By Christopher Cadelago, Sacramento Bee California could one day be uninhabitable. Fire. Heat. Floods. Infestation. Disease. Suffering. Scientists have for years warned about the ravaging consequences of a warming planet. Decamping for the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Convention on Climate Change, California academics and political leaders were mulling […]
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Liberty Utilities’ customers in the Kings Beach area have experienced outages on and off since Nov. 9 because of NV Energy’s equipment failure in the Incline Village area. Liberty is taking service from NV Energy’s feed to the Kings Beach area while its Brockway substation is shut down for repairs. Those repairs are on schedule […]
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· Brian Hogan is the newest board member for Lake Valley Fire Protection District. He will be filling the seat vacated by Robert Rossi. · Veterans Healing Camp is having a flag raising ceremony Nov. 18 from noon to 3pm at the camp; 1775 East Highway 50 in Silver Springs. · Douglas County libraries in […]
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A South Lake Tahoe man is in custody after allegedly shooting a gun Sunday at the Tahoe Beach Retreat. Timothy Althouse, 30, faces an assault with a firearm on a person. He has posted the $75,000 bail. The incident occurred Nov. 12 at about 2:40am just after a concert at the South Lake Tahoe hotel. […]
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El Dorado County Chief Administrative Officer Don Ashton is doing a good job, according to his five bosses, aka the Board of Supervisors. This month they gave him a raise that will be effective Jan. 1. At that time he will be making $227,676 a year, while today he is making $214,926 annually. The electeds […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – High winds and waves like the ocean couldn’t budge the vessel. It was on a type of auto pilot. The boat rocked to the waves, but otherwise didn’t move. Mother Nature on Monday helped demonstrate some of the sophisticated technology aboard Marine 24, Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District’s boat that […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of a series of stories about Lake Tahoe area athletes who hope to compete in the 2018 Olympics in South Korea. By Kathryn Reed PARK CITY, Utah – “I want to do something no one else is doing. It is more important to be a pioneer than to do a […]
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By Jennifer Mercieca In 1835, Phineas Taylor Barnum was anxious to find an “amusement” to attract paying customers. One lucky day a stranger told Barnum that he possessed half-ownership of a “curiosity”: a woman named Joice Heth who was the 161-year-old slave who raised George Washington. Barnum examined Heth and the stranger’s “proofs” about her […]
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By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times In an opioid epidemic that currently claims an average of 91 lives per day, there have been many paths to addiction. For some, it started with a fall or a sports injury, a trip to a nearby emergency room and a prescription for a narcotic pain reliever that seemed […]
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By Sarah Litz, Reno Gazette-Journal A hush fell over Terminal B. People filled the seats around the gate and stood shoulder-to-shoulder waiting. The normally bustling Southwest terminal of the Reno-Tahoe International Airport paused Sunday morning. The silence finally broke. Thunderous applause, whistles and people shouting “thank you” greeted local veterans returning from a trip to […]
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