Several sections of Lake Tahoe highways are scheduled to be worked on over the next nine days, beginning in Tahoe City. Grinding and paving work on Highway 28 at the Tahoe City Y is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, requiring reversing one-way traffic control on highways 28 and 89. On Saturday, the contractor will be […]
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By David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee Two lost hikers, who prepared for a day hike and got stuck on an El Dorado County mountain overnight, were rescued Monday by a California Highway Patrol helicopter crew. The hikers were located on the east slope of Mount Tallac, a mountain peak southwest of Lake Tahoe, in the early […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe will be an integral spoke in the Amgen Tour of California 2018 cycling event with the women and men coming to town. Both will be here May 18. The women’s second stage will begin and finish at Heavenly Mountain Resort as they have done multiple times – this being […]
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By Susan Wood STATELINE – You sense it descending Highway 50 approaching the Lake Tahoe Basin. Things are a little different in the village a few miles west of South Lake Tahoe. Cycling is all the rage. Golf can be played with a club or a foot. The Grade has long been the place to […]
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By John Diaz, San Francisco Chronicle The practice of journalism has rarely been more critical — or at greater risk — in the United States. Never before has a president of this nation so aggressively attempted to delegitimize and even threaten established news organizations that produce stories that undermine the narrative he is trying to […]
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By Felicia Fonseca, AP The National Park Service is considering a steep increase in entrance fees at 17 of its most popular parks, mostly in the U.S. West, to address a backlog of maintenance and infrastructure projects. Visitors to the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Zion and other national parks would be charged $70 per vehicle, […]
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By Michael Lyle, Las Vegas Sun When President Trump signed an executive order last week to reform health care by destabilizing the market for individual insurance, various thought leaders likened the measure to a wrecking ball. With Congress repeatedly deadlocked over repealing the Affordable Care Act, Trump laid out an independent plan to cut subsidies […]
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By Alex Seitz-Wald, NBC News WASHINGTON — Climate change is costing taxpayers billions of dollars in disaster relief and the tab will only increase as extreme weather events become more common, according to a new government study. The federal government has spent an estimated $350 billion over the past decade responding to extreme weather […]
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All trick-or-treaters are invited to the Tahoe Beach Retreat and Lodge for Trick & Retreat on Oct. 31 from 6-8pm. The South Lake Tahoe hotel is providing a safe environment for youngsters. Businesses are decorating rooms for kids to visit and get their treats. There will also be a bounce house, music, s’more making and […]
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Residents in the 76-unit Sierra Garden Apartment complex are having the interior of the dwellings upgraded. Property owners St. Joseph Community Land Trust, a local nonprofit organization, and Pacific Development Group, a Lodi-based affordable housing developer, are infusing $15 million into the South Lake Tahoe affordable housing complex on Lake Tahoe Boulevard. The renovation is […]
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