By Kathryn Reed If your vacation rental in South Lake Tahoe – full house or just a room – is not permitted, get ready to be fined. The City Council is contemplating hiring a firm to clamp down on those who are operating without a permit and therefore presumably not paying transient occupancy tax. The […]
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By Henry Brean, Las Vegas Review-Journal Long before she became Nevada’s first woman in Congress, Barbara Vucanovich boarded a train in New York and headed west on a six-week journey to a fresh start. There was already a nickname for such a trip. People called it “the Reno cure,” but Vucanovich’s daughter, Patty Cafferata, doesn’t […]
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A South Lake Tahoe woman died Sunday from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Hope Valley. The 64-year-old woman’s name is not being released pending notification of next of kin. She died on her way to Renown Medical Center in Reno. Just before 5pm Sept. 17 the motorcyclist was driving on Highway 88 about […]
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A South Lake Tahoe man died Sunday night when he was struck by a vehicle on Highway 395 in Gardnerville. For unknown reasons Rosendo Ramirez Amaya, 54, was lying in the middle of the northbound lane, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. The driver was not able to avoid Amaya. The driver called emergency personnel […]
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The Nevada Department of Transportation is developing the One Nevada Transportation Plan that will guide transportation investments in the state for the next 20 years. The plan aims to prioritize investments and needs across the state to maximize benefits to the public. NDOT wants to hear from the Lake Tahoe residents about their transportation priorities. […]
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The 16th annual Oktoberfest returns to the Village at Squaw Valley on Sept. 23. The village transforms into a miniature Bavaria complete with authentic German beer and food, Bavarian music and performances, and Oktoberfest themed games. Oktoberfest supports the local community with proceeds from beer sales benefiting the High Sierra Lacrosse Foundation, a nonprofit organization […]
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By Kathryn Reed When I hear salsa I automatically think chips. While that would be an option for this recipe, it really is much more versatile. It would be a great accompaniment to certain fish, or even pork. I tossed it with fresh spinach for a salad. It was outstanding. The salsa wilted the spinach […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt The legal roadblock that has prevented construction of a new courthouse facility in Placerville has just been removed. More than two years after the Placerville Historic Preservation League first challenged the environmental document approving the courthouse, the First Appellate Court of Appeal in San Francisco denied the appeal. Currently, the county’s Superior […]
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By Michael Baughman, High Country News In September 1982, my wife, Hilde, and I learned firsthand about wildfires during a backpacking trip in Northern California. While we were fly-fishing a creek miles from camp, we noticed a cloud of smoke drifting upstream. More smoke, thick smoke, soon followed, and then hot wind, and then we […]
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By Matthew Daly, AP WASHINGTON – Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending that six of 27 national monuments under review by the Trump administration be reduced in size, with changes to several others proposed. A leaked memo from Zinke to President Trump recommends that two Utah monuments – Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante — […]
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