By Daniel Potter, Capital Public Radio A bill in the California state Assembly could make it easier for local governments to charge fees to manage and collect storm water, but critics argue it’s a way to get money from property owners without a vote. Really, it all comes down to how you define the […]
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Tahoe Fund and the Tahoe Water Suppliers Association are working together to raise more than $26,000 to help purchase 175 bottom barrier mats that will be used to kill aquatic invasive weeds in Lake Tahoe. The current inventory of bottom barriers is 1.6 acres short of the maximum 5 acres of coverage permitted by the […]
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A kayaker is lucky to be alive after getting pinned under a tree on the Upper Truckee River. Andrew Sessions, an off-duty Lake Valley firefighter, on Sunday afternoon heard calls for help near Portal Bridge. The distressed kayaker’s friend was trying to free him. With Sessions’ help, the man was saved. He was transported to […]
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It might have been a fitful sleep for people in the Truckee area because the earth kept moving early Tuesday morning. The first temblor hit about 2:02am and the last one (so far) at 5:43am June 27. Fifteen earthquakes were recorded in that time span, with the largest registering 4.1. The epicenter was about 2.5 […]
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By Susan Wood STATELINE – You could almost hear a pin drop when singer Paul Simon launched “Sound of Silence,” one of the musician-songwriter’s most beloved songs and one of a handful of encores he performed Sunday night for a receptive crowd at Harveys Lake Tahoe to lead off the Outdoor Summer Concert Series. Simon, […]
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By Jon Coupal and Vince Fong, Orange County Register Before the ink on the governor’s signature has dried on the largest gas tax increase in California history, Sacramento Democrats are fully intending to break their promise to dedicate the new revenue to fixing our crumbling roads. In the upcoming budget, there is a proposal to […]
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By Tammy La Gorce, New York Times Do you think of hotel rooms as having spacious, old-school desks, the kind that invite long hours of working? And bureaus with a half-dozen drawers? Minibars, too? Well, perhaps you haven’t stayed at a hotel lately. Ben Schlappig, a 26-year-old travel blogger and consultant, has spent more nights […]
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A head-on collision on Highway 50 claimed the life of one person on Monday. Nevada Highway Patrol has not released any details about the accident, or conditions of other people involved. The June 26 accident occurred about 5pm just west of the curve before the Hidden Woods neighborhood. Traffic is flowing in both directions, but […]
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By Ryan Sabalow, Sacramento Bee Sweeping new gun laws passed last year by California voters and legislators require those with magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition to get rid of them by July 1. The question is: how many of California’s 6 million-plus gun owners are actually going to comply, […]
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Volunteers are needed for a lichen study in Great Basin National Park in Nevada. The July 17-19 event is called Lichen BioBlitz. There are more than 20,000 species of lichen in the world. The volunteers will learn about these organisms as they catalog them throughout the park. For more info or to signup, go online.
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