By Kathryn Reed While Thursday night concerts have been a success at Lakeview Commons based on attendance, the complaints about it being something less than a family event dominated a portion of the afternoon session of Tuesday’s South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting. Mayor Claire Fortier said the number and types of calls she has […]
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By Kathryn Reed Barbara Bannar is returning to the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board of education. She was selected Tuesday by the board to fill the seat that was abruptly vacated by Judy Cefalu on June 26. Five people vied for the position that expires in December 2013. The sitting board members praised Bannar […]
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By Forbes Caesars Entertainment posted second quarter results after the bell on Monday, missing top and bottom line estimates as its losses widened. The company blamed the slowing economy, along with lower trip activity and spend per trips in their properties for the disappointing results. The casino and hotel operator posted a net loss of […]
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Highway 50 was closed for a few blocks in South Lake Tahoe on Monday night because of a gas leak. All residents and guests in hotels between Fairway and Herbert avenues were requested to shelter in place. A backhoe had severed a 2-inch high pressure natural gas line. The highway was closed between those streets […]
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The Hazel Fire near Jenkinson Lake off Highway 50 is 90 percent contained as of Tuesday morning. The fire, which started Aug. 5 in the Sly Park area, has burned 45 acres. The cause remains unknown. U.S. Forest Service officials said today they plan to begin mop up operations, and continue to construct and secure […]
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By Jennifer Gollan, Bay Citizen If you’ve ever paid a bill after it was due, you’re familiar with late fees. It turns out the state of California is familiar with them, too. The state paid more than $34.3 million in penalties for overdue bills from July 2004 through June 2011, according to new figures from […]
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By Kathryn Reed “The key to dreams is education.” That was one of the messages Tom Torlakson, state superintendent of public instruction, delivered Monday at Lake Tahoe Community College. Not only was Torlakson the guest speaker on the first day of the college’s Intensive Spanish Summer Institute, he was also one of the students. He […]
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By Rebecca Wass Using a multi-disciplinary leadership group called the “Telehealth for Tahoe Task Force” to guide and advance its telehealth efforts, Barton Health hopes to export specialty services to distant medical facilities, and further expand access to additional specialties to improve healthcare for its patients. To witness some of what the South Lake Tahoe […]
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By Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — Fearing they may get left behind in the rush to expand legalized gambling to the Internet, more U.S. Indian tribes are lining up to back online poker and are angling for new ways to cash in. Consider the Tulalip Tribes in Washington state: Eight months ago, tribal Secretary […]
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By Ed O’Keefe, Washington Post Did you know that U.S. athletes owe taxes any time they win a medal? Republican lawmakers — clearly seizing on Olympic fever and general displeasure with the tax code — want to change that. After winning gold in London, an Olympic athlete also stands to earn a $25,000 honorarium. Silver […]
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