By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee C.J. Graham is a master multitasker. With less than a week to go before the Thursday grand opening of Thunder Valley Casino’s new hotel, spa and expanded gaming area, there is no time for otherwise. He and the tribal owners have high hopes for Thunder Valley. The United Auburn Indian […]
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By Kathryn Reed Four members of the South Lake Tahoe City Council met from 11:15am-2pm on Sunday in closed session to interview two candidates for city manager. No action was taken. This came exactly one week after the elected officials interviewed two other men for the position. It is not known if the other candidates […]
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The Avoid the 6 El Dorado County DUI Task Force will be out in full force during the 4th of July holiday weekend, cracking down on impaired drivers with an aggressive DUI enforcement blitz. “Driving while drunk isn’t worth the tremendous risk. No matter your age, if you’ve had too much holiday spirit, you’d better […]
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A 22-year-old transient was arrested Saturday at about 7:15am on arson charges. Police officers and firefighters responded to the meadow behind the residential subdivision of Pioneer Village, east of Al Tahoe Boulevard, in South Lake Tahoe after a resident reported a suspicious fire. Emergency personnel found an uncontrolled fire approximately 10-feet-square, with 1-foot-high flames. The […]
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By Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times California welfare recipients using state-issued debit cards withdrew more than $1.8 million in taxpayer cash on casino floors between October 2009 and last month, state officials said Thursday. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued an executive order requiring welfare recipients to promise they will use cash benefits only to “meet the […]
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The South Lake Tahoe City Council is having a special closed session meeting on Sunday at 11:15am at Lake Tahoe Airport. The subject is the city manager. As of Friday night, it was not known if anyone new would be there to interview, if one of the two interviewed last weekend would be hired, or […]
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Publisher’s note: Click here to read about the resource map the Board of Supervisors approved. By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee Ed Borba’s hat, mustache, oversized belt buckle and boots suggest a rancher. The bumper sticker on his truck completes the picture. It reads, “Eat Beef: The West Wasn’t Won on Salad.” The cattleman’s West, though, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Dysfunctional is the overwhelming feeling the El Dorado County Grand Jury has of the city of South Lake Tahoe – primarily the council and city manager. The seven pages devoted to South Lake Tahoe in the 2009-10 Grand Jury Report that came out this week are scathing. “Council members and senior staff […]
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By Kathryn Reed Bus routes through the South Shore are expected to change July 14, the day after the South Lake Tahoe City Council votes on the proposal. What happens if the council votes no is not known. The major changes would be eliminating the Meyers route and the Stateline-Zephyr Cove route, as well as […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee As the Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnapping case drags on, Nancy Garrido’s lawyer suggested today that Dugard and her two children should be allowed to visit Garrido before the trial begins. Attorney Stephen Tapson said after a five-minute court hearing today that he believes it would be better for Dugard to […]
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