By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal A mother and son from San Francisco died Sunday while skiing to a slope-side condominium at Kirkwood Mountain Resort. According to the Alpine County Sheriff’s Office, Olga Perkovic, 50, and her son, Aaron Goodstein, 7, died after snow falling from a rooftop buried them. “It was horrible timing, they were right […]
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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee Despite last week’s heavy snowfall, Tahoe ski resorts know they can’t predict how strong each winter will be. They suffered through drought years earlier this decade. Out of nowhere last year, Tahoe was deluged with so much precipitation that avalanches were a regular concern. This season has been subpar, save […]
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To the community, Twenty-thousand festival-goers in town during winter, when we hope to have snow, would be tricky to deal with during a situation where the roads are closed and gas line to town is cut for a week as it was early in 1986. Heat? Food? Sanitation? How about evacuating those 20,000 to 27,000 […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is seeking public comments for the annual California Department of Parks and Recreation, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division grant application. The OHMVR application requests funding for trail maintenance, and operation of facilities for off-highway vehicle access in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The comment period begins March […]
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By Kathryn Reed What a difference a week can make. On Feb. 28 the snow water equivalent near Echo Summit was 1.7 inches, or 7 percent of average, while on March 5 it was 9.4 inches, for 39 percent of normal. Frank Gehrke took the manual readings at Phillips Station for the Department of Water […]
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· Placer County is canceling the Sustainability Plan public workshop scheduled for March 7 in Kings Beach. The county said, “It has been determined that additional outreach to the North Tahoe Community is necessary before conducting this workshop and so the county will be rescheduling the workshop and will send out notification shortly.” · Jeff Dreher, […]
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El Dorado County on March 5 released the dates for seven ad hoc Cannabis Committee meetings, with the first one being today. All meetings are from 3-5pm at the Board of Supervisors chambers, 330 Fair Lane in Placerville. Meetings and topics are: March 5 (outdoor/cottage) March 12 (indoor/mixed light/cottage) March 19 (dispensaries/deliveries/distribution) April 23 (microbusiness/nurseries/testing) […]
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The annual Kings Beach Snowfest Parade will take place March 10 starting at 11:30am. There will be an announcing stand in front of the King Building on Highway 28 at the Bear Street roundabout. The parade will take place snow, rain, or shine. Highway 28 in Kings Beach will be closed between Highway 267 and […]
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A backcountry skier had to be airlifted from the Incline Lake area on March 4. The man was located at about 9,000 feet. His injuries have not been released. Washoe County Sheriff’s Office used its Raven helicopter to take him from the wilderness to Mount Rose Highway where he was then transported by ambulance to […]
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Selena is a 3-year-old female Boxer and German shepherd. She is very sweet and good with other dogs, and loves to go for walks. Selena is a beautiful girl who will fit into just about any household. Selena is spayed, microchipped, tested for heart worm, and vaccinated. She is at the El Dorado County Animal […]
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