By Susan Wood In an apparent show of testosterone, a confrontation at South Tahoe High School this week that led to an arrest of a Pop Warner coach by a California Highway Patrol officer has turned into a legal battle with opposing investigations. Defensive coach Jim Durham was arrested and later released Tuesday evening after […]
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By Nancy Cauley The current status of Zephyr Cove Elementary School, according to No Child Left Behind, reveals that ZCES is currently on the “Watch List” in the area of English-Language Arts. NCLB law requires that all students obtain a predetermined “Percent Above Cut” (PAC) which translates into how many students are proficient on the […]
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By KCRA The board that considers compensation for California crime victims is being advised to reject a claim by the mother of Jaycee Dugard, who authorities said was held captive for nearly two decades by a paroled rapist. Lynn Margherita, spokeswoman for the Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board, said Thursday the board’s staff is […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt “Keep Tahoe Blue.” Locals and tourists see it everywhere — attached to the wrinkled bumpers of aging Subarus and the shiny chrome of sleek BMWs. Even on poster-pocked telephone poles. It’s a call to environmental action, a bumper sticker, a domain name, and the registered trademark of the League to Save Lake […]
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The El Dorado County Environmental Management and Health Services departments received confirmation Sept. 1 that a bird found in the South Lake Tahoe area tested positive for West Nile virus, the first for 2010. The bird, a Western Scrub-Jay, was found Aug. 24. A second positive bird, a Swainson’s hawk, was also reported for El […]
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By Lily Leung, San Diego Union Tribune A promising solution to the quagga-mussel invasion that threatens water supplies in San Diego and other parts of the West could soon be tested in open waters for the first time in the U.S., a leading quagga expert said Monday. That news and other developments in the fight […]
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Susan Marie Kaiser of South Lake Tahoe died Aug. 29 in a kayaking accident on the North Fork of the Feather River. She was 37. Kaiser was the fire and fuels coordinator for Lake Valley Fire Protection District for the past two years. Prior to that she worked for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. Kaiser […]
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By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal Northern Nevada business leaders remain strongly pessimistic about the economy and the prospects for recovery, the Sierra Region Economic Outlook Mid-Year Business Survey shows. After nearly 63 percent of respondents rating economic conditions as poor or very poor, experts this month said the findings serve notice that change, from infrastructure […]
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By Susan Ferriss and Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee A measure to ban plastic carryout bags in supermarkets, drug and convenience stores was defeated late Tuesday in the state Senate, where key lawmakers said it could prove too costly for consumers. The proposal to make California the first state to institute such a ban was designed […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe’s second stalled hole in the ground became a reality this week when a judge granted a construction firm’s injunction request to bring work at the Lakeview Commons project to a halt. “What we’re seeking is to have the job awarded to us and we complete the work,” BJ Sullivan, […]
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