By Kathryn Reed Vail Resorts is undergoing an upper management shuffle that is sending Heavenly’s Blaise Carrig to Colorado. Carrig was brought in to be chief operating officer of the South Shore resort when Vail bought the ski area in 2002. He and John Garnsey are co-presidents of the Mountain Division. Neither will have every […]
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The Placer County Department of Public Works’ Tahoe Engineering Division is moving its staff from Truckee to north Lake Tahoe this weekend. The move will put the Tahoe staff closer to constituents and customers. The move, to a commercial office building in Tahoe Vista, means the office won’t be open until Tuesday. The office is […]
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By Mark Grossi, Fresno Bee Farmers and water officials throughout California wait anxiously each year for forecasts about snowmelt roaring down the Sierra’s granite canyons – precious water for the long summer. But the forecasts are only estimates, based on averages of past seasons, snow-sensor readings and monthly measurements from key mountain meadows above big […]
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By Kathryn Reed Maria Barrows-Crist was planning a victory party for Friday afternoon. The judge denied anyone a party. Instead, he asked both sides in the South Lake Tahoe day care battle to file more briefs. June is the soonest a decision will be rendered, unless El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Steve Bailey works […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Continuing April storms have helped maintain the mountain snowpack and bolstered the region’s water supplies for summer. On April 1, which federal hydrologists typically consider the end of the snow season, the Tahoe-Truckee snowpack was about 90 percent of average, the fourth straight subpar winter. But subsequent storms boosted the […]
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By Kathryn Reed The South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission met Friday morning to discuss revising the proposed redevelopment area known as Project Area 2. There was little discussion. The feeling was that if the area from Al Tahoe Boulevard to Harrison Avenue were not included, the businesses along there would be shortchanged. The council at […]
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By Kathryn Reed How the South Lake Tahoe city attorney’s office will function in the future is expected to be discussed at the April 27 special City Council meeting. The goal when two attorneys were hired nearly a year ago was to cut down on the use of outside counsel. “And it is still a […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee CalPERS’ largest investment partner made dramatic concessions to the pension fund Monday, agreeing to stop hiring placement agents and to cut its management fees by $125 million. The deal with Wall Street powerhouse Apollo Global Management underscores CalPERS’ clout in the financial world – and cuts to the heart of […]
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By Gus Thomson, Auburn Journal Placer County is moving ahead with a new, $3.5 million building purchase in Tahoe City. The Board of Supervisors approved an option to purchase the 11,400-square-foot Customs House building most famously formerly occupied by Starbucks. Approval came on a 5-0 vote at a recent meeting with District 5 Supervisor Jennifer […]
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By Denver Post Vail Resorts reported Tuesday that skier visits rose 2.3 percent and lift-ticket revenue was up 4.6 percent for the 2009-10 winter season compared with the prior year. Vail Resorts operates Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado and Heavenly at Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevada border. Ski-school revenue at the five […]
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