By Kathryn Reed “I thought they were real petty” – that’s how South Lake Tahoe City Councilman Tom Davis described the text messages that City Clerk Suzie Alessi released to Lake Tahoe News on July 30. This is just a fraction of the texts that LTN requested earlier this year. The ones released are just […]
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South Lake Tahoe no longer has a communications manager. Tracy Sheldon was put on leave last week after it came to light that on her own accord she threatened legal action against Lake Tahoe News and the news site’s publisher, Kathryn Reed. Interim City Manager Dirk Brazil confirmed that she was sent home last week […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lakeside Inn has long been the favorite casino for locals. Now it wants to be the preferred employer. The hotel-casino a couple years ago had designs of re-creating itself so it would be a focal point when driving in from the east. Those plans have been shelved and instead the owners are […]
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By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Four major clean energy advocacy groups announced Thursday that they oppose Question 3, the ballot initiative that would break up NV Energy’s monopoly and create an open energy market in Nevada. The Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, Southwest Energy Efficiency Project and Western Resource Advocates […]
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By Cheri Carlson, Ventura County Star California wildfires tore through mountains and foothills and into neighborhoods this week as record-breaking heat combined with increasingly dry conditions in the Golden State. On Friday, fires burned out of control, stretching resources thin in areas and forcing thousands to leave their homes. “We have a number of big […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission on Aug. 9 will consider allowing Verizon Wireless to at upgrade cell service in the area. The company wants to install 12 small cell antennas to existing utility poles and supporting equipment within the city’s right of way. The proposed locations are at 3551 Ralph Drive, 1020 Wildwood Ave., […]
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Caltrans has begun work to improve 41 lane miles of Highway 50 from the Sawmill Road undercrossing to the South Fork American River Bridge in El Dorado County. Money to pay for it comes from Senate Bill 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. The $7.1 million pavement project was awarded to Lamon […]
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By Kathryn Reed A prime piece of South Shore real estate may be back in the limelight. Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District would like to build a pier at the Dreyfus estate that would be used only by public agencies, but not the boating or recreating public. The U.S. Forest Service owns this land. No […]
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By Claudio Milano, Joseph M. Cheer and Marina Novelli, The Conversation The summer holidays are in full swing – and protests against overtourism have begun (yet again) in a number of popular European cities. Overtourism is not a new problem. Barcelona, in particular, is at the center of these mounting concerns about the rapid growth […]
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A Modesto woman who left last weekend for Lake Tahoe and then went missing has been found. El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies said, “Jessica (Youssi) has been located safely.” No further details were released. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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