By Kathryn Reed By the looks of the 4Runner it is surprising the driver was released hours after striking a telephone pole on Pioneer Trail and being hauled to Barton Memorial Hospital. The name of the male teen driver was not being released Tuesday night by South Lake Tahoe police officers. The vehicle had 2010 […]
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By Kathryn Reed MV Transportation is being told to hand over the keys to the South Shore transit operation and to cease operating BlueGo as of noon June 20. A letter from South Tahoe Areas Transit Authority attorney Michael McLaughlin dated May 28 to MV Transportation says STATA is terminating the three-year contract that was […]
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By Kathryn Reed Officials from South Tahoe Public Utility District and South Lake Tahoe are expected to get together early this month to hash out lingering redevelopment issues. Even though the city approved another redevelopment area last month, STPUD and El Dorado County are not walking away from the issue. “We could talk about our […]
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By Kathryn Reed Creating “art” on public structures without permission is illegal. That is why this month crews from South Lake Tahoe Police Department will return the underpass of Trout Creek to its natural color. A myriad colors fill nearly every space under the Highway 50 structure that covers sand. The side where Trout Creek […]
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By Kathryn Reed Patty Smith has a simple request – fly the American flag every day, not just a couple days a year. Through tears, the South Lake Tahoe woman talked briefly about her son, Timmy, who died in the Iraq conflict. She talked about the need to remember and honor soldiers every day of […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee A judge kept intact the freeze on former CalPERS board member Alfred Villalobos’ assets Friday, dealing a setback to the man accused of bribing top officials with the pension fund. Villalobos’ gambling habits weighed heavily on Los Angeles Superior Court Judge John Reid, who refused the Lake Tahoe businessman’s attempt […]
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By Mark Harden, Denver Business Journal Vail Resorts Inc. said Friday it has acquired Mountain News Corp. (MNC), which operates the snow-sports website OnTheSnow.com. In a statement, the Broomfield-based ski-resort operator and real estate company (NYSE: MTN) said it will operate Orinda, Calif.-based MNC as a separate business, and that its editorial content “will be […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe hotels owe the city more than a half million dollars in taxes and penalties. The properties are deliberately not paying the city the transient occupancy tax they collect. City Attorney Patrick Enright was back in court this week fighting to get the $43,000 Inn at Heavenly owes. The TOT […]
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Placer County’s cleanup efforts of an abandoned concrete batch plant on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe have been bolstered by the awarding of three grants, totaling $600,000, toward restoration efforts in the Snow Creek wetlands. The restoration project, managed by the Placer County Department of Public Works Tahoe Engineering Division, will address water quality […]
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The Truckee Police Department in conjunction with the California Highway Patrol and the Grass Valley Police Department will have a DUI checkpoint on May 28. Additionally, Truckee PD is participating in the national “Click It or Ticket” campaign, which runs through June 6. The focus of this program is to make sure all drivers and […]
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