By Kathryn Reed It’s a snow day for schools in Lake Tahoe Unified School District. It’s a school day for students in Douglas County School District, Tahoe Truckee Unified School District and Lake Tahoe Community College. The TACCD meeting for Monday has also been canceled. Ron Christino told Lake Tahoe News at 5:45 this morning […]
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By Amanda Finnegan, Las Vegas Sun Harrah’s Entertainment Chief Executive and President Gary Loveman said a major roadblock in the path of the growth of casino companies is misinformation about the industry. Rather than talk about the industry’s recovery, Loveman used his afternoon keynote address at the Global Gaming Expo Wednesday to campaign against the […]
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The National Weather Service in Reno has extended the winter weather advisory for the greater Lake Tahoe area until 10am Nov. 22. A winter storm watch has been issued from Monday evening through Tuesday afternoon. Moderate snow is expected overnight Sunday. Meteorologists are calling for snow accumulations of 6 to 12 inches along and west […]
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With 13 hangars at Lake Tahoe Airport vacant, this means $65,000 in revenues not being generated. Airport Director Sherry Miller is trying to find ways to fill those spots, likely with incentives. Details have not been worked out. A report to the City Council this month from the Airport Commission shows traffic count year to […]
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Publisher’s note: The South Lake Tahoe Sustainability Commission is contemplating a Day without a Bag event. By Barbara Henry, North County Times A city-sponsored Environmental Commission that has explored the idea of banning plastic bags in Encinitas hasn’t achieved that goal yet, but reports growing success with its once-a-year, bag-free day. “It gets bigger every […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE — One day the short-range transit plan for the South Shore will be adopted and implemented. Gordon Shaw of LSC Transportation Consultants gave yet another presentation on the plan that has been talked about for months. This time the Tahoe Transportation District board heard it. The board is expected to […]
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By Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday launched an international organization to tackle climate change with leaders from regional governments in Europe, South America, Africa, Asia and the United States. The failure to achieve an international climate pact in Copenhagen last year left many people discouraged, Schwarzenegger said, addressing several hundred […]
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By Rob Hotakainen, Sacramento Bee WASHINGTON – Since joining Congress two years ago, Republican Rep. Tom McClintock has taken heat from Placer County officials for resisting earmarks, money that’s used to pay for pet projects back home. “There are a number of local officials who became addicted to earmarks,” said McClintock, of Elk Grove, who […]
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By The Economist America’s most sordid government scandal of the year was probably one that took place inside one of its tiniest governments: that of the city of Bell. Bell is really more of a blue-collar neighbourhood within the vast conurbation of Los Angeles than anything recognisable as a city. But the city elders, eight […]
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By Kathryn Reed It will never look like a pristine forest, but one day the old Meyers Landfill site on the outskirts of South Lake Tahoe could be a place worth visiting. For now, though, it’s completely off-limits. With nearly a third more debris found at the site than anticipated, the closure to the area […]
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