According to the U.S. Forest Service, the weekend storms did not adversely impact the multi-million Upper Truckee River rerouting project. “Flows in the Upper Truckee River (UTR) came up over the design capacity of the pumped diversion system, as well as the design capacity of the new channel on Sunday night,” Theresa Cody, a hydrologist […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe isn’t the same city it was just a few years. And that’s a good thing. Economic indicators point to a rebirth of sorts, but there is still plenty of room for improvement. That was the message delivered Oct. 18 by David and Jamie Orr to the City Council. The […]
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By Joe Mathews Is California abandoning its poorest students? That question would be dismissed as absurd by our state’s education leaders, especially Gov. Jerry Brown and the state Board of Education. For years, they have been building a new educational architecture they say will do more for the poorest kids in the poorest schools. But […]
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By Chelsea Harvey, Washington Post It might sound strange, but scientists believe the ground we walk on can be a huge weapon in the fight against climate change. That’s because the earth’s soil is serves as a giant carbon reservoir, containing trillions of tons that would otherwise end up in the atmosphere. Currently, soil is […]
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By Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee In three months’ time, Goodwill Industries has opened three stores, in Placerville, South Lake Tahoe and on Sacramento’s Alta Arden Expressway, but regional CEO Joseph Mendez told me that the store debuts aren’t over yet. Goodwill soon will open its first store in Elk Grove and a second in Sparks. […]
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In what seemed liked three days of uninterrupted rain in the basin amounted to 11 billion gallons of water dropping into Lake Tahoe. All that moisture meant Lake Tahoe’s level increased by 3 inches, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. The lake is still 2 inches below its natural rim. This means in […]
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The pilot of a missing plane was found deceased outside the wreckage of the aircraft this afternoon. A large contingent of search and rescue personnel from El Dorado and Douglas counties left Lake Tahoe Airport on Tuesday afternoon via transport from military helicopters. The 1960 Cessna 182 was located at 4:25pm Oct. 18 southwest of […]
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By Kathryn Reed It was a war of words at today’s South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting, with David and Jamie Orr voicing their anger about their perceived treatment by Councilwoman JoAnn Conner. The Orrs, who own Tahoe Mountain Lab, had a contract with the city do an economic report. They had been reluctant to make […]
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The Robert and Dorothy Keyser Foundation gave a $50,000 matching grant to the Tahoe Fund. The money will go into the new Environmental Venture Trust, a program designed to provide early stage seed funding for innovative projects around the Tahoe basin. Tahoe Fund is now seeking donations to secure the full matching grant so it can begin […]
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A woman visiting Lake Tahoe from Taiwan died Sunday in a car accident in Douglas County. Pao-Yi Tseng was taken to Barton Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced deceased. The woman’s 72-year-old husband, Jiann-Juh Tseng, was driving west on Highway 50 in the slow lane when the vehicle drifted off the road and then struck […]
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