By Kathryn Reed KIRKWOOD – While utility rates are not likely to go down for decades at Kirkwood, the reliability of the lights staying on will increase by tapping into PG&E’s lines. About a dozen people showed up Saturday to voice their concerns and opinions about the four proposals being studied by the U.S. Forest […]
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By Kathryn Reed JC Penney is coming to South Lake Tahoe – sort of. The national retailer is launching JCP Express – an answer to dying catalog sales and demand for online purchases. “A national transformation for JC Penney is going on. We will be like a department store for them minus the inventory,” explained […]
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By Rick Daysog, Sacramento Bee In its annual “State of the Air” report released this month, the American Lung Association ranks Sacramento as the fifth-worst metropolitan area in the country for ozone pollution during the 2007-09 period. The area is tied for 11th worst for short-term particle pollution during the same three-year span. Bonnie Holmes-Gen, […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Shore officials are fighting Caltrans’ decision to close Echo Summit four days before the largest professional cycling event in North America starts in Stateline. State Sen. Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, has stepped into the fray – again. He has arranged for a conference call for Monday with local officials and Caltrans District […]
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By Kathryn Reed Doing nothing is not an option. That was the message delivered Friday night by El Dorado County officials when it comes to Lake Tahoe Boulevard. More than 80 people sat or stood through a two-hour meeting about the proposed changes on this stretch of road on the South Shore between Clear View […]
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By Laurel Rosenhall, Sacramento Bee For years, high schools have prepared some students for college and others for work. Now there’s a push at the highest levels of state government to meld the two, so that as students learn job skills, they’re also fulfilling course requirements needed to get into college. You can see the […]
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By Reno Gazette Journal A man who was the subject of a dragnet in two counties on two days was arrested today without incident in Douglas County, a Washoe County Sheriff’s Office spokesman said. Deputy Armando Avina had few details about the arrest of Wade Richard Kelly, 52. “He is in a Washoe County patrol […]
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Caltrans today announced it will temporarily close Highway 50 at Echo Summit for two weeks beginning May 11. This means the route to the South Shore will be less direct for those coming to the area for the Amgen Tour de California cycling event May 15. The closure is part of the first stage of […]
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By Michael Cooper and Mary Williams Walsh, New York Times When an arbitrator ruled this month that Detroit could reduce the pensions being earned by its police sergeants and lieutenants, it put the struggling city at the forefront of a growing national debate over whether the pensions of current public workers can or should be […]
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By Kathryn Reed If and when a fire erupts at the Y, a natural fuel break will have been established in the middle of South Lake Tahoe so it doesn’t destroy the entire city. That is the purpose of the nearly 50-acre fuel reduction project at Lake Christopher near Trout Creek and Pioneer Trail. It’s […]
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