South Lake Tahoe City Attorney Patrick Enright was supposed to receive his annual evaluation during closed session on Oct. 2. While he was talked to, he was not given an evaluation. “I don’t want to comment on what the discussion was,” Enright told Lake Tahoe News. Mayor Claire Fortier said because there was no reportable […]
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A Santa Rosa man was airlifted to a Reno hospital early Sunday morning after being hit by an SUV in Stateline. The hit-and-run accident occurred Sept. 30 at about 1:23am in front of CVS on Highway 50. According to the Nevada Highway Patrol, Philip Preston Parsons, 25, was walking south to north in the crosswalk […]
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Firefighters on Tuesday were able to keep a blaze on Luther Pass to about a half acre. The cause of the fire is under investigation. It started south of the Big Meadow trailhead off Highway 89. U.S. Forest Service crews along Lake Valley Fire Protection District put out the fire.
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By Scott Kauffman, World Property Channel While the most popular U.S. states retained their tourist appeal this year (Florida, California, Hawaii, N.Y. and Alaska) among American travelers, the allure of several other domestic destinations has increased. For example, Louisiana, Michigan, Oregon and Washington, D.C., were the beneficiaries of increased tourism, while states like Alaska, Hawaii, […]
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By Kathryn Reed The five candidates for the two South Lake Tahoe City Council seats agree a broader approach to best management practices, instead of parcel-by-parcel, is a good idea and local jurisdictions having more say are potential positives of a yet-to-be-approved update of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Regional Plan. While they liked the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Officers in full SWAT gear with assault rifles using a flash-bang to enter Gino DiMatteo’s South Lake Tahoe home was caught on video by his neighbors. DiMatteo’s civil defense attorney, Ted Long, has released the video to Lake Tahoe News and KRNV-TV in Reno. The latter is seen here. “We are expecting […]
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By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times SACAMENTO– Having previously ordered the closure of hundreds of redevelopment programs throughout California, Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday vetoed six bills that would have given local governments other economic development powers, saying it is too soon to consider alternatives. The governor and Legislature had acted earlier this year to […]
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California Transportation Commission has allocated $4.8 million to construct a water quality and collection and treatment facilities along Highway 50 west of South Lake Tahoe. The CTC allocated $236 million last week in new funding to 32 projects that will improve the state’s transportation system and strengthen California’s economy. The allocations include $81 million from […]
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By Megan Garber, Atlantic Last week, California took a big step forward in open-source education. Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a proposal to create a website that will allow students to download popular textbooks for free. The legislation contains two bills: One, a proposal for the state to fund 50 open-source digital textbooks, targeted […]
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Publisher’s note: This is the fourth of five Q&A profiles of a South Lake Tahoe City Council candidate running in the Nov. 6 election. Name: JoAnn Conner Age: Old enough to have an AARP card; young enough to play hopscotch with my grandgirls. How long have you lived in South Lake Tahoe?: 31 years. Work/volunteer […]
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