To the community, The North Tahoe Public Utility District would like to thank all the attendees, donors, volunteers and participants that made this year’s Snowfest Pancake Breakfast and Dress Up Your Dog Contest a success. More than 240 people enjoyed time with family and friends before the Kings Beach SnowFest Parade and nearly $1,400 was […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Humane Society’s fired executive director is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the organization and spending the bulk of the money at a Stateline casino. Niki Congero was suspended by the three-member board of directors on March 14, with termination coming on March 31. The board has gone to […]
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By Marcus Crowder, Sacramento Bee If you heard that Sacramento Theatre Company will produce a world premiere musical based on the story of the legendary Donner Party, you might have thought, “Hmm, that’s a nervy choice.” The creators of “The Donner Party,” which opens this weekend on the STC Main Stage, just want you […]
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By Tony Berendsen For those lucky star gazers willing who rise up early in the morning over the next few weeks there is a celestial treat awaiting. Four comets, all just below naked eye visibility, will be sprinkled across the dawn sky. One short period comet, two long period comets, and one that may never […]
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By Associated Press BOSTON — The daily fantasy sports industry sharply contracted since the online games offered by companies like FanDuel and DraftKings sparked court and legislative battles across the United States last year. More than two-thirds of companies that existed this time last year have shuttered, changed focus or joined with competitors, according to […]
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By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News California’s historic five-year drought is officially over, washed away with the relentlessly drenching rains, floods and snowstorms of this winter. But just as tougher building codes and better emergency planning follow major earthquakes, the brutally dry years from 2012 to 2016 are already leaving a legacy, experts say, changing […]
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By Marcella Corona, Reno Gazette-Journal Authorities in Sierra County are searching for a missing aircraft that was carrying a married couple from Truckee to Petaluma earlier this week. Mark Richard and his wife, Brenda, departed at about 4pm Monday from the Truckee Tahoe Airport in a small four-seat Socata TB20 Trinidad with tail No. N28070. […]
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CalFire’s Ready for Wildfire app is a tool that puts a library of step-by-step checklists in the palm of the user’s hand. It allows homeowners to track their progress while creating defensible space, hardening their homes with fire-resistant construction, assembling an emergency supply kit and creating a family communication and evacuation plan. App users, with […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal The end of ski season is always a bummer. But it stings even more when the season ends while there’s still tons of snow on your favorite ski area. The West Coast winter of 2016-17 delivered historic levels of snow throughout the Lake Tahoe area and the Sierra Nevada. And […]
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By Lawrence R. Samuel We know the story all too well: Baby boomers, that generation born between 1946 and 1964, experience a childhood heavily shaped by the cultural dynamics of the postwar era, and immerse themselves in the rebellion and hedonism to be had in abundance during the counterculture era. Let’s call that familiar tale […]
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