By Susan Wood The three incumbents on the Lake Tahoe Community College board pulled off a decisive win over a challenger in the quest for three seats in the El Dorado County election Tuesday. Molly Blann, Roberta Mason and Kerry David, respectively, took 1,926 votes or 28.1 percent, 1,904 or 27.8 percent, and 1,891 or […]
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By Kathryn Reed Wendy David is the clear winner of one of the two Lake Tahoe Unified School District board of education seats, while five votes separate newcomer Judy Cefalu and incumbent Duane Wallace. This will be David’s fourth term on the five-member board. “I look forward to creating things instead of eliminating things,†David […]
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By Kathryn Reed Two of the incumbents for South Tahoe Public Utility District soundly won re-election, while one fell to a challenger. Jim Jones and Eric Schafer are returning to the board. Chris Cefalu is replacing Ernie Claudio. The utility district race was the most heated of all the issues before South Shore voters on […]
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B apparently is not for baseball, as advocates of the measure put before El Dorado County voters on the South Shore had lobbied. Measure B was designed to alter the 2000-voter approved Measure S. It would have taken money designated for maintaining bike trails and put it toward renovating ball fields. Two-thirds of the voters […]
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For the first time in its history Barton Memorial Hospital is restricting who can visit patients. It all has to do with swine flu. “The purpose of this new policy is to protect patients and staff from exposure to the illness and to conserve the supply of masks,” a press release states. No longer can […]
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By Erin Kelly, Gannett News Service WASHINGTON – In a bipartisan push to save Lake Tahoe, members of Congress from Nevada and California introduced a $415 million, eight-year bill Tuesday aimed at restoring the ailing lake. The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2009 would battle invasive species, improve water clarity, reduce the threat of devastating […]
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By Kathryn Reed A distinct hierarchy now exists in the South Lake Tahoe city attorneys office. Patrick Enright is Jacqueline Mittelstadt’s boss. On a 5-0 decision Tuesday, the City Council chose to stop the dismissal process against Mittelstadt and instead demoted her and elevated Enright. His contract will be before the council Nov. 17. Mittelstadt […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee The U.S. Forest Service has been cited for water quality violations at five Lake Tahoe projects, including a controversial logging operation in the 2007 Angora fire burn area. Several violations caused significant erosion into Lake Tahoe streams, according to the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, which issued the notices. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Something that wasn’t anticipated when South Tahoe Refuse’s blue bag recycling program started earlier this year was the value people would see in the full bags left at the edge of driveways. People are stealing full blue bags to take out the material that is worth money. In fact, on one Tahoe […]
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By Kathryn Reed Roll up your sleeve fast, El Dorado County is just about out of flu vaccine — the regular flu shot, not the H1N1 concoction. “We’re hoping we’ll get more vaccine, but all counties are in the same boat. There was a larger turnout than last year,” said Cathy Dunbar, immunization coordinator with […]
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