The Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association will host an independent expert panel and public workshop on Aug. 11 to discuss plans to fight aquatic invasive weeds. TKPOA has developed an integrated weed management plan to address the growing weed problem in the Tahoe Keys, and its potential impacts in Lake Tahoe. The meeting will be from […]
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By Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown has called a state of emergency across the state in response to wildfires engulfing much of drought-stricken California. This summer fire season has been particularly intense, with a series of blazes such as the Rocky Fire in Lake County and the Wragg Fire near Lake Berryessa […]
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Author and Sierra Nevada native Gary Noy is returning to the South Lake Tahoe Library to give a talk titled A Tale of Two Icons. It is about the sad history of two famous California Gold Rush symbols — James Marshall, the discoverer of gold at Coloma in 1848, and Sutter’s Fort, the frontier castle of John Sutter. […]
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More than nine miles of Highway 49 in El Dorado County are being repaved to extend the service life of the roadway another 10 years or more. Caltrans is resurfacing Highway 49 from the Amador County line to just south of Pleasant Valley Road in the town of El Dorado. Work, which will also include […]
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To date, 5.5 million acres across the Western United States have gone up in flames. This would be like having the entire state of New Jersey be charred. Most of the acres burned —4.7 million acres, or 85 percent of the total — have been in Alaska, where 300 fires are currently burning. The ongoing drought, coupled with […]
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By Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle WASHINGTON — California Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced a sweeping drought bill Wednesday that takes a much broader approach to the state’s water shortages than her failed effort last year to work almost exclusively with House Republicans to deliver more water to San Joaquin Valley farmers. Feinstein’s new measure is […]
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By Jon Ortiz, Sacramento Bee Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor said this week he doesn’t know what would happen if a new public pension ballot proposal becomes law. “There is significant uncertainty as to the magnitude, timing, and direction of the fiscal effects of this measure and its effects on current and future governmental employees’ compensation,” […]
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By Monte Morin and Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times Despite record heat, drought-conscious Californians managed to slash urban water use by 27 percent in June and demonstrated once again that they were on track to meet Gov. Jerry Brown’s historic 25 percent conservation order, state water officials said Thursday. Data released by the State Water […]
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Updated July 31 11am: Douglas County sheriff’s deputies killed a 48-year-old Gardnerville man Thursday after he allegedly pointed weapons at multiple officers. Mark Perkins died at his residence in the Ranchos. On July 30 at 2pm deputies were told Perkins was armed with several weapons, was threatening his wife, and made statements to wanting to […]
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· The Tahoe Rim Trail Association offers a variety of guided hikes. For more info, go online. · El Dorado County Senior Day Care Services is hosting a free training for family caregivers of people with dementia on Aug. 24 from 2:30-4:30pm at the senior center, 990 Lassen Lane in El Dorado Hills. Seating for the […]
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