By Sheryl Gay Stolber, New York Times WASHINGTON — President Obama challenged Americans on Tuesday night to unleash their creative spirit, set aside their partisan differences and come together around a common goal of outcompeting other nations in a rapidly shifting global economy. In a State of the Union address to a newly divided Congress, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Three items on the South Lake Tahoe City Council agenda pertaining to Lakeview Commons were postponed until the Feb. 8 meeting. However, the council on Jan. 25 did meet in closed session to talk about the issue. Out of that discussion came the announcement an agreement is close with Reeve-Knight Construction, the […]
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By Kathryn Reed For the nearly 5,500 South Tahoe Public Utility District customers who have water meters, their rates for this quarter are not going to be what they are used to. This is because of state mandates. California has required water districts with more than 3,000 connections have their jurisdictions all metered by 2025. […]
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By Kathryn Reed This week work will begin on an 8-foot-high mural that will be erected in front of the foreclosed convention center project in South Lake Tahoe. Normally Scott Blumenthal and his team from Dreams & Visions Art Company would do the mural onsite. However, with the fence being so close to the edge […]
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A 22-year-old Bay Area woman died snowboarding at Granlibakken ski resort in Tahoe City over the weekend. Rahsheka Keith, who graduated from UC Santa Cruz last May, was using her snowboard like a sled when she slid into a lift tower on Jan. 22, authorities report. She had attended high school in Lake County. This […]
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By Guy Clifton, Reno Gazette-Journal Gov. Brian Sandoval mixed an optimistic tone with harsh reality in his first State of the State address on Monday, announcing a focus on economic development, fundamental changes to state programs and calling for “shared sacrifice” during the economic downturn. In an broad-based, hour-long speech to a joint session of […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee The prosecutor in the Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnap case is asking a judge to deny a delay in the trial of Phillip Garrido, saying the suspect “has manipulated the legal system and escaped justice for too long.” El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson said in court papers that there […]
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By Jaclyn O’Malley, Reno Gazette-Journal Washoe County Sheriff’s deputies say a body found Saturday at the Mount Rose Summit was of a person who likely died from suicide. Deputy Armando Avina said Monday that detectives are not treating the death as suspicious. Read the whole story
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Updated Jan. 24 2:33pm: South Tahoe High School got out early today because of the power outage. According to district officials, the power company could not say when the power would be back on so the school had to cancel classes. The power is back on. By Kathryn Reed Nearly 3,500 electric customers on the […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — An ambitious budget to fund transit on the South Shore is proving to be unattainable. “All the revenue sources are not materializing,” Carl Hasty, executive director of the Tahoe Transportation District, told his board Jan. 21. “The lawsuit is not helping.” He was referring to MV Transportation suing the entities […]
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