The bulbs better be in the ground by now because winter is going to be back in Lake Tahoe starting tonight. White stuff is likely to be covering the ground Tuesday morning. Winds are picking up now, with a lake wind advisory is in effect until Wednesday at 5am. Winds are from the west in […]
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By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE — Demographics are changing at Zephyr Cove Elementary School. This is one of the things Principal Nancy Cauley highlighted in her report to the Douglas County school board this month. This is the first time in her four years at the helm of the K-6 school that it has students […]
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Douglas County officials got a lesson in how to blow things up. Tahoe-Douglas Fire District employees showed off the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) vehicle and other equipment that was recently bought with a Homeland Security grant. The fire department has donated its old EOD to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue team. It […]
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By Kathryn Reed Back room discussions are going on regarding the El Dorado County courthouse in South Lake Tahoe, with the public being kept in the dark. Marjorie Springmeyer, whose family donated the land for a city hall that never got built, pleaded with the council this month to come clean. “I have asked for […]
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Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Sacramento-area communities will share $52 million in federal recovery act funds to install water meters. The grants, totaling $717 million for water projects statewide, were announced Thursday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The money comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act via the State Water Resources Control Board and the Department […]
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By Kathryn Reed After proponents and opponents verbally attacked each other, the South Lake Tahoe City Council voted 5-0 in favor of endorsing Measure B. The Nov. 3 ballot measure is a revision of Measure S, which was passed in 2000 by voters in El Dorado County living at the lake. What is dividing the […]
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Publisher’s Note: Horizon and MontBleu casinos at Stateline are no longer operated by the same parent companies. William Yung’s Tropicana company owned Horizon and MontBleu before the parent company filed for bankruptcy. Splitting ownership of the two Lake Tahoe properties is one of the outcomes of the bankruptcy. By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun […]
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By Gus Thomson, Auburn Journal Is the price to keep Tahoe blue too high? A $1.2-billion estimate for getting Lake Tahoe closer to its original blue is being met with little enthusiasm by Placer County government. With no end to tight budgets in sight, County Executive Officer Tom Miller and Granite Bay-area Supervisor Kirk Uhler […]
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By Rick Stouffer, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review First Commonwealth Financial Corp. today reported a $3 million third-quarter loss, resulting from losses on problems loans. For the three months ended Sept. 30, the Indiana, Pa.-based financial institution’s loss equaled 4 cents a share. A year ago, the bank reported a profit of $10.2 million, or 14-cents-a-share, in the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Local carpenters are likely to be at Tuesday’s Lake Tahoe Unified School District when an update is given on the construction at South Tahoe High School. Three members of the local carpenters union spoke before the board at the Oct. 13 meeting requesting future contracts involving the $64.5 million Measure G bond […]
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