Climate change, forests, and fire: what do current trends mean for resource management in the Sierra Nevada? is the topic of a talk by Hugh Safford on Aug. 4. Safford is a regional ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service. He will summarize trends in climatic change from the past, present, and projected future, and discuss how these […]
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South Lake Tahoe police’s dispatch has been busy the last two Saturdays with calls of gunshots. What sounded like two gunshots were fired, then a pause before two more rounds went off just before 10pm July 25 in the Y area. Not much later and two more suspected gunshots went off. “Someone said it was […]
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With the use of infrared mapping, the size of the Kyburz Fire has been recalculated to be 98 acres. It is 80 percent contained. There are no road closures. The fire has charred both sides of Highway 50. The south side of the fire is still in progress as there are hotspots and tree torching in […]
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In July 1997, President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore were at Lake Tahoe to launch what became the $1.7 billion environmental improvement program. VP Gore took time to stroll around the Taylor Creek Visitor Center and pause for an interview aside the Lake of the Sky Amphitheater stage. The amphitheater, which is owned […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a random series of stories about what it’s like to go through the South Tahoe Public Utility District turf buyback program. By Kathryn Reed It took three tiny shovel indentations into the yard to be convinced this was not the route to remove dead grass. I needed a sod cutter. […]
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By Joe Mathews With Superman, Spiderman, and Batman all living in New York (or its fictional doppelgangers), Californians have failed to grapple with our own superhero problem: we’ve become dangerously dependent on them. This peril is most obvious in Hollywood. The film industry could collapse if the public gets tired of superheroes — two […]
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A Bay Area man who last seen on the West Slope of El Dorado County has been missing since July 17. Edward Cavanaugh, 46, was riding his blue Yamaha YZ 250 in the Rock Creek trail system. He was riding with someone else at the time. Cavanaugh was reportedly going to use the trail system to […]
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Two bears trapped in Lake Tahoe on Friday have since been released. A 3-year-old, 175-pound bear was caught in Stateline. He was released in the Kingsbury Grade area on July 25. The 8-year-old Incline Village bear weighing 300 pounds was relocated to the Sweetwater Mountains southeast of Gardnerville. Nevada Division of Wildlife is expecting a […]
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Updated 8:37pm: Highway 50 is expected to reopen Saturday night at 9:30 to unrestricted traffic. The Kyburz Fire is 75 percent contained and remains at 200 acres. PG&E re-energized the power lines this evening. Boating may resume at Ice House Reservoir. Two small fires at Blue Lakes and at Cody Lake are being handled by […]
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South Tahoe PUD and the Tahoe Resource Conservation District are hosting several free landscaping workshops over the coming weeks. All workshops are open to the public. RSVP to jcressy@tahoercd.org or 530.543.1501, ext. 107. The workshops are: Irrigation Controllers: Timing is Everything July 28, 5:30-7:30pm at the South Lake Tahoe Library, 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd., South Lake Tahoe […]
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