By Jon Ortiz, Sacramento Bee From California to Florida, many public employees are paying more for their pensions now than a year ago as strapped state and local governments cast about for savings. Now a sweeping Republican proposal in the California Senate, among other changes, would hike how much all current and future state and […]
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Lake Tahoe, Monterey/Carmel, Napa and other Northern California locations were among the weakest markets for hotel occupancy, average nightly rates and revenue per room in May, according to PKF Consulting. San Francisco, on the other hand, is outpacing most of Northern California with an 84.5 occupancy rate in May and 77.8 percent for the first […]
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By KATU-TV SKAMANIA COUNTY, Wash. – A woman who traveled to Washington state from South Lake Tahoe to attend the Rainbow Family gathering in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest is now missing. Marie C. Hanson, 54, was last seen on July 10. She was here visiting from South Lake Tahoe and joined thousands of others […]
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Three teenagers were reportedly caught tagging Bijou Community School in South Lake Tahoe on July 13. Six South Lake Tahoe teens were at the scene that night, with only three being arrested. A fourth arrest is pending, according to officers. Four of the six were actively engaged in marking the campus with graffiti, officers said. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Board members of the Tahoe Tallac Association will be working without an executive director for the foreseeable future. Lori Cramer has tendered her resignation effective the end of the month. Notice was give to the board at the July 11 meeting, with it being made public July 14. It was a mutual […]
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By Kathryn Reed Randy Lane is not giving up on being an integral part of whatever the rebar and concrete near the state line in South Lake Tahoe eventually becomes. His firm, Lake Tahoe Development Company, this month asked the bankruptcy judge in Sacramento for more time to come up with a plan. South Lake […]
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By Kathryn Reed The U.S. Forest Service is about to remove the trees that are a constant reminder of the June 2007 inferno that reduced 254 houses to ash. This is because a federal judge on July 13 sided with the federal agency. Earlier this year Earth Island Institute and the Center for Biological Diversity […]
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By Kathryn Reed Harrah’s may have a few more empty parking spaces this winter. That’s because Heavenly Mountain Resort and South Lake Tahoe are partnering to offer skiers a deal to park at the garage near the gondola. Until now Heavenly passholders had to pay the hourly rate of $3.75 or $25 daily rate – […]
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By Brian Duggan, Reno Gazette-Journal Washoe County officials are starting to gauge the fallout of a Nevada Supreme Court decision from last week that ordered the county to issue property tax refunds to Incline Village and Crystal Bay property owners and opened a budget hole that could exceed $40 million by early estimates. The refunds […]
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By Torey Van Oot, Sacramento Bee For the second time in two years, the Placer County Republican Central Committee is facing investigators’ questions about its financial practices. The state Fair Political Practices Commission is examining a complaint that key committee members used donors’ money to benefit themselves. A critic of the committee’s actions says she’s […]
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