By Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times Already plagued by years of drought and a beetle infestation that has reduced millions of trees to kindling, California is facing yet another crisis as it enters the brunt of wildfire season: a dwindling roster of prison inmates who can battle blazes. The gap is due largely to California’s controversial realignment law, which mandates that […]
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The Placer County Board of Supervisors this week approved a $815.8 million budget for 2016-17. The budget is balanced conservatively as property taxes, the county’s largest revenue source, continues to increase. In addition, sales taxes, transient occupancy taxes charges on lodging and other revenue sources tied to the economy continue to improve. “Regarding the tree mortality […]
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While Boreal usually is the first Tahoe area ski resort to open, Squaw Valley is on a quest to be close behind. Following the region’s first snow fall this week, the resort has bumped up opening day from Nov. 23 to the week of Nov. 11, weather and conditions permitting. Following the earliest opening in more […]
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By Kathryn Reed A fiscally sound institution. That’s what Kindred Murillo thought she was walking into. It was just the opposite. It took her four months after coming on board in July 2011 to figure out that Lake Tahoe Community College’s budget wasn’t what it appeared to be. Previous administrators, with the board’s approval, were […]
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By Tony Berendsen In the beginning there were five planets. Our ancestors watched them for millennia knowing they differed from the stationary stars in the heavens; they wandered. They were given names and mythologies to share from generation to generation and ruled the night sky as gods. Then a man with a telescope discovered another […]
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Permits for the Nevada Division of State Park’s annual wood sale will be available beginning Sept. 17 at 8am at the Sand Harbor main office. Permits are $65 per cord, with a limit of one cord per address/family and available on a first-come, first-served basis. The wood is a mixture of pine and fir, some […]
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Carolyn Forché is a poet, editor, translator, and human rights advocate who has witnessed, thought about, and put into poetry some of the most devastating events of 20th-century history. Forché is Sierra Nevada College’s next guest in the Writers in the Wood series. She is slated to present her work Sept. 30, 7-9 ppm, with a workshop […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked candidates for South Lake Tahoe City Council, Lake Tahoe Community College, Lake Tahoe Unified School District, Douglas County School District, South Tahoe Public Utility District and Lake Valley Fire Protection District a series of questions. We are running the responses in the order received. All profiles may be found […]
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By Diana Gordon Once upon a time the pulse of America beat in its small towns. They were where you took your crops to market, met the trains that brought visits from Aunt Tilly, and danced with your sweetheart on Saturday nights. They served surrounding rural areas with schools and doctors and blacksmiths. Blending individualism […]
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By Michelle Rindels, AP A proposed ballot measure called the Energy Choice Initiative aims to deregulate electrical service in Nevada, opening up the market to providers other than NV Energy — the sole provider in most parts of the state. Here are things to know about Question 3: How does it work? If the measure […]
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