By Kathryn Reed How many piers and buoys should jut out and bob on Lake Tahoe has been the center of a 22-year fight. With Thursday’s federal court ruling, the fight rages on. On Sept. 16, U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton issued his 65-page ruling in favor of the League to Save Lake Tahoe and […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Where are all the women? Seeking the answer to that question completely changed the lives of the two women asking the question as well as the lives of the 30 women who answered it. The media and politicians seemed to have not noticed the women in uniform on Sept. 11, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Skip driving, skip Reno, skip Sacramento. The fastest way to get to Lake Tahoe is via Gary Air. Trish and Dave Guerrieri are flying clients in their Cessna 182 into Lake Tahoe Airport. The Bay Area couple, who have a second home in South Lake Tahoe, received clearance last week from the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tahoe Valley Elementary School’s falling statewide test scores was in stark contrast to how most of the schools in Lake Tahoe Unified School District performed. The Academic Performance Index is the measure the state uses to determine how students are doing from one year to the next. Results were released Monday. Overall, […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt Environmental Emergency Room. That could just as easily be the name on the sign outside the California Tahoe Conservancy’s offices on Third Street, just a long block from Barton Memorial Hospital in South Lake Tahoe. On Sept. 16, at Commons Beach in Tahoe City the Conservancy will celebrate a quarter-century of bandaging […]
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By Kathryn Reed “It’s a stroll in the park.” That’s how Chris Hawken, No. 2 guy with South Lake Tahoe Park’s and Recreation Department, described Saturday’s annual Bijou Bash. And it’s exactly what it looked like. With nearly 3,000 people meandering through Bijou Community Park, which was closed off to vehicle traffic, it was one […]
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Publisher’s note: The American Legion in South Lake Tahoe will have a ceremony for Patriots Day at 11am. By Kathryn Reed Filmmaker Dylan Avery calls his film “Loose Change” one based on facts, not one based on conspiracy theories. It was first released in 2005 and has had subsequent updates. The latest version came out […]
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By Mary Cook Curtis Fong, best known for his television and radio personality The Guy from Tahoe, is not your typical guy from Tahoe. He seems to live two lives: that of a mountain goat and that of an on-the-go urbanite. And he’s much more than the guy putting on Sunday’s 8th annual Tour de […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — The faces of redevelopment – past, present and yet to come – brought some clarity to an issue that tends to be as appealing as drinking vinegar. All three speakers on Sept. 8 spoke of the virtues of redevelopment and how this tool has, is and will help the South […]
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By Kathryn Reed With charred trees all around him and having driven through much of the neighborhood that will forever be scarred by the Angora Fire, Rep. Tom McClintock took it all in. “I’m in fact finding mode right now,” the Republican from Granite Bay said at the end of Tuesday’s tour. He would make […]
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