By Kathryn Reed Tears were flowing and words of anger uttered as more than a 100 parents stood in the play yard at Kindertown on Wednesday night to hear owner-director Maria Barrows-Crist explain that the state plans to close the facility Oct. 15. It means 130 children who attend the South Lake Tahoe day-care center […]
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By Kathryn Reed A meeting set for yesterday at 10am never occurred. Apparently South Lake Tahoe Police Chief Terry Daniels took it upon himself to schedule the meeting with the three pot dispensaries in town without the knowledge or consent of the City Council. Daniels said the meeting was like any other when an ordinance […]
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By Kathryn Reed The Do It Center did it. South Lake Tahoe officials issued the permit Monday for the old South Shore Motors building on Lake Tahoe Boulevard to become a general merchandise-nursery. A special use permit is not required for this type of business. In the permit it says, “A condition of approval is […]
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By Susan Wood Don’t put away the shorts, swimsuits, garden tools, bikes or appetites for an Indian summer. The mercury in South Lake Tahoe is expected to rise this week and may even meet or surpass the record high for Sept. 25 of 81 degrees, the National Weather Service in Reno reported Sunday. It will […]
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By Kathryn Reed The Happy Homestead Cemetery board approved a budget last week without having final numbers tabulated. As of Saturday not all board members knew what the exact figures are for revenues and expenses for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1. The board agreed to slash the estimated interest to be accrued from […]
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By Kathryn Reed A federal judge on Friday gave the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency what it wanted — the ability to continue the permitting process for buoys and piers at Lake Tahoe, but not allowing construction to continue. U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton listened to arguments Sept. 14 in Sacramento before making his ruling four […]
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By Susan Wood Forget that time heals all wounds. With respect to South Lake Tahoe roads, time is the enemy – one the City Council has grappled with for more than eight years. While the debate over how to fund street repair continued in council chambers last month, the network of 130 miles of roads […]
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By Kathryn Reed A captain of a fishing boat found a man face down early this morning in the shallow water of Lake Tahoe near the Tahoe Queen paddle-wheeler. The captain called his boss, John Shearer, owner of Tahoe Sportfishing, who then called the South Lake Tahoe Police Department about 7:15am. “They were backing out […]
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By Kathryn Reed Superlatives were rolling off educators’ tongues when the annual test scores were officially released Tuesday. Lake Tahoe Unified School District surpassed everyone’s expectations as well as state and federal minimums. If Tahoe Valley Elementary and South Tahoe Middle schools maintain this level of performance for one more year, they will no longer […]
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By Susan Wood A bold plan to redevelop the better part of South Lake Tahoe will be before the City Council Tuesday. The ambitious plan could cost millions of dollars if the city has to acquire property and will require the cooperation of land and business owners — two things not everyone believes are achievable. […]
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