By Kathryn Reed The future of transportation is not going to be a smooth ride in Lake Tahoe. While four speakers last week focused on technology and transportation, they all sounded like they are working in silos and not together. What the public wanted based on questions was information about what is being done to […]
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By Bill Seline Structure fires occur at the highest rates during the winter months. These house fires are usually caused by heating appliances like space heaters and woodstoves, according to the U.S. Fire Administration. When the fire department responds to put out a house fire, the fire engine carries about 500 gallons of water, enough […]
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· Lake Tahoe Democrats are meeting Jan. 25, 6pm at Round Table Pizza at the Y in South Lake Tahoe. The agenda includes what other Democratic groups in the basin are doing, how to coordinate efforts, an update on the El Dorado County Central Committee, and goals for the future. · TOCCATA-Tahoe Symphony Orchestra is […]
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Updated 10:35pm: Power has been restored. —– A good stretch of Northstar, Truckee and Glenshire are without power. Liberty Utilities said these customer should expect rotating outages throughout the night and possibly into Wednesday morning due to a problem with NV Energy’s North Truckee substation which feeds Liberty’s distribution lines. “We ask that North Lake Tahoe […]
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By Kathryn Reed A Homewood man was found dead Tuesday morning, laying in the snow outside of his house. Placer County sheriff’s deputies found the body of Todd Michael Borchardt, 49, about 11am Jan. 24 covered in 5 to 6 inches of snow. Deputies received a call from the PDQ Market in Tahoma saying a […]
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By Larry Weitzman Without one word of discussion, not one word, the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors voted in the morning session of their Jan. 24 meeting to send a letter of support to substantially raise the taxes of every motorist of El Dorado County. Late Friday afternoon before the BOS meeting an addendum […]
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Updated 4:42pm: A ski patroller at Squaw Valley died Tuesday morning during avalanche control activities. Joe Zuiches, 42, of Truckee was killed Jan. 24 by an explosive device used for avalanche control. “The cause is believed to be the detonation of an explosive charge, and does not appear to be avalanche related,” the resort said in […]
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By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee The Women’s March on Saturday drew historic participation across California, with 50 cities each drawing more than 100 protestors. Crowd estimates put the cumulative turnout in California between 531,000 and 1.2 million, according to nationwide data compiled by Erica Chenoweth of the University of Denver and Jeremy Pressman of the […]
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An El Dorado County man was sentenced Jan. 24 to 27 months in prison for assaulting a federal park ranger. Nicholas Martin Coberley, 45, of Pollock Pines, on June 20, 2016, attacked a Lassen Volcanic National Park ranger who had been called out to investigate reports of a man walking and yelling in the middle of […]
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To the community, It is always a treat when the Kiwanis Club of Tahoe Sierra hosts a Bread & Broth Adopt A Day of Nourishment. Not only has the Kiwanis Club sponsored an Adopt A Day every January since the program’s inception in 2010, but they were the first organization to host an AAD dinner […]
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