By Olga Kharif, Bloomberg In February, six students on snowshoes battled as much as 12 feet of snow to penetrate into the heart of the American River basin. Moving through dense forests and meadows, they mounted 90 iPhone-sized machines, designed to measure everything from soil moisture to temperature and relative humidity, onto 16-foot poles that […]
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South Lake Tahoe City Council members did not find out about a loop road related meeting until Monday – two days before the event. Lake Tahoe News has never been formally told about it. And this is a public meeting. AIM Consulting sent an email to the Citizens Review Committee on Aug. 12 reminding the […]
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By CBS-13 A woman and her two children shared a home with a murderer and didn’t realize it until later. Now that killer is accused of striking again. She describes him as odd, but charming and charismatic. The worst she thought was he could have been a good con man. When cops knocked on Theresa […]
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A three-day, two-person mountain bike stage race that will involve nearly 150 miles of pedaling is set for Oct. 11-13 at Northstar. It will include more than 30,000 feet of total elevation gain on some of the resort’s singletrack terrain. Unlike many established multi-day mountain bike stage races, where riders endure long transfers, nights spent […]
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The American Fire grew to 1,750 acres overnight. It continues to burn in a rugged area near Foresthill in the Tahoe National Forest. However, that town is not threatened. Heavy smoke from the wildfire is expected to continue to fill the skies of Truckee, Reno and other areas. On Monday, Placer County issued an advisory […]
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Retailers from Lake Tahoe to the Bay Area, and from the coastal cities of Southern California to Lake Perris, are receiving letters from the California State Board of Equalization notifying them about upcoming visits from Statewide Compliance and Outreach Program teams. SCOP visits are intended to educate retailers about properly reporting sales and use tax, […]
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Take the same precautions in your workshop as you do in your home. Install smoke detectors and keep a fire extinguisher on hand that’s rated for fires involving wood and cloth, flammable liquids and electrical equipment. Mount the fire extinguisher near an exit and make sure it is ready to use. Keep oily rags in […]
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By Kathryn Reed Before construction resumes at the hole in South Lake Tahoe, some deconstruction is going to occur. Eight columns out of the nearly 100 that are in the ground need to be taken out because they don’t meet current standards to withstand an earthquake. Two changes to California’s building codes have occurred since […]
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By Deena Shanker, Salon MillerCoors, the company behind Coors, Miller High Life and Miller 64, wants a little respect for its other, this-one-isn’t-like-the-others stepchild, Blue Moon. Perhaps in a nod to Coors’ frat-boy consumer base, the company message was summed up perfectly in a recent Bloomberg headline: “Blue Moon tells beer snobs to drink up […]
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Updated 8:10pm The American Fire is estimated to have burned 1,200 acres. Firefighters reported a moderate rate of spread Monday and are making progress building direct containment lines. Suppression efforts are focused mainly on the Deadwood Ridge and Last Chance sides of the fire. While firefighters are working to protect cultural resources from the fire […]
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