By Associated Press Olympic skiing champion Jean Vuarnet, who helped pioneer the aerodynamic tuck position for downhill racers but suffered tragedy with the deaths of his wife and son in a doomsday cult murder-suicide, has died, the French Olympic Committee announced Monday. He was 83. Vuarnet died of a stroke, a statement by the committee […]
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By Kathryn Reed A lawsuit has been filed to stop the implementation of Placer County’s Tahoe Basin Area Plan. The approvals by the Board of Supervisors on Dec. 6 included the plan, environmental documents and green-lighted the 118-unit Tahoe City Lodge project. The lawsuit filed Dec. 21 by the California Clean Energy Committee against the […]
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Publisher’s note: Moya Sanders, who lives in the unincorporated area of El Dorado County in the basin, asked for the following exchange to be published. To Whom It May Concern, I live on North Upper Truckee Road leading from South Lake Tahoe to Highway 50 going south toward Placerville. The chain control on Highway 50 […]
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Shoppers at TJ Maxx in South Lake Tahoe got more than they bargained for on Monday night. A fire that started in an upstairs mechanical room set off the sprinkler system at 6:59pm Jan. 2. “For the most part there is a bunch of water on the floor. It’s more of a huge mess than […]
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By Adam Candee, Las Vegas Sun Packing on a little extra at the holidays goes well beyond the dinner table for many people. And much like those pesky five pounds, shedding credit card debt often requires more time to shed than it took to acquire. A recent analysis by Creditcards.com shows that Nevada falls just […]
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By Michael Casey and Patrick Whittle, AP In a towering forest of centuries-old eastern hemlocks, it’s easy to miss one of the tree’s nemeses. No larger than a speck of pepper, the Hemlock woolly adelgid spends its life on the underside of needles sucking sap, eventually killing the tree. The bug is one in an […]
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By Associated Press Christmas is the season of giving, and January the month of returns. UPS expects to deliver 1.3 million packages back to retailers on Jan. 5, celebrated by the delivery service, but no one else, as “National Returns Day.” Surging online sales have been followed by a surge of returns by air and […]
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If conditions are favorable, the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District and the U.S. Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations on Jan. 3. Operations may take place near Tahoe City, Kings Beach, Carnelian Bay, and Incline Village. To receive prescribed fire notifications, send an email to pa_ltbmu@fs.fed.us. Smoke from prescribed fire operations is normal […]
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· Lake of the Sky Outfitters in South Lake Tahoe is closing Jan. 31. · Tryout for Tahoe’s Got Talent on Jan. 8 from 9am-2pm at the Beach Retreat conference center in South Lake Tahoe. Music must be in MP3 format. The show will be Jan. 14 at 6pm. Call 530.541.6722 for more info. · […]
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By Darryl Fears, Washington Post Here in the land of beauty and make-believe, it’s important to keep up appearances. Tracy Quinn sees it whenever she walks her dog: sprinklers irrigating pretty green lawns and wasted water bleeding across sidewalks during the state’s driest spell in centuries. “It drives me crazy,” said Quinn, a water policy […]
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