It may feel like record heat considering this is just the first day of spring, but the National Weather Service says it would take another 5 to 8 degrees to hit the record high. Last Saturday after a fresh dump of snow overnight, Highway 89 was closed to vehicle traffic. This brought out carloads of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Reuse, reduce, recycle. That’s the vocabulary the South Lake Tahoe Sustainability Commission wants the community to learn. The idea is to prolong the life of what’s considered a one-time bag from all stores, whether it’s plastic or paper, by reusing it, not using it or recycling it. Keeping them out of the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Balancing on one foot with the other off the ground, but parallel to it, the South Lake Tahoe man counted to 30. He walked a straight line while counting. He did everything the officer asked him to do. Even though the pupils of his eyes bounced around enough for him to be […]
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By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE — Buy the cheap hamburger. The lean stuff produces about as much grease as the fatty kind. That’s what Aubrey Felton discovered in his science experiment. The Zephyr Cove Elementary School sixth-grader took first place Tuesday night for his grade level. He used raw and frozen meat of different grades […]
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By Kathryn Reed After being in the business of chronicling the lives of those on the South Shore since the 1960s, Laine Photolabs is about to close shop. “It provided me, for 20 years, the lifestyle I needed. I needed complete control of my time,” Brooke Laine said. It meant being able to raise her […]
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By Kathryn Reed Laramie, Wyoming, and South Lake Tahoe, California, have more in common than the latter would probably like to admit. The populations are about the same. Both are small Western towns. Both have snowcapped mountains to look at this time of year. One relied on the railroad and now mostly ranching, the other […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sorry guys, but you aren’t invited — at least not as a competitor. Iron Girl is rolling into the South Shore on Sept. 19. This women’s only triathlon will have participants swimming in Lake Tahoe (wetsuits OK) near Lakeside Beach for 800 meters, then riding their bike 24 kilometers to Cave Rock […]
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By Kathryn Reed Start-up mode is stressful in any business, but especially when you don’t want your boss to know about it. That’s the situation one South Lake Tahoe couple finds themselves in as they are about to branch out on their own. To get ready for a spring roll out the couple used the […]
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By Kathryn Reed “On the run” is about to steamroll through the South Shore as those involved with promoting Ski Run Boulevard use that tagline on all future marketing material. Events will use it as a marketing tool. The whole area will be branding itself that way. Another way to brand the street is create […]
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By Kathryn Reed Jacqueline Mittelstadt is moving on — this time by choice. She gave notice Wednesday. Her exact last day still needs to be negotiated, but it will be a matter of weeks. Mittelstadt came on as South Lake Tahoe’s city attorney in June. Three months later on a split decision the City Council […]
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