By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe would not function without the Public Works Department. Employees do the little things like change light bulbs, the medium work such as maintaining the parks, and the big stuff – snow removal, fleet maintenance and erosion control. In terms of staff, it is the largest in the city. Some […]
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By Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann When “Bambi was first released in 1942, the National Audubon Society, compared the Walt Disney cartoon film’s consciousness-raising power for the environment to what “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” did for the abolition of slavery. “Bambi”, about a deer, lost money then, but subsequent re-releases and video rentals brought […]
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By Matthew Perrone, AP Critics of how prescription painkillers are administered in the U.S. are calling on health officials to phase out hospital procedures and questionnaires used to manage pain. They say the current system inadvertently encourages the overprescribing of addictive drugs like Vicodin and OxyContin, fueling an epidemic of overdoses tied to the opioid […]
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· Lake Tahoe Airport received 0.96 inches of precipitation on April 22. This breaks the record of 0.30 inches set in 2010, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. · Here are the latest El Dorado-Tahoe and Sierra roadwork schedules from Caltrans. · The annual Great Bike Ride is May 10 from 11am-1pm. Meet in Placerville […]
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By Tom Randall, Bloomberg The Earth is warming so fast that it’s surprising even the climate scientists who predicted this was coming. Last month was the hottest March in 137 years of record keeping, according to data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It’s the 11th consecutive month to set a new record, and it puts 2016 on course […]
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Weather permitting, Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District and the U.S. Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations April 25. On the East Shore, operations may take place near Spooner Summit, Camp Galilee and on Kingsbury Grade near Edgewood Drive. On the South Shore, operations may take place near Lake Tahoe Boulevard and Sawmill Road, Panther […]
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By Megan Messerly and Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun Gov. Brian Sandoval he isn’t certain he’ll attend the Republican National Convention this summer in Cleveland, joining a line of Republican politicians who have expressed reservations about attending the convention or have said they’ll skip it altogether. Sandoval spoke at the national convention in 2012 in Tampa […]
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The final approval to reinstate the Good Neighbor Policy – at least on a limited basis – between California and Nevada became a reality this week. The board of regents for the Nevada System of Higher Education gave the green light, which came months after both governors signed off on the deal. The new policy […]
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By Kathryn Reed Instead of patrolling the streets of South Lake Tahoe an officer drove out to Emerald Bay and onto the sands in front of Vikingsholm for a photo shoot. The reason, according to Police Chief Brian Uhler, “To provide a nice photo to Ms. [Lisa] Maloff who donated over $100,000 to the police […]
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Placer County is about to implement more stringent parking regulations near Speedboat Beach in Kings Beach to help alleviated some of the traffic problems in the surrounding neighborhood. Supervisors on April 19 voted to tighten parking restrictions on nearby county roads and increase the fine for illegal parking from $25 to $100. The board also approved […]
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