By KCRA-TV Rescue crews are searching for a 25-year-old snowboarder who was riding in the backcountry Monday afternoon when he vanished. The man might have gotten disoriented in the snowstorm, officials said. Search teams are looking for the snowboarder in the Castle Peak area, across Interstate 80 from Boreal Mountain Resort, according to the Nevada […]
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By Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee Extinguish your filtered cigarettes, ditch the plastic bags to carry your groceries, toss your micro-beaded facial scrub and cancel those plans to catch an orca show at SeaWorld. Each of those things would be prohibited under a package of bills circulating in Sacramento. Seeking to address such issues as […]
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By Kathryn Reed Mike Wallace, who runs Sierra Tahoe Ready Mix, said paperwork may have been faulty, but the quality of concrete from his business has never been anything but the best. Wallace’s South Lake Tahoe business and home were searched last week by law enforcement officials who are questioning whether fraud related to government […]
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By Claire Doan, KCRA-TV AUBURN -— Despite the wet weather March ushered in, California is still in the midst of a drought. For CalFire that means bringing on more firefighting resources earlier in the year to make sure teams are ready for a potentially challenging season ahead. “Already we’re seeing a huge increase in the […]
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A South Lake Tahoe man hanged himself at the El Dorado County Jail on March 30. Correctional officers found John Harold Bordycott, 47, on Sunday at 2:26pm unconscious with a bed sheet around his neck. He could not be revived and was pronounced dead at Barton Memorial Hospital. Bordycott had been booked into the South […]
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By Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times Age-related vision loss is common and devastating. But new research suggests that physical activity might protect our eyes as we age. There have been suggestions that exercise might reduce the risk of macular degeneration, which occurs when neurons in the central part of the retina deteriorate. The disease robs […]
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By Dana Sullivan Kilroy, Los Angeles Times There’s a reason wine and spirits are stored in glass: purity of taste. Plastic (and, to a lesser degree, metal) can impart various “flavors” into the liquids it comes into contact with. But that’s just one reason that glass is an increasingly popular alternative to plastic and aluminum […]
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Three- and five-day backcountry camps are being offered this summer for ages 12-17. They are put on by the Tahoe Rim Trail Association, Tahoe Institute for Natural Science, and American Red Cross. These programs teach: wilderness first aid, leadership skills, navigation (map/compass), leave no trace wilderness ethics, local ecology and geology, wilderness tracking, and backcountry […]
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By Salvador Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times A 14-year-old student has published a study detailing how the U.S. federal and state governments could collectively save about $234 million a year by simply switching the type of font that is used on printed documents. In his study, Suvir Mirchandani, who lives in the Pittsburgh area, said he […]
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It’s going to cost more to get your boat decontaminated at Lake Tahoe this year. The inspections are to keep aquatic invasive species out of the water. Last week the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board increased the fee by $10. The decontamination fee will increase from $25 to $35. This fee is for boats […]
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