By Kathryn Reed Most schools in the Lake Tahoe Basin are closed or having a delayed start this morning after about a foot of snow fell overnight. Besides residents shoveling and blowing out, ski resorts will be digging out too. Sierra-at-Tahoe is reporting about an inch of snow an hour in the last 24 hours. […]
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To the publisher, As I mentioned I am writing to respond to your voice message. As I mentioned, I was out of the area when you left your voicemail, and I am now back in the office. I appreciate you contacting me on this matter. Let me address the questions you posed regarding legal assistance […]
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By Kathryn Reed More than $3 million has been allocated to help clean up the area that per acre dumps the most amount of sediment into Lake Tahoe. Work on the West Shore’s Lower Blackwood Creek will begin this summer with vegetation enhancements. The California Tahoe Conservancy board approved funding in March and the state […]
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On April 16 (Spanish version) and April 23 (English version) at 7pm, V-Day Lake Tahoe will present a benefit reading of “A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer” at Opal inside of MontBleu Casino at Stateline. This is the eighth year a V-Day event has been conducted in Lake Tahoe. Local beneficiaries are […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College Writers’ Series and the Multicultural Committee present poet, playwright and editor Nathalie Handal on April 23 at 7pm in the LTCC Library in South Lake Tahoe. The event is free and open to the community. Handal is an award-winning poet, playwright, and writer. She has lived in Europe, United States, Caribbean, […]
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Snowshoeing season is almost over but the trail hasn’t melted out enough yet for hiking. What should you do? Beat the shoulder-season blues with the Tahoe Rim Trail Association’s 2nd Annual April Speaker Series. Find out about new backpacking and hiking gear, learn about the Tahoe Basin’s geology and get the inside scoop on hiking […]
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By Kathryn Reed By April the word snow has taken on an unpleasant definition with me. The nice words for it are yuck and icky. Still, I wasn’t going to let the doldrums win. So out came the book “Snowshoe Routes Northern California” by Marc J. Soares. I didn’t want to go any place I […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the April 4, 2010, Reno Gazette-Journal. When the history of the long-running battles over the Truckee River is written, the late Marcia de Braga will get much of the credit for the agreement that finally brought peace to those troubled waters. The five-term Democratic assemblywoman from Fallon died at […]
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Pending favorable conditions and resources, U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews expect to continue hazardous fuel reduction prescribed fire operations near Meeks Bay on April 5. Residents and travelers can expect to see smoke from prescribed fire project areas. This and other prescribed fire projects are designed to reduce wildfire risks to communities and critical […]
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The snow is too deep in Tahoe to find any Easter eggs buried on the slopes. You may find wind this afternoon as a storm rolls into the Lake Tahoe Basin. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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