By Kathryn Reed Instead of patrolling the streets of South Lake Tahoe an officer drove out to Emerald Bay and onto the sands in front of Vikingsholm for a photo shoot. The reason, according to Police Chief Brian Uhler, “To provide a nice photo to Ms. [Lisa] Maloff who donated over $100,000 to the police […]
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By Scott Smith, AP Water providers throughout California said Wednesday they want to decide how much water their customers need to conserve during the ongoing drought rather than take orders from the state. Californians remain under strict state conservation orders that have caused many residents to take shorter showers and let their lawns turn brown […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe City Councilwoman JoAnn Conner sat in her official chair on Tuesday lobbying for special favors for her business, though she denied that is what she was doing. Conner, who owns Golden Bear Events, is putting on an event at the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Center this weekend. She went […]
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By Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times Since Americans first heard the term global warming in the 1970s, the weather has actually improved for most people living in the U.S. But it won’t always be that way, according to a study. Research shows Americans typically — and perhaps unsurprisingly — like warmer winters and dislike […]
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By Susan Wood More than 60 people packed a Lake Tahoe Community College room Thursday night to hear Bob Derlet, a Democrat running for the 4th Congressional district, provide a better prescription for government. He’s running against Rep. Tom McClintock, an Elk Grove Republican who’s been in the seat since 2008 and logged 22 years in […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP A growing network of cameras trained on the mountains around Lake Tahoe is changing the way crews fight Western wildfires by allowing early detection that triggers quicker, cheaper, more tactical suppression than traditional war-like operations, experts said Wednesday. The high-definition cameras can be operated remotely to pan, tilt and zoom in […]
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By New York Times The first Alaska wildfire of 2016 broke out in late February, followed by a second there just eight days later. New Mexico has had 140 fires this year, double the number in the same period last year, fueled by one of the warmest, driest winters on record. And on the border […]
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By Kathryn Reed A whole lot of trash talk was going on Wednesday afternoon in South Lake Tahoe. Those tasked with cleaning up after the rest of us spoke about how the plastic bag ban in the city is working, trash left out for animals to rummage through is still a problem, and that Tahoe […]
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By Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee Squaw Valley CEO Andy Wirth knows how to stay calm under pressure. Since coming to Squaw in 2010 to lead the resort in its “next phase of growth,” Wirth made the decision to buy Alpine Meadows, the ski resort just south of Squaw. He introduced a plan to link […]
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By Megan Michelson, Powder In terms of snow, this winter brought the best of times and the worst of times, depending on which coast you’re talking about. On the West Coast, a much-welcomed El Niño delivered ample snowfall to help ski resorts in California and Nevada recover from the last four years of lackluster winters […]
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