CAMP RICHARDSON — “Guilty Pleasures” — it’s the musical comedy of the Lake Tahoe Basin that doesn’t matter who is offended. And that’s a good thing. With new songs about the Ta-hole, an amped-up version of living with the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, an update on what it means to be a local, the dysfunction […]
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South Lake Tahoe is in the process of acquiring approximately $25,000 worth of used halogen taxiway lights from Reno airport. City employee Lee Brown was instrumental in obtaining the lights. Brown was borrowing stencils from Reno-Tahoe International Airport when officials offered the lights which had been marked to be disposed of as surplus materials. The […]
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Nevada’s inaugural Tribute to Fallen Soldiers Motorcycle Ride and Gold Star event is Aug. 3-5. The ride will start and end at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno. The ride will be escorted by law enforcement and make a stop at Bijou Community Park in South Lake Tahoe on Aug. 4 at 1pm. […]
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Fire restrictions go into effect in the western half of Eldorado National Forest beginning Aug. 7. Campfires and charcoal barbecues will be restricted to designated recreation sites and other fire related activities will be prohibited until the end of fire season. The new Eldorado National Forest fire restriction plan divides the forest into western and […]
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Gold Bug Quilters of El Dorado County is having its biannual quilt show Sept. 7-8 in Placerville. Money raised goes for scholarships, education and the making quilts for local needy organizations. The show is at the Church of the Foothills, 2380 Merrychase Drive, Cameron Park. The show is 10am to 5pm on that Friday and […]
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By KTVN-TV The Nevada County coroner’s office has identified the pilot killed in Thursday’s plane crash in Truckee. They say 66-year-old James Ungar — part of the Flying Doctors — was leaving for a humanitarian mission in Mexico when the plane crashed. The Flying Doctors Facebook page says the Yreka man had two other volunteers […]
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Destiny Aman, a doctoral student in the Penn State University Department of Geography, has been conducting doctoral research on how emotion interacts with wildfire hazard perception in the wildland urban interface, which is the area where homes and other structures border or intermingle with forests, shrubs and grasslands. Aman has interviewed more than 80 residents, […]
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Melnikov Construction of Carmichael will begin Aug. 6 to build the restrooms at the El Dorado Beach Boat Ramp Parking lot. Parking and access for the boat ramp and the Lakeview Commons site will be impacted. The ramp will be open for launches, as the construction will only take a portion of the access. The […]
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Comments are being taken on the draft environmental impact report for a proposed 2-megawatt wood-to-energy biomass plant to be built near the North Lake Tahoe. There will also be a public hearing on the report Aug. 30 at 1pm at Granlibakken Resort in Tahoe City. The facility, which would be built between Tahoe City and […]
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By Rory Carroll, Reuters SAN FRANCISCO — California’s electricity sector is more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought, as higher temperatures will impede the state’s ability to generate and transmit power while demand for air conditioning rises, a report said Tuesday. The data is part of the latest report released by the California Natural […]
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