The mystery behind where the tiny bear cub came from seems to be resolved. The Bear League received an anonymous call from a man who claimed responsibility for rescuing the orphaned cub and leaving it in the driveway of the West Shore facility. The man knew the answer to every question regarding where she was […]
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By Danny Lloyd, Fish Sniffer Spring mackinaw fishing has been very consistent at Lake Tahoe. The only stumbling block in recent days has been the wind, which has been strong and gusty. “I got out (Saturday) morning. It was still breezy but fishable and we did well,” reported Mickey Daniels of Mickey’s Big Mack Charters. […]
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A 26-year-old Placerville man is accused of soliciting sex from a 15-year-old boy. El Dorado County sheriff’s detectives said Glenn O’Rourke, 26, first sent sexually suggestive and descriptive text messages to the youth on April 14. Later O’Rourke sent the boy homemade pornographic videos and sexual photographs of himself. With the assistance of the teen, […]
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According to the Nevada State Railroad Museum, the McKeen Motor Car Company of Nebraska built 152 gasoline-powered “railcars” between 1905 and 1917. A new McKeen Motor Car (No. 22) entered into service for the Virginia & Truckee Railroad on May 9, 1910, and made round-trips between Reno and Minden. No. 22 was retired and sold […]
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Publisher’s note: Today begins a random series of stories about growing a vegetable garden in South Lake Tahoe. By Kathryn Reed Sun, soil, seeds. Those are the primary elements that make for a successful garden. Now is the time for Lake Tahoe gardeners to be getting their soil ready. With much of the soil in […]
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To the community, Heavenly ski patrol’s “all in with high energy” motto was clearly demonstrated at the April 21 Adopt A Day of Nourishment sponsorship dinner. Ski patrol volunteers Adrian Brown, Audrey Bayless, Rick Rogers, Colton Terry and Rick McGuire enthusiastically jumped right into sorting and filling the 70 “to go bags”, moved on to […]
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Placer County has signed an agreement for Phoenix Energy to build and operate the biomass gasification plant between Tahoe City and Truckee. The 2-megawatt plant will use forest biomass from the area to make electricity, heat and biochar, which is a solid carbon byproduct that is used as a soil conditioner and filter media. The […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee Two women whose bodies were found following a fire in their Placerville-area home in March died as a result of a murder-suicide, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff’s officials said investigators determined that homeowner Crystal Ward, 58, shot Carolyn Hague, 62, in the head, then set the […]
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By Jeremy Miller “Transcendence” is the first film from cinematographer turned director Wally Pfister, best known for his cinematography on “The Dark Knight” and “Inception”. It stars Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman, Paul Bettany and Kate Mara. Dr. Will Caster (Depp) and his wife/partner Evelyn (Hall) are the topmost pioneers in the quest to […]
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By Haya El Nasser, Aljazeera America The climate change debate currently pits the bulk of the scientific community against holdouts who don’t believe rising temperatures are the result of human activity. But in California, a state suffering from a historic drought, why the phenomenon is happening is less important than the simple fact that it […]
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