Vehicle technologies in the United States and around the world are in a phase of rapid change. The last six years have seen the introduction of self-driving cars, mass-production of electric vehicles, and new vehicle-sharing. Electric vehicles are coming and the Lake Tahoe region has a chance to become the electric highway in the Sierra. […]
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By Alejandro Lazo and Anne Tergesen, Wall Street Journal Gov. Jerry Brown approved a bill creating state-sponsored retirement plans for about 6.8 million Californians who don’t have them through their private employers. The nation’s most populous state becomes the eighth state to establish such a program. The AARP estimates about 55 million full- and part-time private-sector workers […]
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With the onset of cooler, wetter weather, the Tahoe National Forest is preparing for prescribed fires that will occur throughout the fall, winter and spring, as conditions allow. Planned projects include burning piles of stacked vegetation and low to moderate intensity understory burns of vegetation on the forest floor. The primary goals of these projects are to reduce […]
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The music and dance revue ElectroSwing Burlesque is returning to The Loft in South Lake Tahoe on Oct. 12. This original live production show features the vocals of Ashley Kepler, along with the trumpeter Jef Derderian, rhythmic drumming by Dosto Klee, as well as dance artists of The Dame Doll Dancers, Jayde Reid and Mikaela Bianchi. […]
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Publisher’s note: The following endorsement is from Lake Tahoe News after a team of seven community members gathered to discuss who should be on the Lake Tahoe Community College board of education. Forthright, informed and prepared to serve – that’s Nancy Dalton. Those are some of the reasons why Lake Tahoe News is endorsing her for […]
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Only two South Shore candidates on the California side filed campaign financials that were due Sept. 29. According to the El Dorado County Elections Department, Annie Davidson and Nancy Dalton are the two who say they have campaign committees. Fines can be administered by the Fair Political Practices Commission if a candidate is delinquent with […]
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By Steven Church and Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg Getting Apollo Global Management LLC and TPG Capital to give up control of gambling giant Caesars Entertainment Corp. was hard enough. Now comes the challenge of deciding who replaces them. Creditors will own about 70 percent of Las Vegas-based Caesars after the company and its bankrupt operating unit […]
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Work can finally begin on the Highway 89-Fanny Bridge project in Tahoe City. The $30.1 million construction contract was awarded to Martin Brothers Construction. Work is to begin this fall and be done in summer 2018. Once the project is completed, the stretch of road starting on the north side of Fanny Bridge extending to […]
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By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News Every October in California, leaves and temperatures fall, pumpkins dot the fields and college football season takes stride. But despite the trappings of autumn, October is California’s most dangerous month for wildfires, posing a deadly mixture of heavy seasonal winds, unpredictable weather patterns and bone dry vegetation. If history is a guide, […]
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With more than 540,000 Nevadans already registered to participate in the annual statewide public earthquake drill, the Great Nevada Shakeout is hoping to up that total by another 100,000 residents. The Great Nevada ShakeOut is a simple, coordinated “drop, cover and hold on” exercise. It is Oct. 20 at 10:20am. Last year, more than 560,000 […]
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