By Austin Fay MEYERS — The California Conservation Corps Lake Tahoe Residential Center is moving forward with its estimated $13 million facility improvements. Construction includes renovation of the minimalist 84-corps member residential areas, new dining hall, gymnasium, and classrooms for corps member use. Bids for the project open May 26. State estimates for construction and […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Douglas County officials on Thursday let businesses in the Nugget Building at Stateline know the 57 parking spaces on the west side of the building will be off-limits to their patrons. Today, property owner Chuck Bluth plans to deliver a letter to each county commissioner expressing his side of the […]
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By Kathryn Reed June 18 will be the last day people can retrieve mail from the Bijou branch of the South Lake Tahoe post office. After months of speculation, the U.S. Postal Service decided May 20 to close the small facility in the middle of South Lake Tahoe. In February the Incline Village branch was […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Controversial pension fund placement agent Alfred Villalobos launched a broad defense today against a state lawsuit accusing him of plying CalPERS officials with favors. He also demanded that his assets be unfrozen. The former CalPERS board member denied several of the allegations contained in a lawsuit filed two weeks ago […]
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By Kathryn Reed It took five motions Thursday afternoon before the board voted 3-2 to increase sewer rates 2 percent and water rates 2.5 percent. South Tahoe Public Utility District customers can expect to see higher bills beginning July 1. Based on the quarterly billing system the South Shore district uses, the average residence will […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee A judge today postponed a hearing for Phillip and Nancy Garrido until next month, with officials saying a psychiatrist who treated him in the 1990s was delivering her medical records to court as ordered. The records had not been sent in time for a hearing last month, which sparked today’s […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — The two candidates for El Dorado County assessor squared-off Wednesday before an audience that included their boss Tim Holcomb, who is retiring. Retired El Dorado County Judge Gene Rasmussen and sitting Judge Suzanne Kingsbury were also at the Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe forum at Harveys Lake Tahoe. Keith […]
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An accident late Wednesday afternoon in South Lake Tahoe prompted phone lines to be busy as locals tried to figure out what happened. A dispatcher for the South Lake Tahoe Police Department said a vehicle went off the road near Grocery Outlet and the Upper Truckee River about 4:15pm. No major injuries occurred, but the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Redevelopment is going to happen – unless El Dorado County sues to stop South Lake Tahoe from going forward. Judi Harkins was tasked with being the messenger for the county at Tuesday’s council meeting. She read a letter into the record from the Board of Supervisors stating that entity’s adamant belief the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Nearly one-third of the money it takes to maintain Ski Run Boulevard’s landscaping and bike trail is in jeopardy of disappearing. Every year the business improvement district that includes more than 70 businesses and property owners in this area of South Lake Tahoe must come before the City Council to renew the […]
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