By Joe Mathews I hate to play the blame game, but this drought is all your fault. You are watering outdoors too much. You kept your lawn. You tore out your lawn — and put in hard surfaces that make your city hotter and the drought even worse. And you, with the beautiful swimming pool […]
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By Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times California lawmakers passed a new budget Monday, but the debate over state spending is far from over in the Capitol. Shortly after the approval of a $117.5-billion general fund, legislative leaders returned to negotiations with Gov. Jerry Brown in an attempt to reach a final deal. “We’re close,” said […]
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CalFire crews made quick work of a fire in Strawberry off Highway 50 on Monday. The tenth of an acre fire burned on state land. It was reported in the early evening of June 15. The cause is under investigation. It was not a burn day and no lightning was occurring. “We want to make […]
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By Associated Press RENO — A community college in Reno is becoming the first in Nevada to establish a new four-year degree in logistics to help meet anticipated demand for skilled workers at Tesla Motors and other high-tech companies moving distribution hubs to the region. The state Board of Regents on Friday approved the Bachelor […]
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Creating a strategy for how best to fight a wildfire, knowing the resources available, and making plans to reduce potentially catastrophic blazes are some the particulars of the Community Wildfire Protection Plan. While such a plan has existed, this is the first time every fire agency in the Lake Tahoe Basin has participated. “It’s a […]
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A Bay Area woman died Saturday night when the motorcycle she was riding was struck by a vehicle going in the opposite direction on Highway 50 in Zephyr Cove near Martin Drive. A 2015 silver Nissan Versa driven by Alma J. Jaramillo-Garcia, 31, of Moxee, Wash., was headed east in the left lane. For unknown […]
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A South Lake Tahoe police officer this morning fatally shot a man at the Tahoe Hacienda Inn. Officers were called to the hotel on Lake Tahoe Boulevard at 2:40am June 15 because of reports of a woman who was screaming and crying. Ten minutes later an officer fired a single shot at a man in […]
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By Rob Kuznia, Washington Post RANCHO SANTA FE — Drought or no drought, Steve Yuhas resents the idea that it is somehow shameful to be a water hog. If you can pay for it, he argues, you should get your water. People “should not be forced to live on property with brown lawns, golf on […]
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By Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee An effort by some residents of Olympic Valley to turn the small Sierra Nevada community into a town has attracted notable opposition from Squaw Valley, the ski resort that would provide most of the new municipality’s income. The movement to create a town was born of opposition to Squaw Valley’s […]
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· Oyster.com lists Lake Tahoe as the second most beautiful lake in the United States. · Truckee Elementary was named a STEM Honor Roll School by the Campaign for Business & Education Excellence. · Fal Asrani is now deputy chief learning officer for Tahoe Truckee Unified School District. · Mark Goldstein, 69, of El Dorado […]
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