By Kathryn Reed Domestic violence. It’s not an isolated issue. It’s not a private issue. It’s a community issue. That was the message Lisa Serafini, El Dorado County deputy district attorney, drilled into the women gathered for the Thursday meeting of Soroptimist International Tahoe Sierra. Serafini, who has prosecuted domestic violence cases, said the number […]
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By Kathryn Reed Parking in South Lake Tahoe is atrocious. No one disagreed. And all loosely agreed solving the problems will take creative thinking, and recognizing the various sections of town are not all the same when it comes to use and traffic patterns. About 30 people, mostly property and business owners, gathered at Riva […]
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By Kathryn Reed A sense of pride fills the students as they give adults tours of the school. They talk about their campus with enthusiasm. They know the answers to every question asked. Starting in the hallway at Mount Tallac High School is a wall of student photos. They are part of the three A’s. […]
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By Kathryn Reed If the $5.5 million in budget cuts El Dorado County plans to make before the new year are approved as presented Tuesday by CAO Gayle Erbe-Hamlin, say goodbye to the senior nutrition program throughout the county, look for library hours to be reduced, roads to not be repaired, and $1 million eliminated […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — In the world of South Shore public transit, this could be one of the most monumental months on record. On Monday, the Tahoe Transportation District board agreed to take over operation of BlueGo, the public bus system, and withdraw from the South Tahoe Area Transit Authority, which had been the […]
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By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE — It was a mixed bag of news as principals from Zephyr Cove Elementary and Whittell High schools gave the board of education an update this month on test scores. ZCES Principal Nancy Cauley didn’t have concrete reasons to give why her K-6 school went from being classified as “high […]
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By Stephen Ward In 1983, Dr. Donald Trunkey, an innovative physician with a dream to help injured patients regardless of their financial constraints, formed the California Shock/Trauma Air Rescue service. Since then, CalStar has helped the Tahoe area provide quick transportation to nearby hospitals, with more than 3,000 transports since Tahoe’s CalStar-6 base opened in […]
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By Kathryn Reed Which way, now? It’s a constant thought and verbalized question every time we set out to ride along the Upper Truckee River behind Lake Tahoe Airport. With so many trails in the area, I would bet we’ve never done the exact route twice. One of the things I love about mountain biking […]
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By Kathryn Reed Losing a bit of the rhetoric and staid questions posed to the South Lake Tahoe City Council candidates this election season, at Thursday’s forum they were allowed to ask an opponent a question. Doug Cichowicz asked Steve Kubby what he thinks the percentage of the people using marijuana collectives is abusing the […]
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Husband, father, brother, pastor, missionary, counselor, teacher, fisherman and friend. Steve Blocher went home to be with the Lord on Oct. 13. The eldest child of Robert and Mary Jean Blocher, Steve Blocher was called to follow Jesus Christ in his early 20s, working in the fields of Northern California. He met the Forgy family […]
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