By Ben Steverman, Bloomberg Nancy Harvey has a goal. “I’d like to retire before dying,” she said. Harvey, 55, has almost nothing saved for retirement. She’s a child-care provider in Oakland, and there isn’t much left over at the end of the month. “It’s not a lucrative field,” she said. She was looking forward to a […]
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The Douglas County Board of Commissioners have declared a state of emergency in preparation for the potential of flooding associated with spring runoff and for stormy conditions such as this weekend. The declaration has been submitted to the state and will allow regional partners to expedite mitigation efforts as well as speed up the delivery […]
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By Mark McLaughlin, Tahoe Weekly There’s been a lot of talk about weather records being broken this winter, but it was only January’s epic snowfall totals that have made it into the record books so far. In January 2017, the Central Sierra Snow Lab near Donner Pass and many Tahoe Sierra resorts set new monthly […]
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By Kathryn Reed What would David Foster Wallace have to say about the state of tennis today? What nuances would he bring to life? How would he dissect icons Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal, who are still the pillars of men’s tennis, who just last weekend battled it out in the final at the Miami […]
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Updated 4:56pm: Kingsbury Grade will remain closed indefinitely between Daggett Summit and Foothill Road. The highway was expected to be closed temporarily on Friday as NDOT and contractor Q&D Construction removed loose trees and earth from a roadside slope to help reduce rock and mud fall onto the highway. What they found is the slope […]
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Placer County is offering same-day building permit services every Tuesday in the Tahoe City office as a way to speed up the process for what is expected to be a busy spring-summer to deal with winter storm damage. The Tahoe office can help with permits for repairs, decks, patio covers, signs, pools, minor interior alterations, […]
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Tahoe Beach Retreat in South Lake Tahoe will be going to the dogs with the help of Animal Coalition of Tahoe. On April 11 from 4-8pm there will be a special party in honor of National Pet Day. TBR will have all kinds of activities taking place in The Tavern: the Heavenly and Sierra-at-Tahoe avalanche […]
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By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times Startlingly green hills, surging rivers and the snow-wrapped Sierra Nevada had already signaled what Gov. Jerry Brown made official on Friday: The long California drought is over. “This drought emergency is over, but the next drought could be around the corner,” Brown said in a statement. “Conservation must […]
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Two people were arrested April 6 in Truckee in connection with a vehicle that had been stolen in March in Reno. The owner of the stolen vehicle called the police about 4:45pm Thursday saying he saw his vehicle in Truckee. Officers responded near the Rite Aid store where they found the vehicle parked and unoccupied. […]
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A 60-year-old man was in critical condition after being struck by an alleged drunken driver early this morning in Incline Village. The pedestrian was on Tanager Street near Oriole Way at about 2:45am April 7 when a vehicle driven by Bradley Perry, 33, of Incline hit him, according to deputies with the Washoe County Sheriff’s […]
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