By Tim Hearden, Capital Press SACRAMENTO — After a fierce mid-February storm system kept most areas near or above their normal seasonal rainfall totals, Northern California could be in for a wet March. A weak system coming down from Canada this weekend could provide some mountain rain while helping to break down the high-pressure ridge over […]
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Lake Tahoe’s railroad history will come to life Feb. 19 with a presentation by Jerry Blackwill. Blackwill is vice president of Strategic Planning for the Truckee Donner Railroad Society and board president of the Sierra State Parks Foundation He will be telling the story of how Duane L. Bliss, William Seth Bliss, Walter D. Bliss, […]
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By Len Ramirez, KPIX While the calendar says February, CalFire is getting an early start on making sure it has enough staff to battle this year’s wildfires. One by one, applicants walked in to CalFire headquarters in Morgan Hill for their job interviews wearing business suits. What they really want to wear are fire coats, […]
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South Lake Tahoe is getting back into the fire inspection business. In 2011, the fire marshal position was eliminated. For a time Lake Valley Fire Protection District took on the responsibilities, but fire codes in the jurisdictions were not the same at the time so that was not a good fit. “Inspections have not occurred […]
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By Matthias Gafni, Bay Area News Group It was 1964. Late at night. The Northern California man had lost his hunting buddies in the woods near Lake Tahoe and climbed a tree to sleep. Awakened by a glowing object landing on a nearby ridge, the man was soon fighting for his life against two neckless […]
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By Samantha Michaels, Mother Jones In a blow to the controversial practice of gay conversion therapy, a New Jersey judge has ruled that therapists who claim that homosexuality is a curable mental disorder are committing consumer fraud. The ruling, issued on Tuesday by Superior Court Judge Peter F. Bariso Jr., is part of an ongoing […]
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• The Feb. 19 6pm Tahoe Resort Improvement District board meeting has been moved to the CCC building in Meyers. • The Rubicon Trail has reopened. • Aerosmith returns to Harveys on July 3 at 7pm. Tickets go on sale Feb. 24 — $89.50-$235.50, plus fees. • Placer County is cracking down on people trespassing […]
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By Larry Weitzman In this day and age, about every minivan in the U.S. market has a footprint the size of a full-size SUV. Length and width average about 202 inches and about 78 inches, respectively. They even stand about 68-inches tall or more. Who’s kidding who, the age of the minivan is gone, except […]
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By Kathryn Reed Vacation rental owners are likely going to have to pay more money to get a permit in South Lake Tahoe as well as contend with other new regulations. The South Lake Tahoe City Council on Feb. 17 spent the bulk of the meeting talking about how to revise the 2003 ordinance that […]
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By Pamela Druckerman, New York Times I recently discovered the secret to livening up even the dullest conversation: Introduce the topic of clutter. Everyone I meet seems to be waging a passionate, private battle against their own stuff, and they perk up as soon as you mention it. “I don’t buy anything — no clothes, […]
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