By Kathryn Reed A to-do list filled a large swath of one wall inside the South Lake Tahoe City Council chambers. These were the marching orders delivered to staff by council for the next 18 or so months. Upon completing a multi-day strategic planning session, the electeds a week ago today reconfirmed projects on the […]
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By Katharine Mieszkowski, Reveal Call it the international food movement: From blueberries to raw sushi, the tide of imported food is rising in the U.S. Right now, about one-sixth of what Americans eat comes from outside our borders. But in recent years, food imports have grown an average of 10 percent a year, a trend […]
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By Ellen Knickmeyer, AP Big wildfires have burned almost four times as many California acres as usual so far this winter, a sign of wildfire danger growing higher still as the state moves into its fourth year of drought. The high fire risk from the drought means the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection […]
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By Kathryn Reed The Landing Resort & Spa got caught illegally cutting down trees after much speculation that such activity had occurred from the onset of renovation at the South Lake Tahoe site. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board on Thursday is set to approve a settlement agreement that calls for a $40,000 fine […]
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By Chris Megerian and Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times Gov. Jerry Brown and top lawmakers from both parties announced Thursday a $1-billion plan to deal with California’s persistent drought, describing the legislation as a mix of short-term relief and support for long-term water projects. “This is a struggle,” Brown said at a Capitol news conference. […]
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By Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times A proposed law that would make California the first state in the country to require that adult bike riders wear helmets has reignited a decades-long debate between regulators and the bicycling community over safety. Senate Bill 192, introduced by state Sen. Carol Liu, D-La Cañada Flintridge, would impose […]
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By Kathryn Reed More data and faster results. That’s what happens when volunteers are used as citizen scientists. The League to Save Lake Tahoe in the last few years has been embracing this approach involving projects dealing with water quality and lake clarity. Jesse Patterson, deputy director of the League, on March 18 gave a […]
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By Adam Nagourney, New York Times LOS ANGELES — The rainy season drove into California in December with wet and windy promise: soaking rain, snow, dark gray skies and a flash of hope that the drought that has scorched this region had run its course. And then came January — with record high temperatures and […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee In 1990, when his father was about to remarry, Andy Harris’ grandmother took him aside and told him there was something he should know about his stepmother-to-be. Four years earlier, the grandmother told him, Colleen Ann Batten had been tried for murder in the shotgun killing of her first husband, […]
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By Kathryn Reed A significant chapter in Lake Tahoe Airport’s history came to a close Tuesday when the City Council unanimously agreed to give up the FAA certificate that allows commercial air service. Aircraft carrying high rollers and celebrities for the annual golf tournament will still be regular fixtures at Lake Tahoe Airport – and […]
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