By James Rufus Koren, Los Angeles Times California’s largest public pension fund made a return of less than 1 percent in its most recent fiscal year, the fund’s worst performance since 2009. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System said Monday that its rate of return for the year ended June 30 was just 0.61 percent. […]
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Lake Valley Fire Protection District is offering free wood chipping to assist homeowners with their efforts to reduce flammable vegetation and create defensible space. This service is offered to resident serviced by Lake Valley and people living at Fallen Leaf Lake. LVFPD is continuing to work with South Tahoe Refuse to offer two methods of […]
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· Tahoe Youth & Family Services Color Blast Run is Aug. 15 in Gardnerville. For more info, go online. · 2003 South Tahoe High grad Tiffany “TJ” Carter has released an album called “Bold and Beautiful”. · Heather LeMaster, the 2013 women’s world long drive champion, smashed a 336-yards drive to establish a women’s world […]
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To the community, Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless would like to thank the many volunteers who participated in our litter pick up day around the 981 Silver Dollar neighborhood on July 9. We also appreciate Clean Tahoe for contributing supplies. Participants included Chara Fugii, Norine Hegy, Jenn Lay and Jill Parmele. We appreciate their help […]
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By Marc Benjamin, Fresno Bee Trees are dying in the Sierra at modern-day unprecedented rates, posing elevated fire danger and creating health, water and air quality concerns, but a possible solution to rid the forest of dead and dying trees is getting short shrift, officials say. California’s biomass industry is set up regionally to turn […]
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By Mark Robison, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada’s capital is Las Vegas? That’s what Nevada GOP chairman Michael McDonald said during today’s roll call at the Republican National Convention where each state tells how many delegates it gives to the candidates. He probably meant to say “the entertainment capital Las Vegas.” Instead, he said, “From the great shores […]
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By Kathryn Reed Preserving the new field is more important to South Lake Tahoe officials than a long-term contract with the promoter of SnowGlobe. The five City Council members agreed to extend the three-day music festival contract through 2018. The prior deal went through this year. (The event is Dec. 29-31.) The promoter wanted a 10-year […]
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By Kathryn Reed The feds, state, a sovereign nation and a private business will meet again today in an attempt to find a resolution that would allow the Meeks Bay Marina to reopen. It has been closed all season – and might not open in 2017 – because of stormwater violations. Lahontan Regional Water Control […]
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By Marjorie “Slim” Woodruff, High Country News In 1972, Grand Canyon National Park outlawed campfires in the backcountry. Backpackers like me considered this an outrage. After all, the only people who carried those fancy little stoves back then were people incapable of building a fire. I bring this up because we are living through another […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe City Council members on Tuesday made it official – there will be two tax issues and a question about the loop road on the Nov. 8 ballot. Money collected from raising the hotel tax by 2 percentage points would be dedicated toward recreation upgrades. The one-quarter sales tax hike […]
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