By Kathryn Reed Like so many people, Lauri Kemper thought she was going to spend a couple years at Lake Tahoe and then move on. That didn’t happen. Instead she spent the last 32 years with the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, 20 of them as a manager. On Dec. 18 she retires as […]
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By Kathryn Reed Opening day at Heavenly Mountain Resort was delayed a few hours, but that didn’t seem to bother the hundreds of people who were making tracks Friday for the first time this season. It did make for a bit of a long day for those who arrived at 6:30am to ensure they’d be […]
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Douglas County is looking for applicants for the 2017-18 Community Grant Program. Criteria for funding is online. The Board of Commissioners will make the final decision as to which agencies are funded. Applications are due at 5pm Dec. 1. For more info email, kkaiser@douglasnv.us.
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A Lake Tahoe Unified School District bus carrying 15 students slid off the road Friday morning. No one was injured. According to the California Highway Patrol, the bus driver was west on 13th Street near Gardner Street at a slow rate of speed when she was unable to stop because of the slick road. This […]
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By David R. Baker, San Francisco Chronicle Two years ago, Gov. Jerry Brown signed an ambitious law ordering California utility companies to get 50 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2030. It looks like they may hit that goal a decade ahead of schedule. An annual report issued Monday by California regulators found […]
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BloodSource will host a South Lake Tahoe blood drive on Dec. 1. The drive is sponsored by the Barton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. Walk-ins are welcome. Donors must weigh at least 110 pounds, be at least 16 years old (16 and 17 year olds will need a signed BloodSource Parental consent form) and be generally healthy. […]
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The Truckee Planning Commission on Nov. 21 will consider granting a development permit for an 48-unit affordable housing complex in the Coldstream Specific Plan Area. The complex would include a mix of one- and two-bedroom dwelling units and a community clubhouse. Access would be off Coldstream Road and by the construction of the main entry […]
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Placer County Board of Supervisors this week voted to support an update to the county’s ordinance for secondary dwelling units, making them easier to build. Secondary dwelling units are commonly known as in-law suites or granny flats. The updated ordinance allows flexibility for either the primary or secondary dwelling on the property to be available […]
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Placer County has a slew of locations where residents may get sand bags. Here are locations in the greater Lake Tahoe area: North Tahoe Fire: Station 53, 5425 West Lake Blvd., Homewood North Tahoe Fire Station 52, 288 North Shore Blvd. (Intersection of highways 267 and 28), Kings Beach Northstar Community Services District Corp Yard, […]
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Charan Ranganath, director of the UC Davis Memory and Plasticity Program and professor of psychology, on Jan. 18 will be talking about the cutting-edge of human memory research. Recent discoveries in neuroscience have revealed significant insights into how people remember and how to remember better. Evidence shows that the very act of remembering can sometimes […]
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