By Kathryn Reed Fees will stay the same for boaters getting inspections before they launch at Lake Tahoe this year. The cost of the program is split 50-50 by the boater and the states. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency oversees the program. At the Governing Board meeting last month Austin Sass, who represents South Lake Tahoe […]
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To the community, On April 3, many from the El Dorado County Republican Central Committee, State of Jefferson and other county citizens will be appearing before the EDC Board of Supervisors, requesting that they adopt a resolution declaring that El Dorado County will comply with federal immigration law and does not constitute a sanctuary jurisdiction. […]
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By Kathryn Reed March was good, but it wasn’t a miracle. That was the conclusion Monday of the snow survey. While the water content increased dramatically in a one-month period, it is only at 52 percent of average for the state. The manual measurement that was taken April 2 near Echo Summit recorded a depth […]
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By Larry Weitzman Let’s face it, I like alliterations. I know, civility starts with a “c,” but it sounds like an “s.” But this new Volvo meets all the criteria of the title of this Road Beat. It is that good. Who would of thunk it from a company that used to build cars that […]
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Pasha is 5-years-old and has been at the shelter for two months. She loves to be petted and has an outgoing personality. Pasha needs a home with no other cats. The $20 adoption fee has been paid. Pasha is spayed, microchipped, tested for FIV, and vaccinated. She is at the El Dorado County Animal Services […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lives are expected to be saved. Structures might be as well, but the primary purpose of South Lake Tahoe Fire Department’s new vessel is to be a rescue boat. Advanced life support will be able to be administered on the water. In the past only basic first aid was rendered. The boat […]
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To the community, On April 3, the city of South Lake Tahoe will consider the permit requirements for the 2018 SnowGlobe event. As of this writing there are no contractual changes to sound levels which were arbitrarily created the second year of SnowGlobe. Given the existing sound restrictions have not been violated beyond short-term peaks […]
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By Dale Kasler and Ryan Sabalow, Sacramento Bee It seemed like the sort of thing any drought-wary Californian could support. The state’s water cops were poised last month to pass a set of rules prohibiting what most everyone agrees are wasteful water uses –like letting water from a hose without a nozzle flow into a […]
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On April 2, the Nevada Department of Transportation will begin the second scheduled construction season of roadway drainage pipe improvements on Kingsbury Grade. Between early April and fall, single lane closures with a traffic flagger will periodically be in place on the Carson Valley side of Kingsbury Grade between mileposts 3 and 11. The single […]
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By Calvin Morrill and Michael Musheno, The Conversation When we first visited the school that is the focus of our forthcoming book “Navigating Conflict: How Youth Handle Trouble in a High-Poverty School” back in 1995, students were free to move about campus during lunch and other free periods and a culture of trust prevailed. All […]
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