The dam gates are open and the river is flowing, and rafting along North Shore’s Truckee River is open. Tahoe City-based Mountain Air Sports and the Truckee River Raft Company opened this week and are in full operation. The companies offer self-guided, leisurely five-mile floats down the Truckee River. Most trips take two to three […]
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Terri Marceron, superintendent of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, has signed off on the Angora Fire Restoration Project. The project area encompasses the boundary of the 3,100-acrea burn area. Copies of the decision and maps of the project area are available at the Forest Service office at 35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe. “This […]
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Dear Publisher, Many of us are working collaboratively on the development of a regional prosperity plan for the Lake Tahoe Basin that calls for good green economic planning and collaboration among government, private-sector organizations and the Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce. It is a remarkable planning effort that requires tools and strategies at […]
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An Arizona man wanted on 12 counts of fraud and forgery was arrested in South Lake Tahoe on July 14. El Dorado County sheriff’s detectives tracked down John William Rodriguez at a house on Eloise Avenue. He was booked at the South Lake Tahoe jail for a local misdemeanor warrant as well as a no […]
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The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a flash flood watch for the greater Lake Tahoe area from 1pm today through the evening. The warning includes portions of East Central California and Western Nevada, including Reno, Carson City and the Minden areas, and Mineral and southern Lyon counties. Abundant moisture and strong instability over […]
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By Dick Derby Where do your health care dollars go? Understanding the costs behind health care begins with knowledge of the components driving those costs. The price a patient sees on a hospital bill reflects the cost of the people who care for them and who are available around the clock, not just the services […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe, Truckee and Mammoth no longer have to worry about coming up with additional money to pay for snow removal. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday signed AB2704 – a bill introduced by Assemblyman Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, to protect snow removal funding for these jurisdictions. Millions of dollars in the gas […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Autograph hounds were out Thursday at Edgewood Tahoe in hopes of securing a signature from one of the dozens of celebs on the golf course. Most were polite – but not all – which included fans and players. Marcus Allen seemed a bit annoyed being asked for his autograph by […]
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By Miranda Simon, Sacramento Bee When Alex Honnold made it to the top of Yosemite’s imperious Half Dome two years ago – rope-less but serene up to the last slab – tourists gathered to ask him if he was crazy. Even the most hard-core climbers wonder how the 24-year-old Sacramento native can make it to […]
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Although the Sierra Nevada is a North American butterfly diversity “hotspot,” the Tahoe basin isn’t. But that doesn’t mean you can’t attract a fascinating array of butterflies to your garden. This talk will cover the species you are most likely to see, and touch on the rich fauna that you can access easily within just […]
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