By Javier Panzar, Los Angeles Times The Lakeview Motel’s name is false advertising these dry days. The same thing is true for the Paradise Cove Lodge down California 178. That’s because the water level in man-made Lake Isabella has dropped about 59 feet since the last big wet year in 2011. There are 32,632 acre-feet […]
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By Susan Wood STATELINE – When legendary performer Elton John launched into the “B itch is Back” on a warm Lake Tahoe night, the crowd sprang to its feet, and I was immediately transported into total nostalgia as my childhood took center stage in my mind. Like many people (a cluster of them around me […]
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By Dave Zook, Moonshine Ink To bolster the Truckee’s skateboarding offerings and honor a fallen friend, a 16-person committee is organizing the construction and management of what they hope will be the standout skatepark in the region, and one that will rival anything in the state. The new 25,000 square foot park will be called […]
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By Alexei Koseff, Sacramento Bee Citrus Heights police Officer Wesley Herman recently arrested a parolee carrying stolen jewelry and a deceased man’s identification card. If the property were valued at more than $950, the case was a felony that would let him take the man into custody. If not, it was a misdemeanor and he’d […]
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By Kim Wyatt STATELINE — I had a whole review written in my mind comparing and contrasting Jackson Browne’s performance of his post-Watergate hit “The Pretender” to the previous evening’s Republican debate. And then he didn’t sing it. So this review will have to be simply about a master songwriter and the large, intimate crowd […]
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By Henry K. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle The U.S. Forest Service issued a report Wednesday saying that for the first time in its history it was spending more than half of its $5 billion annual budget battling wildfires, and the toll will only get bigger in years to come With the increased emphasis on fighting […]
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By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle In a newly disclosed memorandum, President Obama’s Justice Department has told federal prosecutors they can file criminal charges against medical marijuana users and suppliers and shut down pot dispensaries, despite a congressional ban on federal interference with medical marijuana laws in California and other states. The Justice Department had […]
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By Anne Knowles Lake Tahoe businesses are going to be facing increasing competition from Reno employers for a range of workers. That’s the downside of anticipated growth in the Reno area led by Tesla Motor’s battery factory and Switch’s data center, both under construction at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, the 107,000-acre business park nine […]
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By Kathryn Reed A judge on Thursday put the brakes on abandoned cars being able to be stored in South Lake Tahoe. John Runnels has 30 days to get rid of the vehicles sitting on his property on the northwest corner of the Y. Previous city managers, city attorneys and councils have wanted to rid […]
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By Phil Taylor, E&E Publishing Greater sage grouse numbers in the West have grown by nearly two-thirds since 2013, marking what could be a significant rebound to the bird’s previous several years of decline, according to scientists in Western states. Western state biologists said they spotted 80,284 male sage grouse across the West in 2015, […]
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