An alert neighbor helped keep a residential fire in Incline Village from spreading beyond the lone structure on Wednesday. North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District officials said the cause of the fire at 665 Country Club Drive is still being investigated. The loss has not been quantified in dollars. The neighbor reported seeing smoke at […]
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By Michael Squires, Las Vegas Sun A Las Vegas attorney will launch a legal and political effort this week aimed at establishing and funding a parallel state budget, beyond the reach of the Legislature and governor. Kermitt Waters seeks to place on the November ballot a proposed constitutional amendment calling for a sweeping overhaul of […]
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By Diana Lamber, McClatchy Newspapers SACRAMENTO — A controversial California law approved last July amid heated debate isn’t likely to affect California classrooms any time soon. The Fair Education Act adds lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, as well as people with disabilities, to existing state law that requires that the contributions of women and […]
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By Kathryn Reed A $5 billion a year “industry” that has existed in California since 1945 is about to die. South Lake Tahoe’s redevelopment agency is one of more than 400 that must be dissolved by the end of the month because the state is eliminating property tax increment as a financing tool. Gov. Jerry […]
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By Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown will call for less statewide testing and expanding classroom focus beyond math and English in his annual State of the State address tomorrow, according to his top education adviser. Sue Burr, executive director of the State Board of Education, told hundreds of school finance officials today that […]
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The League to Save Lake Tahoe board has picked one of its own to take over the organization. Darcie Goodman-Collins, who has been on the board since 2009, is now the executive director. She has been affiliated with League since 1996 when she was an intern. Goodman-Collins takes over for Rochelle Nason who abruptly left […]
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By Anne Knowles Current efforts to improve the clarity of Lake Tahoe are not only a waste of time and money, they are a fraud. That’s the claim made in the inaugural newsletter of the Tahoe Pipe Club, a secretive coalition of “citizen, business owners, scientists and engineers,” according to its website, who are fed […]
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In the last three months of 2011, there were 26 vehicle burglaries in the Incline Village area. Authorities say even in a big city, 26 burglaries in three months is unacceptable, but in an area such as Incline Village it is a matter for concern. In Incline the thefts are mostly to vehicles that have […]
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By Steve Timko, Reno Gazette-Journal California adopted new rules Thursday aimed at preventing wildfires sparked by power lines. In light of the Caughlin Fire blaze that destroyed 30 homes and forced 10,000 people to evacuate, Assemblyman Pat Hickey said laws like those adopted by the California Public Utilities Commission might have merit in Nevada. “It […]
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By Rick Daysog, Sacramento Bee California will become the first state in the nation to require greater energy efficiency in the battery chargers that millions of consumers use to power their cellphones, laptops, power tools and other electrical devices. The California Energy Commission on Thursday unanimously approved new standards for battery chargers, which the agency […]
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