If conditions are favorable, North Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Douglas fire protection districts, California State Parks, California Tahoe Conservancy, and U.S. Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations on April 24. Operations may take place near Meeks Bay, Tahoe City, Kings Beach, Incline Village, Glenbrook, Round Hill, Lower Kingsbury Grade, South Lake Tahoe, and Meyers. […]
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Expect lane closures on Highway 50 now through May during the week while the El Dorado Beach to Ski Run Bike Trail is constructed. Lane closures during June are not expected to occur on a daily basis. The class 1 bike trail is expected to be completed in mid-July or early August. The project includes […]
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By Kathryn Reed TWIN BRIDGES – Bottle it. It was that good. Jerry Lee Marsh took home top honors April 22 at Sierra-at-Tahoe’s Salsa Showdown. For his winning efforts he earned a 2017-18 season pass to the ski resort. Jerry’s Verde, as he called it, was one of 11 traditional salsas. Two fruit salsas were […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the April 18, 2017, East Bay Times. California’s cities and counties, weighed down by ever-mounting retirement costs, are barely keeping their heads above water. Now the state Legislature is considering an onerous bill that would ensure many of them drown. AB1250, introduced by Assemblyman Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, D-Los Angeles, would […]
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By Justin Ewers, PublicCEO It didn’t get much attention outside San Diego, but it may well have been the biggest step a political coalition has taken this year to shift the focus of a major city onto a crisis impacting millions of Californians—and moving rapidly up the income scale. “More than 70 percent of San […]
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Tahoe Keys property owners have voted to assess themselves the necessary fees to pay for the use of herbicides to rid the South Lake Tahoe canals of invasive weeds. Now the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board must approve the application, with the goal to start using the chemicals in 2018. Homeowners will pay up […]
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By Ann M. Simmons, Los Angels Times They cover a third of the world’s landmass, help to regulate the atmosphere, and offer shelter, sustenance and survival to millions of people, plants and animals. But despite some progress, the planet’s woodlands continue to disappear on a dramatic scale. Since 1990 the world has lost the […]
Read more· Tahoe Transportation District is having an open house April 24, 5-7pm at Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel in South Lake Tahoe. There will be an update on the loop road project, affordable housing initiatives, and release of the environmental impact report. · Students in the Art Club at Lake Tahoe Community College are once again […]
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Mother Earth will be the center of attention in South Lake Tahoe on April 29 in the annual Earth Day celebration from 10am-3pm at Bijou Community Park. The free event will include an array of educational booths, vendors, and an area where children can make recycled-themed arts and crafts. Sacramento’s Ideateam will provide a funk-and-soul […]
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The community is invited to a free seminar titled “I Can’t Hear You Because I Am Shouting! Respectful Dialogue Even When We Disagree.” The focus will be on strategies for positive conversations in polarized environments, conversations that offer an exchange of views so that people are listened to, respected and valued. The workshop will be […]
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