By Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times The milestones marking California’s wettest year in decades continue to pile up, as state water officials said a reservoir high up in the Sierra Nevada has exceeded capacity for the first time in 21 years. Lake Davis began overflowing onto its earth-and-rock spillway Wednesday after a couple of […]
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The public is being asked to help identify trails that the U.S. Forest Service will address regarding maintenance. Nationwide, the Forest Service will select nine to 15 priority areas among its nine regions where a backlog in trail maintenance has contributed to reduced access, potential harm to natural resources or trail users and/or has the […]
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As Douglas County begins working on its 2017-18 budget, commissioners have some leeway with funding based of what is anticipated to be a $2 million surplus. Staff and commissioners came up with a slew of priorities this week. Next week there will be public hearings Monday-Thursday at 3pm in Minden where the public can voice […]
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By Kathryn Reed Military helicopters are the No. 1 noise problem at Lake Tahoe Airport and there is nothing city officials can do about it. With the city having taken millions of dollars in grants from the Federal Aviation Administration, it is obligated to allow military aircraft to access the airport. It is often used […]
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By Joe Mathews Dear Bay Area, Welcome to Wasco. You may never have heard of this city of 25,000 in the San Joaquin Valley. You probably can’t pronounce it (it’s WAW-skoh). But you and Wasco share a future. You could be connected—at least temporarily—by the most expensive infrastructure project in state history. Your Wasco connection […]
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An argument over cigarettes led to four people being transported to Barton Memorial Hospital with stab wounds. The names of the South Lake Tahoe men have not been released by police. Nor is it known how they might know each other. It started as a verbal argument on March 24 just before 5pm near the […]
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By Matt Richtel, New York Times Amid an opioid epidemic, the rise of deadly synthetic drugs and the widening legalization of marijuana, a curious bright spot has emerged in the youth drug culture: American teenagers are growing less likely to try or regularly use drugs, including alcohol. With minor fits and starts, the trend has […]
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By Beth J. Harpaz, AP Turkey. France. Belgium. Now London. As yet another destination is hit by terror, travelers are sighing with dismay and thinking carefully about personal safety, even while saying the latest attack won’t keep them home. “I don’t want to be afraid, but I also have this extra layer of being on […]
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By Kade Krichko, Powder The sun hasn’t yet made it over the dusty city skyline, but human friction offsets the morning chill as businessmen, students, and errand-runners ebb and flow to the singsong commands drifting from the concrete rafters of the Beijing subway station. Three stops down Line 13, a ski bus waits to shuttle […]
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Douglas County is contemplating allowing vacation home rentals in the valley. Today VHRs are only allowed at the lake. Commissioners discussed the topic March 21. A revision to the 2005 ordinance will be brought back later this spring. It’s possible the fees will be amended, which would affect the nearly 400 Lake Tahoe homeowners renting […]
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