By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal Depending on which side of Question 2 you sat, you’re either embracing Jan. 1 or dreading its arrival. How we treat the arrival of recreational marijuana is going to be the subject of continuing debate through 2017 as leaders sort out all the regulatory details of public […]
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By Kathryn Reed “We would not be able to have SnowGlobe if Rock Med was not here.” Those are the words of South Lake Tahoe Fire Chief Jeff Meston. For a department his size, when there are four patients it is considered a multi-casualty incident. If everyone who was treated at the three-day music festival […]
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By Ellen Knickmeyer, AP The first winter storm of 2017 to drop welcome rain over the rivers, pumps, pipes and canals that move California’s water north to south likely will open a new era of tension over how much water goes to fish or farms under a new U.S law. Legislation signed Friday by President […]
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By Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee The death of a 64-year-old Aptos man at Mount Rose Ski Resort this month punctuates the fact that the Sierra snow season, for the second year in a row, is starting out with dangerous avalanche conditions. After four years of drought, last season featured similar conditions, with several avalanches reported […]
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By Kathryn Reed Of the 140 citations South Lake Tahoe has issued to vacation home owners, 68 were for renting without a permit. The illegal operators are ordered to immediately stop advertising their rental. While they can go through the permit process to come into compliance, it’s not a slam dunk to get approved. And […]
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By Abby Stevens, Moonshine Ink In the autumn of 1894, snow came to Truckee earlier than usual. The temperatures dropped to sub-zero in the evenings, but despite the cold, one man stood over a pile of manmade ice while looking out over Truckee from the famed Rocking Stone and his mansion on the hillside. For […]
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By Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times When California water officials assess the drought, the first place they look is the northern Sierra Nevada mountains. Rain and snowmelt from the area feed into a complex system of rivers, canals and reservoirs that send water across the state. And by almost all measures, the drought picture in […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County is moving forward with plans to construct a roundabout at the intersection of Highway 50 and Pioneer Trail in Meyers. The county was just awarded a grant for $2,932,840 from the Federal Highway Administration’s Highway Safety Improvement Program. This was less than the requested amount of $3,450,400. “Right now we […]
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By Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee A Nevada City advocacy group has filed a legal challenge to Squaw Valley’s expansion plan, saying Placer County violated the California Environmental Quality Act by approving the development last month. County supervisors approved construction of hotels, condominiums and housing of up to 1,500 rooms, up to 300,000 square feet of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Nearly two years after being arrested on child pornography charges, former South Lake Tahoe fire Capt. Mark Wygant was in federal court in Sacramento on Dec. 16 to plead guilty to one charge. A plea deal brought the original six charges involving sexual exploitation and attempted sexual exploitation of minors down to one charge of […]
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