By Kathryn Reed CAMP RICHARDSON – Fish, bears and people are such a potentially deadly situation that the U.S. Forest Service is taking pre-emptive measures to ensure there is no conflict at Taylor Creek. This is the time of year when the Kokanee salmon spawn at Lake Tahoe – though they are a tad late […]
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To the community, Twice daily when school is in session we are faced with racing motorists and excessive traffic on San Diego Street. This is the neighborhood of the magnet school. My husband and I call it the “circus”. At approximately 9am and 3pm parents are in such a hurry to deliver or pick up […]
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By Deborah Schoch, Center for Health Reporting Four years of drought in California is wearing on the bodies and minds of the people who live in the San Joaquin Valley. State health officials say they have not seen anything to link the drought to changes in residents’ health. But local doctors and health experts, and […]
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By Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery, Mother Jones Today we are happy to announce a monumental legal victory for Mother Jones: A judge in Idaho has ruled in our favor on all claims in a defamation case filed by a major Republican donor, Frank VanderSloot, and his company, Melaleuca Inc. In a decision issued Tuesday, […]
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By Rachel Abrams, New York Times Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation on Thursday that bans plastic microbeads, giving his state one of the country’s strongest laws against the tiny abrasives used in exfoliators and other products. The consumer products industry had objected to certain aspects of the bill, arguing that it was overly restrictive and […]
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· TAMBA is putting on a skills workshop at Bijou Bike Park in South Lake Tahoe on Sunday at 11am. · Rep. John Garamendi, D-Fairfield, introduced the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2015 into Congress to complement the Senate version and compete with the one introduced by Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Granite Bay. · Tahoe Improv […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tuition is going down at Lake Tahoe Community College for people who live on the Nevada side of the basin. Known as the “good neighbor policy”, the legislation was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown this week. A few issues still need to be ironed out, but the hope is the new fees […]
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The gravesite of a fallen Placer County sheriff’s deputy has been vandalized. Placer deputies on Oct. 8 at 7:40pm found the headstone of William Bean at the Colfax Cemetery had been defaced. Bean was shot and killed in the line of duty when he was a Sacramento police officer. Bean was with the Placer County Sheriff’s Office for […]
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By Haya El Nasser, Al Jazeera America LOS ANGELES — Lush lawns have become vilified during California’s historic drought that is searing the state for the fourth consecutive year. And removing thirsty turf has been rewarded with generous incentives from local water districts, rebates so popular that the demand has outstripped funds available. But now, […]
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By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee The median price for a home in the high-end Lake Tahoe real estate market continued to climb in the third quarter, according to Nevada-based Chase International Real Estate. The median price of a Lake Tahoe home increased 5 percent year-over-year to $482,500. Chase said the Tahoe City and South Shore […]
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