By Stephen Ward Pristine might have been the last word to use to describe the beaches of Lake Tahoe early this morning. Thanks to a group of volunteers on the South Shore, most people will never know what the shoreline looked like after people left behind their trash from the Fourth’s festivities. With the South […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE — Sometimes a hike becomes all about the journey and not the destination. This happens when the trail is no longer visible and bushwhacking seems like a better option than going up over the rocky terrain to avoid the thicket. Hiking Mount Rose seemed like a good idea when we […]
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By Austin Fay HOMEWOOD — Something has to be done in regards to the proposed Homewood Mountain Resort development. That was the overriding sentiment of Friday’s meeting of the Friends of the West Shore, a nonprofit organization aiming to provide a community voice to Homewood’s development plans. Water usage, the height of the new lodge […]
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By Austin Fay On a four-hour hike from Lake Tahoe Golf Course to where the Upper Truckee River ducks under Highway 50, Lake Tahoe News spotted three Coors Light cans, 10 empty bottles, two red plastic cups, one-and-a-half pairs of shoes, a black overturned grill, 14 golf balls outside the course, as well as a […]
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By Patricia Yollin Karen Rogers is one of the few females in the world who covets the physique of a well-blubbered walrus. That’s because she’ll be in the ocean at least 15 hours, if all goes well, when she tries on Friday to become the first woman to swim from the Farallon Islands to San […]
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By Kathryn Reed A Ford Mustang GT went airborne as it careened over a fence at the Upper Truckee Meadow after the driver led officers through the streets of South Lake Tahoe at speeds that reached 80mph. The vehicle stopped about a quarter mile in and then the man and woman unknowingly ran right to […]
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By Kathryn Reed A rebuke almost loud enough to wake the dead was issued by the El Dorado County Grand Jury against the Happy Homestead Cemetery District – its board of directors in particular. In bold the document says, “The HHCD Board of Directors failed to respond to the Grand Jury.” This civil grand jury, […]
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By Sacramento Bee The images won’t appear in any California State Parks brochure. MacKerricher State Park: Fifty elementary-school kids arrive for their annual end-of-year camping trip, only to find the drinking water contaminated. Mount Tamalpais: A trail near the visitors center greets disabled visitors and families with a 12- to 50-foot sheer drop-off – and […]
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Publisher’s note: See the Voices section to read about reporter Susan Wood’s experience three years ago covering the Angora Fire. By Kathryn Reed Windows to a world that changed their lives are everywhere. This is one of the common themes of the seven houses on the AAUW’s biennial home tour – openness in design, with […]
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By Kathryn Reed Dysfunctional is the overwhelming feeling the El Dorado County Grand Jury has of the city of South Lake Tahoe – primarily the council and city manager. The seven pages devoted to South Lake Tahoe in the 2009-10 Grand Jury Report that came out this week are scathing. “Council members and senior staff […]
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