Lake Tahoe area aspen trees have been defoliated due to an influx of invasive white satin moths. The white satin moth is a non-native defoliator of aspen, cottonwoods, willows and other deciduous species. Continued defoliation can threaten aspen stands, which provide important habitat for a variety of native species. The Nevada Tahoe Resource Team – […]
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The Village at Squaw Valley will host the 17th annual Brews, Jazz and Funk Fest on Aug. 11-12. This is open to all ages. Festival guests over the age of 21 can enjoy craft beers from more than 35 breweries. All proceeds will benefit the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe. The event will take place from […]
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By Amy Graff, San Francisco Chronicle Drought has crept back into Northern California. Despite a flurry of late storms in spring, precipitation for the winter season was below normal and the region is facing moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions once again, according to the federal government’s U.S. Drought Monitor. What’s more, temperatures were above […]
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By Amy Fish Multi-use trails connect our communities to the forest, and the nonprofit Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association (TAMBA) and its public partners are working on trail projects that benefit public recreation and the environment at Lake Tahoe, harnessing the power of hundreds of volunteers. TAMBA has formal partnerships with local land management agencies […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 2, 2018, Sacramento Bee. It has become a kind of July tradition: Counting the ways in which California’s fire season is now more dangerous. Every summer around this time, the red flags grow redder: the dry air, the triple-digit heat, the dying trees in the wilderness, the […]
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By Audrey Carlsen and Denise Lu, New York Times A record number of women won Nevada’s primaries in June. And there is now a possibility for the Legislature to have more women than men, which would be a first in United States history. Of the states that have had primaries so far, at least eight […]
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South Lake Tahoe’s annual 4th of July Parade will impact traffic on Highway 50 and select side streets. The parade, which will run from 10-11am, will be staged on Ski Run Boulevard, go west on the highway, then turn up Al Tahoe Boulevard. It will conclude at Bijou Community Park. The two westbound lanes on […]
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The Meadow View Place workforce housing development in Martis Valley will get a $16.25 million boost from California’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program. The project is one of 19 statewide approved for a grant this year by the state’s Strategic Growth Council, and will be funded by proceeds from the Cap-and-Trade greenhouse gas auction. […]
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Smoke continues to fill the Lake Tahoe Basin. It is coming from fires burning to the west and south of here. According to the National Weather Service in Reno it is coming from the County Fire near Sacramento and the Lions Fires west of Mammoth. The wind is supposed to pick up Tuesday afternoon, which […]
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A Bay Area man drowned at Fallen Leaf Lake on Monday. Sudham Ahuja, 70, of San Jose was found in the water on July 1. However, El Dorado County sheriff’s officials have not released what part of the lake he was found in, what time, if he was swimming, if there was a medical condition […]
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