By Kathryn Reed Embattled South Lake Tahoe Police Chief Terry Daniels is calling it quits after more than 27 years in law enforcement. As part of a reorganization plan that will be before the City Council on Tuesday, a number of jobs are likely to go by the wayside. This doesn’t mean there won’t be […]
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By Kathryn Reed A crash course in invasive species was given to El Dorado County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday during their once a year meeting in South Lake Tahoe. A number of non-native aquatic organisms already call Lake Tahoe home. Although this is not a good, what could be worse is if quagga or […]
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By Kathryn Reed BIG BEND — Stuck Jeep. Bucket boy. Naked boy. Tarp woman. Burney Falls. Hot springs. Fall foliage. Rain. Rainbow. Friends. Just another typical girls’ camping weekend. With our annual camping trip being pushed from September to November, we moved the sleeping to indoors at my sister’s in Redding. Roughing-it it was not. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Douglas County School District needs a superintendent. Just months after the board extended her contract, Carol Lark, tendered her resignation at Tuesday’s board meeting. Neither Lark nor board President Cindy Trigg was available for comment Tuesday night. In recognition of Veterans Day, district offices are closed today so comments may be days […]
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By Kathryn Reed A lackluster economy is boding well for South Tahoe Public Utility District. It means instead of 1,525 water meters being installed in 2010, a total of 2,775 will be. This is the result of the initial bid coming in much less than anticipated. The district expected to use the bulk of its […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority is making a concerted effort to leave the blue world behind. The multimillion dollar “blue world” ad campaign never quite had the ring to it that tourism officials had hoped, and certainly not the buy-in from the South Shore community that it was intended to promote. The 2010 […]
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By Kathryn Reed When the South Lake Tahoe City Council meets in a week it is expected to discuss the possibility of creating a moratorium on medicinal marijuana collectives. Most of the councilmembers have said the three collectives in town are more than enough. Cody Bass with the Tahoe Wellness Center told the council on […]
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By Kathryn Reed A valuable piece of real estate in South Lake Tahoe sits idle — used only by people taking a shortcut from Ski Run Boulevard to Highway 50. City staff hopes to have development ideas in place so the City Council can vote on them in January. “A large restaurant on the corner […]
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By Kathryn Reed All things Lake Tahoe are on the agenda of the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors when the gang meets Nov. 10 on the South Shore. This is the board’s once a year meeting when they leave Placerville and make their way to Lake Tahoe – the other part of the county […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — “My mantra is if it’s in a brochure, I don’t want to know about it.†Travel guru Peter Greenberg is not going to endear himself to tourism executives with that sentiment – and he’s fine with that. He is all about giving listeners of his weekly worldwide radio show what […]
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