By Patrick McGreevy and Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — Internet users would get more protection for their confidential information under a bill that lawmakers sent Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday. The legislators also want Brown to extend carpool-lane access for owners of hybrid plug-in vehicles and to toughen state rules for storing guns. […]
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Geographical Divides: Finding Common Ground is an exhibit that explores the connections and dissimilarities between Northern and Southern Nevada cultures and geographies. Sixteen Nevada artists – eight from the south and eight from the north — paired up with their geographical counterpoints to collaborate on art that commented on each others economic, environmental, political and […]
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El Dorado County students in grades 8-12 are invited to participate in the juvenile justice system through the Teen Court program. Volunteer training will be Sept. 26 from 5-6:30pm in El Dorado County Superior Court, Department 4, located at 1354 Johnson Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. Upon completion of the mandatory training, teens will serve as […]
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By Hudson Sangree, Sacramento Bee Nearly 6,400 acres of land in the scenic Martis Valley between Truckee and Lake Tahoe would be preserved under an agreement announced Wednesday among conservation groups, landowners and developers. The pine forests and sagebrush meadows to be protected flow down the slopes of Martis Peak, which borders the Tahoe basin […]
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By Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times OAKLEY — Randy Pope is a conservative-tinged libertarian with a strong aversion to big government and the nanny state he sees “growing, growing, growing.” “I can’t choose which toilet I want to put in my house. I can’t choose which light bulb I want to illuminate my living […]
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The South Lake Tahoe City Council needs volunteers for city commissions. The City Council will be appointing two American with Disability members to the Building/ADA Board of Appeals and one person to serve a two-year term on the Planning Commission. Applications may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office at 1901 Airport Road, South Lake […]
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Updated 9:50am: A red flag warning has been issued for the greater Lake Tahoe area, including western Nevada, until 11 tonight. These warnings mean weather conditions are ripe for a fire occurring – high winds and low humidity. Winds are expected to be out of the southwest at 15 to 25 mph, with gusts up […]
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• This season marks the first time in five years that South Tahoe High has fielded three football teams – frosh, JV and varsity. • Updates on the Village at Squaw Valley project are available online. • Lake Tahoe Community College board of trustees is having a public hearing Sept. 10 at 6:15pm regarding the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sometime in October the T.J. Maxx building in South Lake Tahoe will be a water customer of South Tahoe Public Utility District’s instead of Lukins Brothers Water Company. The STPUD board will get an update this afternoon at 2 about the property owner’s application for water service and the main line extension. […]
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By Laurel Ames On the shore of Sand Harbor Beach two weeks ago, state and federal lawmakers joined former Vice President Al Gore to celebrate modest improvements in Lake Tahoe’s clarity over the last two years and to laud the “cooperation” between California and Nevada toward ensuring the lake’s future. Lost amid the pomp and […]
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