By Anne Knowles CARSON CITY — Nevada officials are worried about the arrival of Asian clams at Sand Harbor. Charles Donohue, administrator and state land registrar for the Nevada Division of State Lands, said a small population of the invasive species has been detected at the popular Lake Tahoe beach. On Nov. 30he was addressing […]
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By Kathryn Reed Planning for the South Shore’s loop road is nearing the finish line, with no intention of going to the voters even if that were a possibility. Carl Hasty, executive director for the Tahoe Transportation District – the lead agency for the project, believes between the information that has been provided and the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Proponents to incorporate Olympic Valley have given up the fight to do so. “All eight members of our board voted unanimously to withdraw our petition. Given the impasse with LAFCO combined with opposition by Placer County, plus stiff and heavily funded opposition from Squaw Valley Ski Holdings, we saw no way to continue […]
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By Katie Arnold, Outside Every few months my daughter’s public elementary school, like schools all around the country, practices emergency lockdown measures. “If there’s a bear outside, we go into our closet and turn off the lights,” my daughter, who’s 7, explained to me after the most recent drill. “We lie on the floor and […]
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By Anne Knowles CARSON CITY — Despite efforts by the Nevada Legislature to press the federal government for money, fire districts, contractors and some homeowners in the Lake Tahoe Basin remain unpaid for $3.4 million in fuels reduction work completed as long ago as 2010. “It’s been over half a decade. It is absolutely absurd, […]
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By Ryan Sabalow, Sacramento Bee RICHVALE — At 5am on a recent Tuesday in Northern California’s rice country, headlamps and pickup lights illuminated a flurry of movement off a turnout along a rural Butte County highway. A half dozen men tugged on camouflage chest waders, coats and caps, and loaded shotguns and equipment onto waiting […]
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By Kathryn Reed Furnaces may be in overdrive and woodpiles dwindling because of the cold in Lake Tahoe, but no records are being set. The low Sunday in South Lake Tahoe was 0 degrees. The record for Nov. 29 is minus 9 set in 2010. On Nov. 28 the low was minus 1, while the […]
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Publisher’s note: This is the final article in the series of stories about South Lake Tahoe’s 50th anniversary. The other stories may be accessed by going to the top of the page, select Special Projects, then SLT Turns 50. By Wendy David Leftovers are in the refrigerator and the feelings of gratefulness for being alive, having […]
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By Chris Mooney, Washington Post ELEUTHERA, Bahamas — Standing atop a 60-foot cliff overlooking the Atlantic, James Hansen — the retired NASA scientist sometimes dubbed the “father of global warming” — examines two small rocks through a magnifying glass. Towering above him is the source of one of the shards: a huge boulder from a pair […]
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By Kathryn Reed Solitude. Blue. Calm. Incredible. Inspirational. Awe. This are just a few of the words that came to mind as I sat looking at Lake Tahoe from the top of Gunbarrel at Heavenly Mountain Resort last Saturday. Now is the time to snowshoe at Heavenly – before the entire mountain is open to […]
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