By Judy Lehmberg, CBS News The beautiful Sierra Nevada’s name translates very literally from Spanish as “mountain snowfall,” meaning snow-covered mountains. The reason why the peaks are snow-covered and why hot, dry Death Valley is east of the Sierra Nevada range is the same: They are both the result of the rain shadow effect. To […]
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If conditions allow, the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District may conduct prescribed fire operations on Jan. 9. Operations may take place near Tahoe City and Incline Village. To receive prescribed fire notifications, send an email to pa_ltbmu@fs.fed.us. Before prescribed fire operations are conducted, agencies post road signs around areas affected by prescribed fire, send […]
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· Tahoe Truckee Unified School District Superintendent Robert Leri will give the first state of the district address on Jan. 11 at 5:30pm in the Palisades Ballroom at the Village at Squaw Valley. · The Thunderbirds will return to the Minden-Tahoe Airport on Oct. 7-8. · Tahoe Beach Retreat’s Tahoe’s Got Talent auditions and show […]
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To the community, Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless would like to thank Champion Floors to Go for their donation of carpet and floor runners to the South Lake Tahoe warm room. This donation helps keep our guests cozy and comfortable in our facility this winter. With recent extreme weather patterns in Tahoe, we are proud […]
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By Ben van der Meer, Sacramento Business Journal Placerville is taking feedback about reuse options for the El Dorado County courthouse in the city’s downtown. On the city’s website and in utility bills, a survey lists several options, including a visual/performing arts center, public market, hotel and college campus extension. There are 11 choices, including […]
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By John Meyer, Denver Post VAIL— When a teen-aged Richard Steadman answered the phone one fateful weekend morning in 1955 at his family’s home in Sherman, Texas, the voice at the other end of the line was that of Paul “Bear” Bryant, calling with a scholarship offer to play football for him at Texas A&M. Steadman […]
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By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle A state appeals court has upheld a 2013 California law that eliminated a pension benefit for hundreds of thousands of state and local government employees in an effort to reduce the pension system’s mounting deficits. The lawmakers’ action in eliminating the right of public employees to buy additional retirement […]
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Achieve Tahoe, a leading provider of winter and summer adaptive sports instruction at all ability levels for adults and children with disabilities, will host its annual Ability Bash fundraising event on Jan. 28 from 6-10pm at the Squaw Valley Conference Center. This evening caps a weeklong Military Sports Camp for disabled veterans and celebrates their […]
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Updated 9:30pm: The 2,700 Liberty Utilities customers in the Heavenly to Al Tahoe areas who were without power have lights again. A blown breaker at the South Tahoe substation caused the outage. In Douglas County, Waterloo is closed from Highway 395 to Tires Plus due to flooding. People going to the Community Center should use 756-Centerville […]
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By Kathryn Reed Keep me away from hills and groomed trails. Flat, scenic and free equals perfect cross country ski conditions. Grass Lake was serene in late December, as it is much of the winter. The snow could not have been better. The powder was like sugar, so easy to glide through. Others has been […]
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