Placer County Board of Supervisors voted this week to fund 14 projects in the Lake Tahoe area. The $2 million comes from transient occupancy tax revenues. The projects are: · Truckee River Trail restoration: This project will strengthen and improve various reaches of the Truckee River Trail between 64-acres Park and the entrance of Squaw […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about affordable housing in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee region. All articles may be accessed via the home page under Special Projects, 2017 Affordable Housing. By Joann Eisenbrandt Reviewing South Lake Tahoe’s housing elements chronologically is like taking a close-up look at the city in a mirror […]
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By Garry Bowen As someone who attended the entire South Lake Tahoe City Council Valentine’s Day devoted to a strategic priorities planning session, the organized list of invited presenters did indeed make the most of the items that are piling up, blocking potential progress toward a vision City Manager Nancy Kerry has correctly moved toward […]
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By Jennifer Kaplan, Bloomberg White House spokesman Sean Spicer said he expects the Justice Department to increase enforcement of laws prohibiting the recreational use of marijuana, a departure from the Obama administration’s less aggressive stance as states began legalizing recreational as well as medical use of the drug. “There are two distinct issues here: medical […]
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The Sierra Avalanche Center is reporting a significant avalanche on Mount Tallac on the Corkscrew path. It was 1,000-feet-long, and 150-feet-wide. Trees with a diameter of 6 inches could be seen in the debris field. It occurred at about 6,800 feet. “Interesting to note that despite the large size of this slide, it only occupied […]
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Random Acts of Improv, the resident improvisation company of the Theatre Arts Department at Lake Tahoe Community College, return on March 3. Random Acts of Improv has been providing laughs at LTCC for six years. The shows are family-friendly and appropriate for kids of all ages. Expect some audience participation and, of course, kids will […]
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By Christopher Joyce, NPR “Atmospheric river” is a colorful term for a sinuous plume of moisture that travels up from the tropics — a single plume can carry more water than the Mississippi River at its mouth. But new research shows that atmospheric rivers are also among the most damaging weather systems around. The atmospheric […]
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TAMBA is having a fundraiser Feb. 26 where Chris McNamara will show videos from some of the first wingsuit BASE jumps off major U.S. cliffs — and the 80-plus El Capitan climbing ascents that led to them. Every dollar raised will build one foot of trail at Fallen Leaf Lake and Angora Ridge this summer. Tickets […]
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Katie Rice of Guild Mortgage Company and Amie Quirarte of Tahoe Luxury Properties are putting on a seminar to learn how to make home ownership a reality. The evening will start with informal conversation, cocktails and appetizers at 6pm, then at 7pm the two will discuss down payment assistance options and grant programs people may qualify […]
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· State Sen. Ted Gaines, R-El Dorado, sent a letter to President Trump requesting that in light of the Oroville Dam crisis he take action to conduct an immediate and thorough inspection of Folsom Dam; the existing Folsom Dam spillways; the soon-to-be-completed auxiliary spillway; and all levees potentially affected by a dam failure or unregulated […]
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