By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe city councilmembers were more concerned about dogs than tourist accommodation units when they approved the transfer Tuesday of 50 units to Stateline. The five had a lively discussion about whether a dog park should be part of a larger park on Bonanza Avenue where the former C&M Lodge sits. […]
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Vail Resorts Inc.’s fiscal third-quarter earnings rose 5.6 percent, with resort officials today underlining skier visits were up in Colorado and California, and declaring for the first time a quarterly dividend for stock investors. For the quarter ended April 30, the only publicly traded ski resort reported a profit of $76.9 million. This is up […]
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By Kathryn Reed Voters approved Measure G in 2008, but few have seen what their money has been spent on. This is because most people don’t have a student at South Tahoe High School and that is where the bulk to the work has been since construction began. The high school has been transformed and […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s the best theater on the South Shore. That was the overriding sentiment heard Wednesday night as members of the Measure G Bond Oversight Committee toured the Theatre Arts and Design Academy that will welcome students in August at the start of the next school year. Also overheard were comments from committee […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee Controversial grave markers at the Mormon Island Relocation Cemetery in El Dorado Hills have been removed in preparation for installation of new markers. The original markers on graves relocated from the Negro Hill Cemetery in 1954 had to be changed because they substituted the racist N-word for Negro where they […]
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By Anthony York and Shane Goldmacher, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — Republican lawmakers are prepared to let voters decide whether to close California’s stubborn budget deficit with higher taxes in exchange for major changes in state spending, public pensions and regulatory policies. But a week before the legal deadline for a spending plan, and with […]
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By Kellene Stockwell, Channel 2 News Authorities have arrested a Washoe County man they say stole more than $1 million from eight people. Investigators with Secretary of State Ross Miller’s Securities Division arrested 67-year-old Jack Schwartz on June 3 on five felony counts of securities fraud and 10 felony counts of theft. Investigators say Schwartz […]
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The Nevada Division of Forestry firefighters are helping fight the multiple devastating wildfires in Arizona. “Since the fires started, we have sent 10 personnel to help fight the fires in eastern Arizona,” Nevada Forester and Fire Warden Pete Anderson said in a statement. NDF has agreements with Western states to help in such situations. Nevada […]
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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee Placer County is one of 12 entities nationwide being recognized this week by the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. The Clean Air Excellence Award recognizes the county’s air pollution control district’s work diverting Lake Tahoe area forest debris from burn piles. “By transporting this forest residue out and instead […]
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By Kathryn Reed Normally when anything having to do with vacation rentals is on the South Lake Tahoe City Council agenda, the room is packed, emotions run high and colorful descriptions of tourists’ antics are relayed. June 7 was a little different. Council members and the public were a bit miffed to know nothing about […]
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