By Kathryn Reed With charred trees all around him and having driven through much of the neighborhood that will forever be scarred by the Angora Fire, Rep. Tom McClintock took it all in. “I’m in fact finding mode right now,” the Republican from Granite Bay said at the end of Tuesday’s tour. He would make […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal The Mono County Health Department said a Hawk has tested positive for West Nile Virus. The Swainson’s Hawk was picked up near Topaz and taken to the Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care in South Lake Tahoe , where it died on Aug. 24, Mono County Health Officer Richard O. Johnson said. The positive […]
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Susan Hagen and Mary Carouba will speak Sept. 15 in Stateline about their experiences in New York City in the weeks following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The authors of “Women at Ground Zero: Stories of Courage and Compassion” are guests of Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe. The lunch is at Harveys […]
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Caltrans will be installing new pedestrian flashing beacons, signs, street lights, pedestrian push buttons lights inside the tunnel and to do shoulder paving on Highway 89 in the “Mousehole” Tunnel area near Truckee starting Sept. 7. The construction schedule is: Sept. 8-Oct. 15 – one-way traffic controls will be in effect 24 hours a day […]
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By Kathryn Reed Bring in those plants that don’t like freezing temps and get out the fleece, it’s going to be nippy out. A hard freeze is possible this week. A low-pressure system from the Gulf of Alaska will be sitting over the Lake Tahoe-Reno area on Wednesday and Thursday. Expect the high in Lake […]
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While it’s still summer, the upcoming winter season is right around the corner. As the season approaches, Vail Resorts Echo, the company’s corporate stewardship program, is kicking off the 2010 fall grant process. Open to Tahoe nonprofits, applications are due Sept. 22. Vail Resorts Echo encompasses environmental stewardship, charitable giving and community engagement. The program […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal The United States Geological Survey website reports there was an earthquake of magnitude 2.1 under northwest Lake Tahoe this morning. The Placer County Sheriff’s Office has not received any reports of anyone feeling the earthquake. The report has not been reviewed by a seismologist. The quake was reported at 6:07am about 10 […]
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Tahoe Maritime Museum hosts Alan J. Zulberti on Sept. 14 from 11am-noon to talk about his three-year project in building an operational model of the S.S. Tahoe. Built nearly 115 years after the original ship was launched at Glenbrook in 1896, the model is entirely hand-built, has a riveted copper hull with more than 5,000 […]
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Lovers of the great outdoors in El Dorado County can gather at the fairgrounds in Placerville for the first Gateway to the Sierra Sportsman’s Outdoor Expo. The Oct. 1-3 expo celebrates the rich and plentiful opportunities for outdoor recreation in El Dorado County, from fishing and hunting to boating, archery, biking, barbecuing and more. The […]
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The Wylie Animal Rescue Foundation (WARF) has rescued thousands of animals from certain death, but millions more were not so lucky and died — unloved and unwanted–in shelters across the country. The recent downturn in the economy has put even more pets on death row. To help find homes for these dogs and cats, WARF […]
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