By Char Miller Sometimes it’s the small things that can best tell big stories. Like the Marina Fire, which has burned a modest 654 acres to the north of Lee Vining, threatened but not burned any structures, and whose greatest disruption was periodically to shut down Highway 395. It hardly seems worth much attention. Such […]
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· Mormon Station State Historic Park is putting on a Dutch oven cooking demo on July 9 at 9am in front of the museum in Genoa. · Internationally acclaimed muralist John Pugh will give a talk titled Creating a Sense of Place on July 13 from 6-8pm at the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center. · […]
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Placer County voters in November are expected to be asked to raise the sales tax by one-half cent, bringing it to 8 percent. The money would be used to address existing and future traffic and congestion issues, as well as improve public transportation. Three percent of the tax revenues would be earmarked for improvements in the […]
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By Ian Whitaker, Las Vegas Sun Nevada’s long-running battle against student truancy is well known, but should we also be concerned about teachers missing class? According to research by the Education Week Research Center, Nevada has one of the highest rates of teacher absences in the country. As much as 49 percent of teachers in […]
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By Darcie Goodman Collins Traffic congestion at Lake Tahoe and the associated pollution due to projects being developed just outside the Tahoe basin present a critical threat to Lake Tahoe clarity. Projects near the lake that are in the final stages of approval circumvent the standards that protect the Lake and will flood the area […]
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By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times After two years of decline, the number of violent crimes in California rose by 10 percent in 2015, although the overall crime rate remained among the lowest in decades. The numbers were up in all major categories of violent crime compared with those of 2014, according to reports released Friday […]
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Updated 9:40pm: The Trailhead Fire has blackened 3,387 acres and remains at 12 percent containment. It grew by less than 200 acres on Saturday. Placer County residents have been allowed to return home. There are still 2,600 structures in El Dorado County that are threatened. Mandatory evacuations are in place in EDC, with several roads […]
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Updated 10:27pm: South Lake Tahoe police officers are looking for a man who they thought led them to a trailer in the parking lot of Motel 6 in South Lake Tahoe on Saturday night. When officers entered the trailer after 10pm the suspect was not there. While the man is armed, officers are withholding his name […]
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· Wine is a major industry in this part of the country but with the ongoing drought how can production become more sustainable? UC Davis has created a center to develop these technologies in order to address this issue. Learn how this industry can change at a lecture on Aug. 24 from 5:30-7pm at Sierra […]
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By Carole Bernardi INCLINE VILLAGE – Summer at picturesque Lake Tahoe is officially in full swing once the Fourth of July holiday kicks into gear. Boats line the shores, paddleboards compete with kayaks, and swimmers maneuver their way in between. This year the long holiday weekend presents unlimited opportunities for water activities as healthy snowfall […]
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