By Oscar Raymundo, Wired Burning Man has practically gone mainstream. The once-fringe desert camping festival is now cultural fodder for The Simpsons and Taco Bell commercials. Celebrities and CEOs routinely attend. So it’s no surprise that 40,000 Burning Man tickets sold out in less than an hour last Wednesday when they went on sale. But […]
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• The final phase one report for the Lake Tahoe Airport Master Plan is complete. Go online to read it. • Diamond Peak is having rail jams every Friday afternoon starting Feb. 27. For more info or to register, go online. •Placer County this month released this report about economic development incentives for North Lake […]
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The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 24 directed staff to look into the possibility of raising the snow removal tax. This would affect people living on the south and west shores in the unincorporated areas of the county. Today those on the South Shore pay $20 a year, on the West Shore it is […]
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On March 4 Alpenglow Sports will present the fourth and final winter installment of the Home Brew Series. Truckee local Dave N. Campbell will present his tale Splitboarding the Chinese Himalaya. Campbell will share photos from his recent journey along the Silk Road to the Kunlun Mountains of China’s Xinjiang province. Situated just north of […]
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Andrew Sanford on Monday was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the first-degree murder of a South Lake Tahoe teenager. Richard Swanson, 16, was killed in 1980 while working at was a Shell Station at the Y. He had been beaten, wrapped in duct tape and left to die in […]
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By Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press That phone app keeping track of your exercise and meals might keep you out of the hospital one day. Why give your doctors permission to incorporate data from fitness trackers and health apps into electronic patient records? Well, they might spot signs of an ailment sooner and suggest behavioral changes […]
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Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is accepting nominations for Lake Spirit Awards. The awards honor people making progress protecting Lake Tahoe. In addition to nominations for exemplary citizens, nominations are also open in the agency representative/environmental scientist category. A North Shore and South Shore winner in each category will be selected. Nominations for the Lake Spirit […]
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A 29-year-old Markleeville man died Sunday in a two-car accident on Highway 88. The names of the people involved in the accident are not being released pending notification of family. A 32-year-old woman from Shingle Springs was going west on Highway 88 when her Ford crossed the double yellow lines for unknown reasons, according to […]
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By Kathy Park, KCRA GEORGETOWN — A photo exists showing a pack of mountain lions roaming around the property of a Georgetown resident, near Graybar Mine Road. The picture was snapped at 2:39am Feb. 19, from Tami Sutton’s game camera, mounted in her front yard to capture images of wildlife. “People would very rarely ever […]
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Bona Fide Books will host an art reception for plein air painter Ginny Schankerman on March 6 from 6:30-8:30pm at its shop in Meyers. The local independent press will also kick off the opening of its print shop and community mercantile, featuring goods made in the print studio. This event is free and open to […]
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