South Lake Tahoe electeds on Tuesday voted for the full garbage rate increase, while El Dorado County officials decided to stagger the fee. The Waste Management Joint Powers Authority board in November approved South Tahoe Refuse bills to go up Jan. 1 in South Lake Tahoe by 8.81 percent, El Dorado County 9.34 percent and […]
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By Kathryn Reed The overnight low in South Lake Tahoe last night was supposed to be 15 degrees. There were residents who were outside, in a vehicle or in other substandard housing. That is going to keep happening until the warm room is able to open. Now in its third year, the facility could open […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Dec. 2, 2017, Sacramento Bee. Living atop ever-shifting tectonic plates, we know the Earth can shift with deadly force at any time, though we don’t dwell on it. But as 2017 nears its end, let’s reflect on the disasters we endured, and what they portend for next year […]
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The controversial lease agreement between North Tahoe Public Utility District and Laulima Kings Beach Event Center LLC has been terminated – and not because of public outcry. “LKBEC did not submit sufficient documentation to the district’s third-party financial consultant to satisfy the contingencies in the lease agreement and otherwise verify LKBEC’s operational and financial ability […]
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By Kathryn Reed and Susan Wood There will be no sales of recreational marijuana anywhere in El Dorado County for the foreseeable future. This is because on Dec. 12 the South Lake Tahoe City Council and El Dorado County Board of Supervisors at their respective meetings agreed to implement urgency ordinances related to cannabis. Each […]
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While bobcats are known to live in the Lake Tahoe Basin, it’s unusual to see them. It’s even more rare to see three at once. But that happened today. Nancy Hedqvist spotted three cubs on Dec. 12 at about 1pm on Tahoe Mountain. Even more rare is to seem them in the daylight because they […]
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· South Tahoe High School Holiday Music Concert is Dec. 18 from 7-8:30pm at the school. Cost is $5. · The first tree run in the Shirley zone at Squaw Valley was renamed “Mac & Ernie’s” for the 2017-18 season to honor and thank Ryan McInerney, president at Visa, and his family for their donation […]
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By Jim Robbins, New York Times Ponderosa pine and pinyon forests in the American West will die at an increasing rate as the world grows warmer, becoming less and less resilient when they are weakened by higher temperatures, according to new projections. Although these forests now withstand short droughts, warming temperatures increasingly stress the forests, […]
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By Larry Weitzman Honda for 2018 brings an almost entirely new Odyssey. Always ranked by most journalists at or near the top of this competitive class, this new Odyssey has to be second to none. About the only thing that didn’t change is the wheelbase which remains 118.1 inches. Everything else has changed, although curb […]
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By Matt Weiser, Water Deeply Winter is off to a dry start across the West, raising the specter of ongoing drought in many locations. The culprit could be La Niña – a periodic cooling of Pacific Ocean waters near the equator that often brings drought. And not just any La Niña, but a “double whammy” […]
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