By Maura Dolan and Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times A federal appeals court ruling that gave gun control advocates a major victory Thursday underscored California’s rising importance as a center of legal and political battles over guns. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided in a 7-4 ruling that California counties may restrict permits […]
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· Tahoe Improv Players will be at Valhalla on the South Shore on June 28, July 5, July 19 and Aug. 2; 7:30pm each night in the Grand Hall. Cost is $12. Tickets may be purchased online. · The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit in collaboration with the California Tahoe Conservancy will […]
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Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest’s Carson Ranger District opened dead, and down and dead tree woodcutting areas today. The dead tree areas include: Dog Valley area near Reno and Hope Valley, Leviathan/Poor Boy, and Wolf Creek Road (dead burned trees) areas near Markleeville. The down and dead tree areas are in Woodfords Canyon and the Washington Fire […]
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By Susan Wood RENO – And the doctor worked on. Questioning whether Mary Guinan has fulfilled a storied career in medicine is like asking Nevadans if they want clean air and Americans if they want to be disease free. A notable epidemiologist, the 76-year-old distinguished physician not only served as the Silver State’s chief health […]
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Publisher’s note: This letter was sent to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and is reprinted with permission. Dear Ms. [Audrey] Jepson, I received your notice of a public hearing for this project scheduled for June 22. I believe some clarification is required. The notice contains the same language as before in the last paragraph, indicating […]
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The Meyers-based California Highway Patrol office will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint on June 10. The checkpoint will be setting up at approximately 8pm and will be operational at 9pm. The checkpoint will conclude at approximately 2am. The sobriety checkpoint will be staffed by a team of CHP officers which will be controlling traffic, evaluating driver’s […]
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TAMBA is looking for people help build the new Kingsbury Stinger Trail. The trail day is June 11, 9am-3pm. Meet at 9am at the end of North Benjamin/Andria Drive (Tahoe Rim Trail’s Kingsbury North trailhead) in Stateline The new section of trail about one0half mile from the trailhead. Wear sturdy shoes, long pants and long sleeves, […]
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To the community, The students of Lake Tahoe Unified School District and Zephyr Cove Elementary were able to participate in the Outdoor Explore and Children’s Forest events thanks to the help of many amazing partners during the past few weeks. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all who support these wonderful programs. […]
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By Jim Miller, Sacramento Bee Affordable housing, a back-burner issue at the state Capitol for a decade, has emerged as a central part of talks on a new California budget, with Gov. Jerry Brown, lawmakers and others pressing proposals they want to be part of a final deal. Brown’s revised spending plan, released May 13, […]
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By Lake Tahoe News Two men have been indicted on charges of stealing from three Indian casinos, including one in El Dorado County. “Once the defendants fraudulently obtained the identification documents for their false identities, the defendants used the identification documents and false identities to open bank accounts, obtain credit, and create the perception of […]
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