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Posted March 8, 2016 -

Truckee-Tahoe trying to be electric vehicle friendly

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Truckee Donner Public Utility District, a consultant team, and a Plug-in Electric Vehicle Coordinating Council have partnered to accelerate the ability for electric vehicles to refuel in the Tahoe-Truckee region. According to TRPA: Plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) have the potential to dramatically reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and increase energy independence. The success of […]

Posted March 8, 2016 -

Letter: Ski patrol helps out at B&B kitchen

To the community, Bread & Broth, a nonprofit, all volunteer organization whose mission is to ease hunger in the South Tahoe community, would like to recognize the Heavenly ski patrol for hosting their second Adopt A Day of Nourishment this year. Heavenly’s ski patrol provided the funding for the 138 meals served at B&B’s Monday […]

Posted March 8, 2016 -

Waiting patiently — dogs find forever homes

By Kyla Long What started out as tragedy has turned into love and joy. You may have heard the story of the woman who tragically died in a fire on Kingsbury grade in the ponderosa Mobil home park. On Nov. 16, Tahoe Tails and Trails agreed to care for her dogs who survived the fire, Aggy and […]

Posted March 8, 2016 -

Snippets about Lake Tahoe

· TRYP is having a mixer March 9 from 6-9pm at Chimayo Street Grill, 1142 Ski Run Blvd, South Lake Tahoe and one March 15 from 5:30-8pm at Tahoe Biltmore in Crystal Bay. One free drink and complimentary appetizers for attendees. Attendance is free for members and $10 for non-members. · Moms’ Morning Out is […]

Posted March 8, 2016 -

Washoe County sales tax spike would go to schools

By Trevon Milliard, Reno Gazette-Journal Washoe County voters have the last details of a record sales tax increase they’ll decide in November, and it wouldn’t be temporary. The ballot question, written by a group of community leaders, requests a permanent 8.265 percent countywide sales tax, which marks a new Nevada high over Clark County’s 8.15 percent […]

Posted March 8, 2016 -

Human trafficking program coming to South Shore

Three Strands Global, a Northern California based nonprofit committed to seeing a world free of human trafficking, will give a 90-minute presentation in South Lake Tahoe on March 14 at 6pm. According to the California Department of Justice, human trafficking is a $32 billion a year global enterprise and the fastest growing criminal industry. It is a form of […]

Posted March 8, 2016 -

Burning Man a test for medical personnel

By Linda Fine Conaboy RENO – Burning Man can be the best and the worst experience of your life — “you can die out there.” Although Gary Johnson, an assistant professor and practicing doctor at UNR Medical School, said this with a bit of a tongue-in-cheek attitude, the doctor in him took over as he […]

Posted March 8, 2016 -

Opinion: Government won’t stop disease-carrying mosquitoes

By Kenn K. Fujioka On Sept. 2, 2011, two employees of mosquito and vector control district where I work told me they had found a mosquito — Aedes albopictus – that had supposedly been eradicated from Los Angeles for 10 years. Aedes albopictus (“albos” for short) is a mosquito that keeps vector control officers up […]

Posted March 7, 2016 -

‘Excessive water users’ fine would elevate drought-shaming

By Alexei Koseff, Sacramento Bee When Oakland A’s executive Billy Beane found himself on the East Bay Municipal Utility District’s list of its biggest water users in October, he released a statement that he was “more than displeased and embarrassed by the usage” and promised to take “immediate action” to repair irrigation and pool leaks […]

Posted March 7, 2016 -

‘Like-farming’ a common scam on Facebook

By Kim Komando, USA Today Facebook has changed the way people do a lot of things online. For example, you probably notice yourself reflexively clicking ‘like’ on anything your friends post on Facebook, even if it’s just to acknowledge you saw it. Scammers are taking advantage of that reflex for a dangerous scam called “like-farming.” […]