By Veronica Rocha, Los Angeles Times Firefighters are tackling larger and more aggressive wildfires as drought conditions continue for a fifth year in California, drying out swaths of forest land. Raging wildfires in Northern and Southern California kept firefighters busy over the weekend, pushing the number of acres burned so far this year to well over 20,000. “Now already this […]
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South Lake Tahoe Library is hosting a summer reading challenge from June 21 to Aug. 27. Children, teens and adults of all ages are encouraged to participate. No registration is required; just pick up a reading log at the library and read. Special performances will be on Fridays at 2 pm from July 8-Aug. […]
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To the community, On May 30, Bread & Broth’s Adopt A Day of Nourishment dinner was sponsored by a grant from John McDougall of the Pay it Forward Community Fund at the Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation. J McDougall and his sister, Janet McDougall, were on hand at his Pay it Forward sponsorship dinner to help […]
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· Alex Terrazas, assistant town manager for Truckee, is leaving to be city manager of Los Banos. · John Runnels is trying to sell his corner lot at the Y in South Lake Tahoe. He’s doing so himself. He didn’t respond to an LTN email. · The North Tahoe and Meeks Bay […]
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Sierra State Parks Foundation is putting on its inaugural Archives Tour on June 15. Attendees will meet at Donner Memorial State Park Visitor Center at 9am for a trip to the California State Park Archives at McClellan Air Force Base. Lunch is provided, along with exclusive access to the China Bar Lawn at the Auburn State Recreation […]
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By Rebecca Bryson Although this was the first year for South Tahoe Middle School to participate in Bike to School, they hit it out of the park. Kathleen Whatford, the school’s PE teacher, along with Principal John Simons and Assistant Principal KarenHolmes, spearheaded a major initiative with “biking school buses” coming from all over town. […]
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Now through June 13 the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and other state agencies are beefing up patrols and issuing citations to pedestrians and motorists who are breaking traffic safety laws. Nevada state law requires pedestrians to use sidewalks, crosswalks and pedestrian bridges and obey all traffic control signs and signals. If there is no sidewalk, pedestrians […]
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Coming this summer to the North Tahoe Regional Park in Tahoe Vista is the second location of the Tahoe Treetop Adventure Park. (The original is at Granlibakken in Tahoe City.) The aerial adventure park will consist of 70 tree platforms connected by a variety of bridges and/or ziplines. Each bridge is unique, some are easy, others are challenging, most of […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada Department of Wildlife officials killed a 2-year-old bear after it made repeated forays into the Sand Harbor area. According to department spokesman Chris Healy, the bear displayed troubling behavior that prompted officials to capture and euthanize it. “It is a tough situation,” Healy said. “Outwardly it looked healthy but […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County voters put Judge Nelson Brooks back on the bench, but were divided over what to do with growth initiatives. Brooks was first appointed to the bench by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2009, and was elected a year later to a six-year term with more than 75 percent of the vote. […]
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