People on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe were shaking Friday night when a 4.2 earthquake was recorded at 8:42pm. The epicenter was near Incline Village. Six aftershocks ranging from 1.4 to 2.1 had been recorded by the U.S. Geological Service as of 10:46pm June 22. People as far away as Sacramento felt the quake. […]
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Cryma Passion of Tahoe Derby Dames’s B team was the star jammer for the first home bout of the season on June 16 by helping the team push for a 115-87 victory. Lake Tahoe’s only women’s flat track roller derby team, Tahoe Derby Dames, hosted the Port City Roller Girls from Stockton at Bijou Community […]
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A death in South Lake Tahoe on Friday is related to the homicide on Wednesday. South Tahoe officers found Aaron Fisher, 41, hanging from a tree behind the Raley’s near Stateline. He is the husband of Lyar Fisher-Bomediano, 43, of South Lake Tahoe who was found dead in the Lone Pine Lodge near the state […]
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Every year inmates — yes, people in jail — test their culinary abilities by entering the El Dorado County Fair’s Baking and Fiery Fair categories. Since 2007 the inmates have amassed more than 50 first, second, and third place ribbons. This year was no exception. The inmates in the culinary arts program earned 18 ribbons: […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee So does California have a new state budget, or not? It has about a half-a-budget, or perhaps more accurately, a half-baked budget. The Legislature passed a budget bill last Friday, thus meeting the constitutional deadline and also preserving lawmakers’ salaries, along with a handful of minor “trailer bills” to implement […]
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By Marlo Bartlett Pesek, Las Vegas Review Journal Most of Nevada’s highways began as old trails that were paved over. Native people first conquered Nevada’s distances on foot, finding routes between water sources. After they acquired horses, they could go farther but still had to utilize available water and find forage. When Europeans explored the […]
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The League to Save Lake Tahoe and U.S. Forest Service are combining forces for a community weed pull on June 28 from 5:30-7:30pm in Rabe Meadow in Stateline. Volunteers will be helping to remove invasive weeds that are threatening Tahoe’s native plant species, wildlife habitat, and the surrounding watershed. Participants will learn about invasive weeds […]
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By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Middle-aged and older people who regularly sleep less than six hours a night may be significantly raising their risk of stroke, a new study suggests. As much as a fourfold increased risk was seen among normal-weight people who didn’t suffer from sleep apnea but got fewer than six hours of sleep […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – The financial health of Nevada’s public employee pension plan is cause for serious concern because it is only 70 percent funded as of fiscal year 2010 with a $10 billion gap, a national organization reported this week. The Pew Center on the States said the funding […]
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Tahoe Resource Conservation District is putting on conservation events this summer to highlight environmental projects and stewardship opportunities in Tahoe. Community Watershed Partnership barbecues will be June 27 in South Lake Tahoe and June 28 in Kings Beach. The public is invited to get involved with weed pulls, interpretive hikes and paddles, invasive species projects […]
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