for the upcoming 2011 Amgen Tour of California is off and rolling. At the Dec. 9 Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority board of directors meeting, Executive Director Carol Chaplin provided an update on event promotion in the coming months. The tour is the largest cycling event […]
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Publisher’s note: This is the second of a two-part series about the South Lake Tahoe Ice Arena. By Kathryn Reed In the 2010-11 South Lake Tahoe budget the “Recreation Summary” calls for projected revenues to be $996,200, expenditures $2,073,558. This equals a deficit of $1,077,358. The majority of expenses are for personnel services — $1,472,855. […]
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Publisher’s note: This is the first of two stories about the South Lake Tahoe Ice Arena. By Kathryn Reed Some customers of the South Lake Tahoe Ice Arena are getting a colder reception than the temperature inside the rink. And it’s uncomfortably icy in there. “First and foremost we need to recognize the problems before […]
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