North Lake Tahoe’s Measure F is up for renewal on the June 5 ballot. If approved, it would retain the 2 percent transient occupancy tax that funds public improvement projects and services, such as beaches, bike trails and parks. The 2 percent tax applied to hotel rooms was first approved by voters in 1996 and […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe is getting a conference center after all. While it’s on the campus of South Tahoe High School, it is a joint-use facility that is partly funded with a grant South Lake Tahoe helped secure. It’s like a mini-convention center – especially with all the high-tech features being built in. […]
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By Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee Salaries for California lawmakers remain the nation’s highest despite years of budget crisis and a belt-tightening backlash that sparked legislative pay cuts three years ago. For voters eager to target lawmakers as scapegoats for the state’s massive problems, California’s top ranking is sure to fuel debate this week over whether […]
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By Kathryn Reed In a 4-0 decision, the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board voted to launch the South Lake Tahoe Mountain Sports Academy. Board member Judy Cefalu was recused because her son, Chris Cefalu, is one of the owners of Tahoe Sports & Entertainment. TSE will bring the hockey and figure skating components to […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Raley’s is ramping up the pressure on its workers to swallow contract savings, taking steps that could provoke the first strike in the supermarket chain’s 77-year history. Fed up with months of fruitless labor negotiations, Raley’s refused late Friday to extend the contract with a Bay Area unit of the […]
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By Claudia Buck, Sacramento Bee Hey, buddy. Wanna sell your timeshare? Here and nationwide, that pitch is increasingly hitting thousands of timeshare owners trying to unload their unused or unwanted properties. Frequently, they’re getting swindled, part of a recurring scam that takes $2,000 or more in upfront fees for timeshare sales that never happen, say […]
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By Kathryn Reed Ten middle school students died at Lake Tahoe Community College on Tuesday as their classmates watched. Then they went to the funeral and staring back them in the coffin was a reflection of themselves. Gritty. Gripping. Impactful. That’s what the Drug Store Project is all about. Now in its ninth year, the […]
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Crocuses are blooming in the basin. Robins are confused. Spring is the season according to the calendar. And snow is about to pile up. It must be Lake Tahoe in March. A winter weather advisory is in effect until 11am March 28. Wednesday’s commute is expected to be difficult – slick roads, blowing snow and […]
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By Steve Chawkins and Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times A years-long environmental battle ended abruptly when the company producing a fumigant for strawberries and other crops yanked it from U.S. distribution, bringing relief to activists and raising concern among growers. Methyl iodide, meant to replace an ozone-depleting fumigant being phased out by an international treaty, […]
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By Bart Jansen, USA Today Airline passengers who are at least 75 years old will be able to keep their shoes and light jackets on at security checkpoints at four airports, the Transportation Security Administration recently said. The changes are similar to those adopted in September for children up to 12 and will reduce — […]
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