By Kathryn Reed Meandering through the classrooms during the open house of the Stadium View building, an excitement permeated the walls. Students were excited – this from youth not accustomed to going to school before Labor Day; teachers giddy; administrators joyful; school board members relieved; and the public appreciative and awed by the transformation. Realtor […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS — With $6.1 million pumped into the greater South Shore economy each year from the Lake Tahoe Golf Course, officials are doing what they can to make sure those 18 holes exist when it comes time to restore the 1.5 miles of the Upper Truckee River that meanders through the greens. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Kindertown is staying open. It was Sept. 23, 2009, that Maria Barrows-Crist told the parents of her South Lake Tahoe day care the state would be shutting the facility down the next month. It didn’t happen then and it’s not going to happen now. Judge Stephen Bailey ruled Aug. 26 the state […]
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By Kathryn Reed One year ago today Jaycee Lee Dugard was released from the horror she had known for the previous 18 years. Those formative years from age 11 to 29 were spent cloistered in a ramshackle backyard compound in the Bay Area. After being kidnapped from her school bus stop in Meyers, she was […]
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By Michelle Aguilar As the orange trees start to bear fruit once again, I am reminded that I have been in country through a full harvest cycle. Aug. 11, 2009, I said goodbye to the world I knew and all the comforts of an American lifestyle to embark on a journey known as Peace Corps. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Unbeknown to swimmers, those at the front counter, people working out on the gym equipment and employees, the boiler which heats the facility was replaced Monday with one that makes the old one look like a relic from the Dark Ages of technology. The new one weights 750 pounds; the old one […]
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By Kathryn Reed It was never meant to be a visitor center. And, yet, what was supposed to be the bathroom and storage facility at Taylor Creek have been a visitor center for more than 40 years. All of that is about to change. This seasonal South Shore outpost on Highway 89 run by the […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe suddenly became walkable Saturday. “I’m at a wine walk,” one guy said to the person on the other end of his cell phone. A block of Ski Run Boulevard was closed off for the inaugural Sample the Sierra. It was all about blending wine and food together to make […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt Composting. Recycling. Energy-efficient lighting. Everyone knows these are good for the environment. Organizers of the West Coast Green Lodging Conference taking place Aug. 22-25 at Embassy Suites in South Lake Tahoe are convinced they’re good for a hotel’s bottom line as well. Embassy Suites, the conference host, has been in the forefront […]
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By Kathryn Reed A throng of citizens demonstrated Thursday that getting involved in the government process can bring change. It took most of the morning session and until 3 that afternoon, but in the end the South Lake Tahoe City Council unanimously agreed to form a committee to help create an ordinance regarding marijuana cultivation […]
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