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Posted July 22, 2011 -

Money available for residents with erosion control issues

The Truckee River Watershed Council’s River Friendly Landscaping Program is seeking to restore residential properties with significant erosion problems near rivers and streams in Truckee. The River-Friendly Landscaping program will award three single-family residences with $5,000 rebates and one multi-family residential property with $10,000 to reimburse homeowners for completed river-friendly landscaping. The Truckee River Watershed […]

Posted July 22, 2011 -

Opinion: Why nothing in Tahoe improves

To the community, My wife and I decided it was time to replace our tired and totally torn up by tree roots driveway. So we called a contractor for a bid. He remarked that the offending trees must be removed. So we called a tree remover contractor for a bid. We also thought we should […]

Posted July 22, 2011 -

Draft redistricting map puts Ted and Beth Gaines in quandary

By Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee ‘Til death do them part, sure, but nobody envisioned this. Ted and Beth Gaines, the Legislature’s only married couple, find themselves in an odd predicament from the latest draft maps by California’s independent redistricting commission. Beth’s Assembly career apparently would benefit by her continuing to live in the couple’s Roseville […]

Posted July 22, 2011 -

South Shore recreation JPA meeting

The South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority will have its regular annual meeting July 29 at 9am at Lake Tahoe Airport. At 10:30am, the JPA will adjourn into a continued special meeting from July 13 to further discuss Measure R, the revision of Measure S that will be on the Nov. 8 ballot. […]

Posted July 22, 2011 -

Walking tours of Carson City

Aberrations await and spirits linger during a two-hour walking tour Aug. 20 and Sept. 24 through the historic district of Carson City. History and storytelling are the orders of the day on this tour through Victorian-style homes and neighborhoods, where reality and legend come together, leaving ghost walkers to wonder what is truth and what […]

Posted July 22, 2011 -

Scramble to top of Twin Peaks provides great views

By Kathryn Reed Summiting several of the well-known peaks in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin can give a hiker the feeling of being on top of the world. Same with Twin Peaks – just without the time commitment or exertion of a Tallac or Freel. For those who live near this South Shore outdoor […]

Posted July 22, 2011 -

Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• Lake Tahoe Airport’s all-wheel drive, two engine, two stage, rotary snowblower has arrived. The Caterpillar engine is 13 liters, 650 horsepower and 2,100 rpm. • Former South Lake Tahoe City Manager Kerry Miller is retiring as Folsom’s city manager effective Oct. 15. He was making close to $250,000. • Aug. 17 is the first […]

Posted July 22, 2011 -

Tahoe enviro summit participants reaching out to public more

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is hosting the 15th annual Lake Tahoe Summit on Aug. 16 from 9-11:30am at Homewood Mountain Resort. The public is welcome to the free event. For the first time since President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore hosted the inaugural summit in 1997, the governors of California and Nevada are […]

Posted July 22, 2011 -

Learning how to cope with arthritis

By Jay Chung Arthritis is a common term used to describe a group of conditions that cause joint damage, inflammation, stiffness and pain. There are more than 100 types of arthritis, but the most common types are osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and gouty arthritis. What is osteoarthritis? Osteoarthritis (OA) is commonly known as “wear and tear” […]

Posted July 22, 2011 -

Aquatic invasive species meeting in Truckee

The Truckee Regional Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Program and the Tahoe Resource Conservation District ) invite the public to a meeting July 28 from 5:30-6:30pm to learn about aquatic invasive species prevention and get involved with future program development. AIS pose a real and continuous environmental and economic threat to the Truckee region and its […]