California Highway Patrol in Meyers is reporting numerous fender benders today because of the icy roads. Dispatch said people have been spinning out, and with the snow drivers are trying to figure out how to maneuver with chains. Several wrecks were seen in the North Upper Truckee area on Dec. 20. This is often a […]
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By Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times As water utilities and their customers increasingly look to gray water and runoff from storms to supplement their supply amid drought, more guidelines and research are needed to ensure that the water is safe, researchers said in a report released Wednesday. These sources “have substantial potential to contribute to […]
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As part of the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement campaign period, police, sheriff and the CHP will be deploying DUI checkpoints and DUI saturation patrols now through Jan. 3. El Dorado County DUI Coalition reminders everyone to follow these tips: • Plan a safe way to get home before you attend the […]
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By Darryl Fears, Washington Post As Congress headed home for the Christmas break after passing a budget deal, Agriculture Department Secretary Tom Vilsack presented lawmakers with an angry ultimatum: Put up more cash if you want the U.S. Forest Service to keep putting out huge wildfires. Vilsack is fuming because Congress set aside $1.6 billion […]
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· The children’s memorial is South Lake Tahoe is decorated for the holidays. · Truckee is offering free curbside pickup of Christmas trees form Jan. 11-15. Trees must be cut into 3-foot segments and be clean of all decorations including tinsel, flocking, lights, stands, and nails. · Here is the Sierra roadwork schedule from Caltrans for the […]
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By Daniela Wei, BloombergBusiness She has an hourglass figure, an unflappable manner and a friendly face. Meet “Min,” the robot whose creators say could revolutionize card-dealing in the world’s casinos. The svelte brunette is a prototype of a human-like electronic croupier, which Paradise Entertainment Ltd., a Hong Kong-based gaming machine manufacturer and supplier, says could […]
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Mediation between Lake Tahoe Hard Rock owners and the construction firm that remodeled the Stateline hotel-casino have failed. The lawsuit is moving forward toward a trial. Earlier this fall it looked like a resolution had been found, but brothers Jon and David Park wanted their lending institution to sign-off on the deal before they inked […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal For the first time ever, Burners can see what kind of money Burning Man rakes in each year. Although Burning Man — a San Francisco nonprofit that hosts a more than 70,000-person annual arts gathering in the Black Rock Desert — pulled in about $32.4 million in 2014, it spent more […]
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By USSA VAL GARDENA, Italy – Bryce Bennett electrified the crowd with an attack from the back to lead the U.S. men and score a career-best sixth-place finish at Saturday’s Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup downhill. Long after Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal won yet another downhill this season, Bennett, wearing bid 57, stepped into […]
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South Lake Tahoe is missing a street — Laurel Avenue. The Thunderbird Motel stood at 4123 Laurel Avenue near the state line. In 2007, the Chateau project called for the removed of all buildings on Laurel Avenue and the avenue itself. At that time the development was to be two hotels, a convention center, retail and […]
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