By Kathryn Reed Is South Lake Tahoe about to redefine its boundaries? Will an elected mayor be the way the city is governed? Kenny Curtzwiler who lives in Meyers and former South Lake Tahoe City Councilman Ted Long broached those topics. They both spoke at the Feb. 9 City Council meeting during public comments. Councilman […]
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By Kathryn Reed Chemicals polluting the groundwater throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin on the California side are keeping engineers working full time. Most toxins are related to a chemical used in dry cleaning and the now banned fuel additive MTBE. A temporary structure has been erected behind the Y transit center in the Raley’s shopping […]
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By Kathryn Reed The Tahoe Queen is being dismantled. Sort of. In order to comply with an anticipated visit by the U.S. Coast Guard in the fall, the paddle-wheeler will not churn the waters of Lake Tahoe until late April or early May. This is so workers can overhaul the interior of the hull. The […]
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By Jim Wasserman, Sacramento Bee Sales of homes costing $1 million or more fell sharply across the capital region and throughout California last year as buyers remained wary, large mortgages were hard to get and more homes slipped below the benchmark value, researcher MDA Dataquick reported Thursday. The La Jolla firm counted 291 sales of […]
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By Jeanine Benca and Caterina Mellinger, Contra Costa Times Kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard and her children have relocated to a safe, private location in a rural part of the East Bay, within driving distance of the house near Antioch where Dugard was kept most of her life, according to sources who have been helping the […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County Board of Supervisors has awarded two contracts for work to be done at the toxic Meyers Landfill on the outskirts of South Lake Tahoe. However, the decades-old lawsuit brought by the U.S. Forest Service against a slew of defendants must be resolved before work can begin. The feds own […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee Jaycee Lee Dugard and the couple accused of kidnapping her as a child eventually became a family, taking vacations together, spending time at the library, raising pets and running a family business, court documents filed late Thursday claim. The documents, made available this morning, were filed by Phillip Garrido’s defense […]
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By Frank X. Mullen Jr., Reno Gazette-Journal In the fight against removing large numbers of wild horses from the northwestern Nevada range, a proposed $3 billion natural gas pipeline is at the front lines, critics of the roundups said. Activists who want the horses to stay on the range say the Ruby Pipeline project is […]
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By Cynthia Hubert, Sacramento Bee From rustic vineyards to elegant country clubs, the rolling hills of El Dorado County paint a picture of quiet wealth. But the recession is taking a toll on an area that traditionally has been one of the most privileged in California. El Dorado County’s unemployment rate was 12.6 percent in […]
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By Kathryn Reed PLEASANT VALLEY — People are imbibing, but it’s not all about California. Argentina, Chile and Australia are cutting into the Golden State’s wine sales. Last year was the first time in 16 years that California wine shipments dropped, according to the Bay Area’s Gomberg, Fredrikson & Associates. 2009 was a mixed bag […]
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