By Kathryn Reed Bus routes through the South Shore are expected to change July 14, the day after the South Lake Tahoe City Council votes on the proposal. What happens if the council votes no is not known. The major changes would be eliminating the Meyers route and the Stateline-Zephyr Cove route, as well as […]
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By Austin Fay Alejandra Delgado’s journey began when she walked to this country. She walked with her family, carrying only water in the blistering Sonora Desert sun for five days and nights when she was 12 years old. She and her three sisters, mother and father were on their long journey from a colonia called […]
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By Kathryn Reed Walking down Lily Avenue, the couple is asked if they know the entrance they are headed to is private and they aren’t supposed to use it. They both look quizzical and say no signs are up saying as much. They continue on, saying the trek on this late Wednesday afternoon to the […]
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By Kathryn Reed To save $200,000 in the 2010-11 Lake Tahoe Unified School District budget, three classified positions have been axed and 12.5 hours a day of elementary office assistants slashed. The decision came Tuesday night even though it won’t be until this afternoon that the California School Employees Association votes to ratify the one-year […]
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By Austin Fay A community panel reached an informal consensus to recommend Tony O’Rourke to the City Council to be the next city manager of South Lake Tahoe. Seven community members spent 90 minutes questioning the two finalists Monday morning. It may have been a waste of time for everyone involved because the City Council […]
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By Kathryn Reed A private property sign where one has not existed for at least a decade is causing some unrest on West Way in South Lake Tahoe. In October, when Paul Lara bought the house that backs to the Pope Meadow he knew a trail skirted the far edge of his property. What he […]
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By Kathryn Reed It could be a matter of days before the next city manager of South Lake Tahoe is named. The City Council is interviewing two candidates today and a quasi-public panel will interview the men Monday. Councilman Bill Crawford is declining to be part of today’s process. “I’m not participating in the selection […]
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By Kathryn Reed PLACERVILLE — Brooks & Dunn are right, cowgirls don’t cry. With bodies flying, sheep stomping on or near them, and the crowd whopping it up, it was the young girls who got up, dusted themselves off and looked like they were ready to ride the bulls in the pen behind the arena. […]
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By Kathryn Reed The 19-year-old Meyers Landfill lawsuit is over. Final approval is expected today or Monday, with all parties signing the agreement by June 23. “Needless to say, I am happy to see that this day has finally arrived,” El Dorado County Supervisor Norma Santiago told Lake Tahoe News. The 26-acre site off Pioneer […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even though South Lake Tahoe adopted a resolution in July 2004 authorizing mobile vending services to operate in town, no regulations came with it. That is likely to change next week when the City Council is expected to discuss an ordinance regulating these businesses. There was a short discussion during the first […]
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