By Alexandra Witze, Air & Space To know California’ true water content in the mountains help is coming in the form of a King Air A90. Scientists have loaded the airplane with instruments to study California’s snowpack in unprecedented detail. Each spring, they fly back and forth over the mountain ranges, measuring where the snow […]
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Park rangers at Mormon Station State Historic Park in Genoa will be hosting a Thanksgiving Dutch oven cooking demonstration on Nov. 19. This is an opportunity to learn the basics of Dutch oven cooking and how the pioneers used the same cast iron techniques to cook meals in the 1850s. Park staff will serve samples […]
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The Lake Tahoe West Restoration Partnership’s inaugural meeting is Nov. 30 from 10am-3pm at the 89 Bar Conference Room in the North Lodge at Homewood Mountain Resort. The goal of Lake Tahoe West, a new interagency initiative of the California Tahoe Conservancy, U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, California State Parks, Tahoe Regional […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal The chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission says Raiders games aren’t likely to come off the state’s betting boards if the NFL franchise moves from Oakland to Las Vegas — even if the league asks for a wagering prohibition on the team. If the Oakland Raiders take up […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sifting through assumptions and reality. That is the goal of a consulting team hired by the city of South Lake Tahoe to work on the vacation home rental quagmire. More than 70 people attended a meeting Wednesday night aimed at getting the public’s opinions about these rentals that are usually found in […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee State Sen. Bob Hertzberg puts it succinctly, albeit accurately: “58 counties in California are accidents of history.” Hertzberg, a Los Angeles Democrat, uttered his comment last month during a pithy, if sparsely attended, legislative hearing into the shortcomings of county governments. As California’s population expanded in the late 19th century, […]
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Officials have released the name of the pedestrian how was struck and killed in South Lake Tahoe on Nov. 4. Daniel Curry, 58, of Carson City was crossing Highway 50 outside of a crosswalk near the Marriott when a taxi hit him. The driver has not been charged. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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The Douglas County School District board on Nov. 15 agreed to give the potential buyer of Kingsbury Middle School more time to sort through the regulatory process. Patrick Taylor in July entered into an agreement with Douglas County School District to purchase the 22-plus acre site with 36,000-square-feet of space for $3.25 million, which included paying […]
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By Science Magazine While climate contributes strongly to fire activity in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, human activity, starting well before European contact, has also played an important part in the severity, frequency and sheer numbers of forest fires occurring in the area, according to researchers. “Initially, we did work to see if we could develop […]
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El Dorado County elections officials released updated numbers this afternoon. The late ballots are mostly the result of people walking their forms in on Election Day and provisional ballots. The actual results are certified 28 days after the election. Here are the current numbers as of Nov. 16: South Lake Tahoe City Council Brooke Laine […]
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