By Kathryn Reed The lack of bullet proof glass in the lobby of the South Lake Tahoe jail as well as in the administrative office of the juvenile treatment center are a concern. The adult facility had a full body scanner that was inoperable for more than a year. The youth facility doesn’t have one. […]
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By Joanne Marchetta, Darcie Goodman Collins, and Jan Brisco School is out and summer is in full swing at Lake Tahoe. Visitors and residents are heading to beaches and launching boats, kayaks, and standup paddleboards to get out and enjoy the jewel of the Sierra. Millions of people visit Tahoe each year and the shoreline […]
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By Tom McGhee, Denver Post A Congressional committee vote on Tuesday amounts to a death warrant for the mustangs and wild burros that roam America’s range land, an advocate for the animals said. The House Appropriations Committee voted to reverse a ban on destroying healthy wild horses and burros that was contained in a spending […]
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By Joe Coscarelli, New York Times Chester Bennington, the ferocious lead singer for the platinum-selling hard rock band Linkin Park, was found dead in his home near Los Angeles on Thursday. He was 41. Brian Elias, the chief of operations for the Los Angeles County coroner’s office, confirmed the death, in Palos Verdes Estates, and […]
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By Yvonne Gonzalez, Las Vegas Sun Term limits have helped make the Nevada Legislature more diverse in the almost 20 years since they were implemented, though the higher turnover has come with some costs. Experts say term limits have brought in new faces but reduced institutional knowledge as veteran lawmakers are pushed out. They say […]
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By David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee The historic 129-acre Shakespeare Ranch on the shores of Lake Tahoe is for sale at a listed price of $69 million. It’s only the third time in history the ranch has been on the market, according to Oliver Luxury Real Estate, which has listed the Glenbrook property along with Christie’s […]
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· SciFi-Fantasy Con will be at the Lake Tahoe Hard Rock Sept. 29-Oct. 1. · Noam Pikelny, three-time Grammy nominated artist, founding member of Punch Brothers and member of Leftover Salmon, will be at The Loft in South Lake Tahoe on Nov. 18 at 9pm. · The International Camel & Ostrich Races are Sept. 8-10 at the […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and Heavenly Mountain Resort are putting on Hike with a Ranger programs this summer. Hikes will take place every Friday and Saturday at 11am and 1pm at the top of the Heavenly gondola. The guided hike is approximately one hour and will continue every weekend through […]
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By Carolyn Wilke, Sacramento Bee Californians have been bracing themselves for a drier future accompanying a warming climate. But research by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, suggests that the state may actually get wetter in the event of severe climate change. The study, published July 6 in Nature Communications, reports that more years […]
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The Tahoe Fund has started a campaign to raise $36,000 to support a project designed by UC Davis scientists to improve forest health in the basin. Because of drought and bark beetle infestations, tree mortality more than doubled from 35,000 in 2015 to 72,000 in 2016. Tahoe Fund is partnering with scientists at UC Davis […]
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