By Adam Ashton, Sacramento Bee The pension fund for California teachers is about $97 billion short of the assets it would need to pay all of the benefits it owes to its members today, according to a new valuation from the California State Teachers’ Retirement System. CalSTRS released the new accounting ahead of its monthly […]
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· There will be a training April 11 from 4-6pm for Pipe Keepers, the citizen science program to address the threat of storm water pollution entering Lake Tahoe. League to Save Lake Tahoe staff will train people to survey local neighborhoods and collect storm water samples. Training is free. It will be at 2608 Lake […]
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Lane shifts will take place on Highway 50 near Spooner junction in south Carson City beginning April 2 as the Nevada Department of Transportation reconstructs the intersection to connect to the future Carson City Freeway. Both directions of Highway 50 at the South Carson Street-Spooner junction will temporarily be reduced to one lane and shifted […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal Surprise, surprise… Burning Man sold out quicker than the last air conditioner on a 114-degree summer day. The rush for 30,000 tickets available during the main sale ended after about 35 minutes, before most people could say “Sparkle Pony.” People waiting in the queue started seeing “unavailable” notices for both tickets […]
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By Kathryn Reed The snow — it won’t stop. For people living in the Sierra it’s becoming the winter that won’t end. For water users downstream, it means the spigot won’t be turned off during the dry summer months. Under snowy grey skies on Thursday the snow survey near Sierra-at-Tahoe revealed water content of 46.1 […]
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By Stuart Leavenworth, McClatchy Two generations ago, they were often written off as a bunch of hippies making backpacks and climbing gear for niche markets. But in recent decades, companies such as Patagonia and REI have become consumer powerhouses and political players, increasingly eager to influence decisions over public lands. A sign of that clout […]
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Joshua Ingraham, 45, of South Lake Tahoe faces attempted murder charges in the stabbing that occurred March 24 at the South Y Transit Center. The altercation started with a fist fight between Ingraham and a 26-year-old male South Lake Tahoe resident, according to police officers. A 48-year-old South Lake Tahoe man tried to intervene. Ingraham […]
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Updated 1:53pm: A 43-year-old South Lake Tahoe man was found tied up, gagged and beaten in his residence on Spruce Street. A significant amount of blood was inside the apartment. A co-worker found him the night of March 29. The colleague had gone to the dwelling because the man had not been at work since […]
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By Lake Tahoe News El Dorado County Superior Court is officially down a judge with the resignation of Nelson Brooks. In February the Brooks family issued this statement to Lake Tahoe News, “Judge Brooks suffered a cardiovascular event last summer. He has not been medically cleared to work at this time and the family greatly […]
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By Larry Weitzman Kia is the nation’s newest major upstart brand, being in the United States for 24 years with a market share increase in every year since their inauspicious beginning in 1993. Sales for 2016 exceeded 647,000 units, besting another fast-growing upstart, Subaru, which like Kia, manufacturers a large portion of their production in […]
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