To the community, Save Our County, Residents Involved in Positive Planning, and the Shingle Springs Community Alliance would like to thank the voters of El Dorado County for the adoption of Measure E. Measure E retains a new and improved 1998 Measure Y while sending a clear message that projects which create gridlock on our […]
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Crews had to call off the search Friday for a missing paddleboarder at Lake Tahoe because of darkness. The paddleboarder was last seen June 10 about 3:20pm several hundred yards from Obexer’s Boat Company in Homewood. According to North Tahoe Fire Protection District, the person was with a group, but got separated in the rough […]
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Placer County planning commissioners on June 9 took no action regarding the Martis Valley West project, saying there are too many lingering questions to make a recommendation. More than 200 people attended the six-hour meeting at Granlibakken in Tahoe City. The issue will be heard again at a future meeting at the lake, though no […]
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Officials with the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest are warning people to be extra cautious while engaging in activities that could start a wildfire. Weather conditions have been changing in the past couple of weeks with consistently higher temperatures and decreased humidity levels, resulting in drier vegetation that is more prone to the spread of wildfire. This is especially […]
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By Lake Tahoe News For the first time in 19 years, a World Cup event will be staged at a Lake Tahoe area ski resort. The International Ski Federation (FIS) today awarded Squaw Valley a women’s giant slalom race on March 10, 2017, and a women’s slalom on March 11, 2017. The athletes will compete […]
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Three weekends of art festivals are planned for the South Shore starting June 17. From pottery, jewelry, sculpture, prints, paintings, photography, wearable art and woodwork to unique handcrafted items will be available. Dates-locations: Round Hill Square: June 17-19, 212 Elks Point Road, Zephyr Cove Round Hill Square: June 24-26, 212 Elks Point Road, Zephyr Cove […]
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To the community, On June 4, community members gathered to restore and stabilize the banks of the Upper Truckee River in South Lake Tahoe as part of Restoration Day — a new annual day of environmental restoration organized by the League to Save Lake Tahoe. “We are grateful to all of our volunteers, as well […]
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Expect traffic delays on Highway 50 on the Nevada side during the June 18 Rock Tahoe Half Marathon. The lakeside lane of westbound Highway 50 will be closed from the top of Spooner Summit to the bike trail at Round Hill Pines. Traffic through Cave Rock will be intermittently stopped, allowing one-way traffic through the […]
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By Ben Botkin, Las Vegas Review-Journal WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., doesn’t expect to see nuclear waste stored at Yucca Mountain after he retires and leaves the Senate. Reid, the Senate minority leader, has spent years using his position to prevent the mountain 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas from becoming a nuclear […]
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By Jessica Calefati, San Jose Mercury News SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature’s top Democrats have agreed on a framework for a state budget that makes a generous deposit into a rainy-day savings account and sets aside close to a half-billion dollars for affordable housing, administration sources said Thursday. Despite a Wall Street slowdown […]
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