Truckee police officers are looking for the driver of a vehicle who cut in front of a bicyclist, causing him to crash and sustain injuries. The incident occurred July 19 at 2:20pm on Highway 89 at the Henness Road roundabout near the Henness Flats Apartments. The bicyclist was riding through the roundabout when a vehicle […]
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Three men, including one from South Lake Tahoe, are accused of stealing more than $100,000 worth of lift tickets from Heavenly Mountain Resort. Angelo Bozin, 25, of South Lake Tahoe, Tim Jacobsen, 21, of Minden, and Mark Graham, 20, of Gardnerville face felony embezzlement, theft, possession of stolen property and conspiracy charges. Heavenly on March […]
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Two 1-acre fires in South Lake Tahoe have been contained, though crews at 6pm Tuesday were still working to fully extinguish them. The first started about 3pm July 19 near Montreal Road on U.S. Forest Service property. This area is notorious for homeless camps. However, officials have not released the cause of the blaze. A […]
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By Michael Doyle, McClatchy News Service California has a stake in a sprawling public lands package moving through the Senate, including controversial water provisions that don’t even name the state. The package includes expanding one national historic site honoring famed conservationist John Muir and designating a new historic site at the former Tule Lake camp […]
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By Martin Wisckol, Orange County Register California’s delegates to the GOP convention are all loyal Trump supporters. But if any needed a refresher on how to give a sales pitch for a controversial candidate they might not always agree with, Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Garden Valley, offered a deft approach at Monday’s delegation breakfast. “There’s only […]
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· For the first time in three years, the Thunderbird will be in the water. The vessel will be at the South Tahoe Wooden Boat Classic at the Tahoe Keys Marina in South Lake Tahoe on July 29-30. · One-way traffic controls for pavement rehabilitation work on Highway 89 between Squaw Valley Road and West River Street […]
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The FBI is seeking information to identify a man believed to have robbed four banks, including one in Stateline. He is known as the Bandaged Bandit because he has made an effort to conceal his face by affixing bandages to his nose, chin, and other areas of his face and arms. The robberies were: June 29, U.S. Bank […]
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By Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times The gravitational tug between the sun and moon is not just a dance of high and low tides: It can also trigger a special kind of earthquake on the San Andreas fault. This phenomenon has fascinated scientists for years. Like sea levels, the surface of the Earth also goes […]
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Jill Brigham, executive director of the UC Davis Sustainable Wine & Food Processing Center, is coming to Tahoe to talk about the science of wine and the technologies developed for sustainable wine production. The program will begin at 6pm on Aug. 24, with refreshments and no-host bar from 5:30-6pm at 291 Country Club Drive in Incline Village. […]
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The founder of the town of Minden — Fred Dangberg Jr. — will come to life next weekend in a Chautauqua performance. Mike Hall will portray Dangberg on July 23 at the Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park. On July 24, author Steve “Dink” Achard will discuss his book “Lost Legacy of Carson Valley”. Achard is the grandson of […]
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