The California Tahoe Conservancy, Nevada Division of Forestry and U.S. Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations in numerous areas around the Lake Tahoe Basin beginning Feb. 9. On the South and West shores, operations may take place south of Tahoe City near Sunnyside, Gardner Mountain near South Tahoe High School, Christmas Valley, Luther Pass […]
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Updated 5:45pm: A fire burning near Mammoth has consumed at least 40 structures and 7,000 acres. It is 50 percent contained. The Round Fire is burning west of Highway 395 at the Sherwin Grade. The communities of Paradise (not the one by Chico) and Swall Meadows are under a mandatory evacuation. Fire officials said significant […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe businesses with contaminants at their businesses that could reach Lake Tahoe via a storm drain are soon going to face stricter scrutiny. The city is developing a commercial stormwater program that will affect 188 businesses – 12 gas stations, 33 automotive related businesses, 141 restaurants and two industrial enterprises. […]
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With winter returning and the temperatures dropping, frozen pipes can be a household situation that you may want to get ahead of before you incur damage. Tahoe Fire Fuels Team offers these steps to prevent frozen pipes and thaw those that are already frozen: Insulate all water pipes away from cold moving air and keep […]
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• South Tahoe High School students who won National Scholastics Gold and Silver Key awards for their art and photography are Kyle Robertson for photography, Alexandra Cody for photography, Skye Kid for photography and Rachael Lamoure for drawing. Their artwork and photography will go on to the national competition in New York. • Harumi Sushi […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Caesars Entertainment’s next chief executive left his last job after revelations of accounting problems at his company and calls for his resignation from some investors. Mark Frissora, the Caesars CEO-designate who formerly headed the rental car company Hertz, now wades into another financially fraught corporate environment. The largest operating […]
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Woodcutting permits for the Tahoe National Forest may be purchased beginning Feb. 12. Permits are valid for the entire Tahoe National Forest; however, the cutting season varies by district. The American River and Yuba River Ranger Districts will allow cutting starting Feb. 12, while the Truckee and Sierraville Ranger Districts will open cutting April 24. Firewood […]
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By Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post In a book, “The Conversation”, physician Angelo E. Volandes argues that the the U.S. healthcare system is failing patients in their final acts: Americans are botching death. The problem is that hospitals and doctors are pre-programmed to “do everything” for dying patients – that is, attempt every last measure to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Twenty years ago images of people playing on Lake Tahoe all involved motorized watercraft. Today it’s almost always human powered vessels that are in photographs and video. Some of that change has to do with a project that started 20 years ago – Lake Tahoe Water Trail. The idea then and now […]
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By Gareth Harris The Lake Valley Fire Protection District is one of two members of the California Tahoe Emergency Services Operations Authority (JPA). The JPA has a contract with the county of El Dorado to provide advanced life support ambulance services to the California side of the South Shore of Lake Tahoe as well as […]
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