A winter weather advisory is in effect from 10pm Thursday to 10am Friday for the Lake Tahoe Basin. Moderate to heavy snow is expected late tonight into the morning. Expect 2-6 inches below 7,000 feet and 6-9 inches above that elevation, the National Weather Service says. Winds will be in the 15 to 25mph range, […]
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By Susan Wood Another chapter unfolds in the continuing saga of the Fallen Leaf Lake Community Services District. The CSD board is expected Saturday to discuss how to fill one of its seats left vacant with President Dana Clark resigning last month amid turmoil over who will run the marina and general store. The meeting […]
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By Kathryn Reed Enough information about the merits and hazards of banning plastic bags was disseminated Wednesday that the commission tasked with making a recommendation to the South Lake Tahoe City Council deferred its decision for a month. “The goal is to reduce and eventually eliminate one-time use plastic bags,” Chairwoman Kirstin Cattell said at […]
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By Kathryn Reed Happy Homestead Cemetery in 2009 continued the trend of more people seeking cremation over full body burial. Of the 73 burials at the South Lake Tahoe cemetery, 45 were cremations, 28 full body — or 62 percent v. 38 percent. This is consistent with 2008, with 48 cremations (64 percent) and 27 […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County is miffed with South Lake Tahoe’s decision to abort its presentation to the Board of Supervisors less than 24 hours before it was to take place. The city was supposed to explain its latest redevelopment proposal to the county on Tuesday. Instead, City Manager Dave Jinkens sent a letter […]
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By Kathryn Reed Developer Randy Lane was handed another setback Tuesday, though he is not calling it that. As principal of Lake Tahoe Development Company, Lane has been trying to turn what South Shore residents call “the hole” into the region’s most expensive redevelopment project. The problem is he doesn’t have the money to build […]
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By Lynsey Paulo, KCRA-TV SACRAMENTO — Federal parole supervision records show officers recommended continuing Phillip Garrido’s parole four times between 1990 and 1998, after he allegedly kidnapped and held Jaycee Lee Dugard captive in his Antioch home. KCRA 3 obtained newly released U.S. Parole Commission documents Tuesday. Read the whole story
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By Siobhan McAndrew, Reno Gazette-Journal Everyone thought Keston Ramsey was going to live forever. His wife of 80 years, his two sons, six grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, neighbors and friends who saw the 101-year-old man shoveling snow and fixing his roof never expected life without Ramsey. Ramsey, who opened the Sky Tavern Ski Lodge in 1945 […]
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By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Expansion plans by an Indian casino near Sacramento signal another bad omen for Northern Nevada’s beleaguered gaming market. Casino revenues in Reno and the Lake Tahoe area have been decimated for almost three years. The recession has zapped tourism, while bad weather routinely impedes travel by casino patrons from […]
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By Jim Carlton, Wall Street Journal Lake Tahoe’s ski resorts are reporting their best business in four years, buoyed by unusually abundant snow and an improving Northern California economy. The number of skier visits at the Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, for example, has jumped 21% so far this season compared with the prior one, while […]
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