By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe American Legion members are hoping their chapter does not go the same way as the local Veterans of Foreign Wars affiliate – by the wayside and being disbanded by the national organization. With fewer people joining the legion, it is a real possibility South Lake Tahoe may one day […]
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By Julia Scott, California Watch The water supply of more than 2 million Californians has been exposed to harmful levels of nitrates over the past 15 years, a period marked by lax regulatory efforts to contain the colorless and odorless contaminant, a California Watch investigation has found. Nitrates are the most common groundwater contaminant in […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County is looking to adopt a budget for 2010-11 that has $49 million less than the current one. Property taxes are projected to be down by 4 percent, sales tax off by 11 percent, and vehicle license fees reduced by 4 percent. To attain the balanced budget for the fiscal […]
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By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News Regardless of how wet the winter, fire officials often broadcast the same warning as summer begins: “Prepare for a bad fire season.” If it didn’t rain much, they say conditions are bone dry. If it rained a lot, they often say the tall grass translates to lots of […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Alfred Villalobos, the former CalPERS board member accused of bribing pension fund officials, is having trouble collecting some of the fees he earned for his work. Court records show at least one of Villalobos’ clients – Aurora Capital Group, the investment firm headed by Republican power broker Gerald Parsky – […]
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By Kathryn Reed Who the next president of Lake Tahoe Community College will be may not be known for some time, but the board is likely to decide June 8 on a process for finding that person. At a special board meeting Wednesday morning the board accepted the resignation of President Paul Killpatrick. His last […]
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By Frank X. Mullen, Reno Gazette-Journal Scientists have identified a new type of marine reptile, which 240 million years ago roamed the sea that became the Nevada desert. Judging by the size and sharpness of its teeth, the recently-discovered ichthyosaur was a fierce predator that ate various prey including his fellow fish-lizards, researchers said. When […]
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By Kathryn Reed When the city attorney found out Tuesday that a councilman did the legal work to evict Broc’s Puppies, he said, “I’ll talk to Bruce.” Bruce Grego, the councilman in question, believes because the work had nothing to do with the ordinance he voted on a year ago that bans future stores like […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Redevelopment of aging, polluting urban areas will prove critical to restoring Lake Tahoe’s troubled environment in coming decades, Tahoe land-use regulators insist. Environmental groups counter that the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency appears to be steered on a path that could substantially alter the lake’s rustic characteristics, bringing taller buildings and […]
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By Kathryn Reed “It is nothing more than a guy going through town and making money.” Those are the words of David Kelly, president of the Tahoe Area Coordinating Council for the Disabled (TACCD). He is the face and voice of the disabled on the South Shore. And he is not happy with what a […]
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