Publisher’s note: This letter was sent to South Lake Tahoe officials on March 23 and to Lake Tahoe News on March 27. Dear Ms. (Hilary) Roverud, It has come to our attention that the Mosher family has applied to the TRPA for a permit allowing them to either move the buildings that comprise what is […]
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By Chris Megerian and Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times Not only will the $1-billion spending plan approved by lawmakers Thursday provide little immediate relief to drought-stricken Californians, state leaders are missing an opportunity to take more decisive action to restrict water use, conservation advocates said. “Until we have statewide mandatory restrictions … we’re not going […]
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The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency will host several workshops for the real estate community regarding best management practices and an enhanced BMP disclosure form for real estate transactions. TRPA requires people selling property to disclose the property’s BMP status to the purchaser prior to sale. The purchaser must submit a BMP disclosure form to TRPA […]
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By Patrick McGreevey, Los Angeles Times Every eligible Californian with a driver’s license would be automatically registered to vote under a proposal Thursday by Secretary of State Alex Padilla, who estimated it would add millions of people to the voter rolls. Padilla and Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, are modeling their legislation on a “motor […]
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• Truckee firefighters have a new engine with wildland and ARFF capabilities. It is equipped with a 750-gallon tank, 1,250 gpm pump, 50 gallons of foam, a front bumper mounted pump-and-roll turret, a roof mounted remote operated monitor for stationary fire attack, Hurst extrication equipment, high pressure Nepiro nozzles, aircraft specific extrication equipment, Scott […]
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By Ann McCreary, Methow Valley News Along with many of Washington’s black bears, Cinder has emerged from hibernation at an Idaho rehabilitation center where she spent the winter, preparing for her return to the Methow Valley. She is reported to be making continued progress in her recovery from severely burned paws she sustained as a […]
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By Tom Hals, Reuters RadioShack Corp’s rescue deal to keep 1,740 stores open was attacked on Thursday by the bankrupt retailer’s top creditor, a failed bidder who called the auction a sham and sought a new sale. RadioShack, which filed for bankruptcy last month, told a U.S. Bankruptcy judge it had selected the Standard General […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee Three hours earlier, an El Dorado County deputy peeled back covers in her master bedroom and recoiled at what he saw. Colleen Harris’ third husband, retired Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Forest Service Supervisor Robert Edward “Bob” Harris, 72, had been killed with a 12-gauge shotgun the first weekend of […]
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The weather is allowing the U.S. Forest Service to open recreation facilities sooner than normal in the greater Lake Tahoe area. Some sites in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and Eldorado National Forest will open April 1. Until sites officially open, there is no parking, trash removal or restroom facilities available. Eagle Falls parking […]
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By Associated Press FALLON — Union Pacific officials hope to a reopen a stretch of one of the busiest east-west railroad routes in the nation today after a freight train derailed in Nevada’s high desert about 60 miles east of Reno. About 30 freight trains and another three Amtrak passenger trains had to be rerouted after 34 […]
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