By Marisa Taylor, Aljazeera America High school students are more likely to smoke marijuana on a daily basis than they are to smoke cigarettes, according to an annual government survey of drug, alcohol and tobacco use released Wednesday. About 6 percent of 12th grade students reported that they smoked pot on a daily basis, about the same […]
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By Kileigh Labrado It has been and will remain the mission of the Lake Valley Fire Protection District to provide the highest level of public safety services for our community, its people, and the environment. As our motto states, it is “Because We Care”. Driven by these guiding principles, in 2001 the LVFPD entered into a partnership with the […]
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By Joyce M. Rosenberg, AP Cheap is the new chic for holiday gifts. Jana Montero, who has in the past bought loved ones iPods and tablets for Christmas, has changed her attitude about gift giving: This holiday season, she’s grabbing candle sets and serving dishes that cost under $30 to give to family and friends. […]
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By Garance Burke and Jonathan Fahey, AP Security researcher Brian Wallace was on the trail of hackers who had snatched a California university’s housing files when he stumbled into a larger nightmare: Cyberattackers had opened a pathway into the networks running the United States power grid. Digital clues pointed to Iranian hackers. And Wallace found […]
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By Associated Press The price of gasoline nationwide keeps dropping. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday the average price of regular gas fell 4 cents in the past two weeks, to $2.06 per gallon. That’s the lowest price since April 2009. But the price-tracking website GasBuddy.com says the average has dropped to $1.99 per gallon, […]
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Garden Valley Fire Chief William Dekker resigned today, five days after his latest arrest on DUI charges. Details of the separation have not been released. The board of directors for the West Slope fire district met Dec. 22. They appointed Linda Szczepanik as interim chief. Dekker was pulled over Friday afternoon. This was not […]
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Publisher’s note: This article first appeared in Tahoe In Depth and is reprinted with permission. By Will Richardson It’s August at Lake Tahoe, the peak of shorebird migration, and the low water level means ample beach and mudflat habitat at the delta formed by the Upper Truckee River and Trout Creek. Sandpipers and plovers of […]
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To the community, On behalf of Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless, I would like to thank our community for a successful opening of the South Lake Tahoe Warm Room. Peggy Eichorn and Kelly Pelcher from Coldwell Banker McKinney were instrumental in the search for a location for the Warm Room, and have been an unwavering […]
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Motorists are now able to get over most mountain passes in the Lake Tahoe area. Earlier this morning a slide closed Highway 50 over Echo Summit. Caltrans has cleared it. Highways were a mess last night, with most of them closed at times. It was taking motorists double their normal drive time and then some […]
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· BlueGo is offering free rides on some routes from now until Jan. 3. For more info, go online. · South Lake Tahoe clears the class 1 bike paths when 3 or more inches of snow have fallen. In an effort to evaluate the costs for the services, the city is asking […]
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