By Joe Mathews The northern terminus of SMART, the new passenger-rail system in the North Bay, is the Sonoma County Airport Station in Santa Rosa. But after my 8-year-old son and I landed there, we learned the growing airport is more than a mile from the train. There is as yet no dedicated shuttle from […]
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By Josh Sanburn, Time Riley Anderson was a C student in high school, bored by the work and driven partly by a desire to stay on the football team. In 2015, he graduated 25th in his class–of 31 students. Without a particular career in mind, Anderson enrolled at Lake Area Technical Institute (LATI) in […]
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A South Lake Tahoe man was arrested Sunday after he allegedly ran into two pedestrians with his motorized bicycle. The collision occurred about 7:25pm Aug. 27 at Highway 50 and Rufus Allen Boulevard. Patrick Bryan Baker, 41, was arrested on felony charges of driving under the influence, hit and run causing injuries, and a misdemeanor […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada Sen. Dean Heller told the story Monday morning of how Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., invited some airline executives to his office, seated them on a couch, then jammed a coffee table up against their knees. It is an example of how lawmakers are lobbied to legislate consumer […]
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Smoke is clouding the skies of Lake Tahoe, and there is a distinct wildland fire smell as well. There is no fire in the basin. The smoke is from fires south of Tahoe For people with low tolerance for smoke, authorities suggest taking the following precautions: • Stay indoors as much as possible, especially seniors […]
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El Dorado County and South Lake Tahoe online video services are being affected by a faulty fiber optic line in the Midwest. The Board of Supervisors’ meeting could not be accessed online Tuesday because of the issue. The City Council meeting tonight will also not be available. Online meeting agendas, minutes, archived audio and video […]
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By Associated Press RENO — Nevada has legalized recreational marijuana, but it’s still not OK for tens of thousands of Burning Man fans to light up this year. Voters in the state passed a marijuana legalization measure in 2016, and sales began at retail stores on July 1. But consumption is allowed only in private […]
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· A party to celebrate the life of Rick Angelocci will be on Sept. 10 at 2pm at Valhalla. · Chipotle restaurants in Reno and the greater Sacramento area will be donating 50 percent of proceeds to the League to Save Lake Tahoe on Sept. 4. Tell the cashier you want to support Keep Tahoe […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal A Nevada think tank has filed a complaint with the state Attorney General’s Office over a Lake Tahoe-area government’s failure to follow the state public records law. The Nevada Policy Research Institute filed the complaint against the Incline Village General Improvement District after discovering last week that an official […]
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By Nicole Jackson, KTVN-TV According to CHP Truckee, a bicyclist is in the hospital with major injuries after being hit by a car on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe Monday afternoon. At approximately 12:40pm the victim, idenitified as Larry Ferguson, was riding his bike east on McKinney Rubicon Springs Road at an unknown speed. Officers say […]
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