Jude is a 10 month old pointer/pit bull mix, which means he has lots of energy. Jude will do best in a household where he gets lots of exercise. Jude is house trained and knows sit, down, and stay, and he walks nicely on the leash. He likes to play with other dogs, play fetch […]
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By Kathryn Reed WASHOE MEADOWS STATE PARK – Wildflowers, some no bigger than a pinky nail, are bringing a seasonal splash of color to Washoe Meadows State Park. “It’s a little past peak season. It changes week by week,” Lisa Berry, California Native Plant Society member, tells the group she is leading on a trek […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the June 23, 2016, Los Angeles Times. The water level in Lake Shasta, California’s largest reservoir, had plunged to less than a third of normal by the end of last year. Then came the El Niño rainfall, which by April had tripled the volume of water in the lake. The […]
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By Geoff Mulvihill, AP It’s getting harder to know who is funding political advertising at the state level as more money becomes anonymous or is filtered from one political action committee to another, a study finds. In 2014, the last year in which statewide elections were widespread across the country, only 29 cents of every […]
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A felon with a thick arrest record is behind bars again after being arrested at a South Lake Tahoe beach on Sunday. Part of Sean Wanamaker’s parole restrictions is that he isn’t supposed to set foot in South Lake Tahoe, police Sgt. Travis Cabral told Lake Tahoe News. Not only has he been in town […]
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Combined, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado and Placer counties have been awarded millions of dollars from the California Transportation Commission. South Lake Tahoe is getting $36.4 million for water treatment improvements and reconstruction of 10 lane miles of roadway on Highway 50 from north of the Highway 89 junction to the Trout Creek Bridge. El Dorado […]
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Updated 6:54pm: An air and ground assault continues today by firefighters working the Trailhead Fire in rural and remote El Dorado County. Since the wildland blaze started June 28, 5,044 acres have burned. Contained has increased to 20 percent. Most of the fire is burning in El Dorado County, which is where all the evacuations are. There […]
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By Janissa Delzo, CNN Fireworks are synonymous with Fourth of July celebrations. But as entertaining as sparklers, bottle rockets and other consumer items can be, they’re also responsible for many injuries, which can sometimes result in death. These injuries, particularly burns requiring hospital stays, are especially high among people 20 and younger, according to new […]
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Tahoe Art League’s 10th annual Artist Studio Tour is July 29-31 and August 5-7, 10am-5pm each day. This is a free, self-guided tour that includes numerous open studios to visit with either individual artists or artist collectives showing their work and studio spaces, offering a glimpse into what inspires each of these talented Lake Tahoe residents. This […]
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By Associated Press A Nevada judge didn’t put a last-minute stop on a state plan to begin posting the names of thousands of convicted sex offenders whose cases had previously been deemed low-risk. Clark County District Court Judge Douglas Smith rejected an emergency request on Thursday from attorneys for 17 unnamed plaintiffs who argued that […]
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