By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE – Students in Douglas County who want to participate in extra-curricular activities have apparently gotten the message – do drugs and you are on the bench. The school board on Tuesday heard a report about the program. This is the third academic year the policy has been in place. Of […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s more about the fishing experience than anything else. That was the message delivered by proponents Tuesday to the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors during a lengthy discussion about whether the Upper Truckee River – the Meiss Meadow area in particular – should have the designation of National Wild and Scenic […]
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By Torey Van Oot, Sacramento Bee For some sitting legislators, preparing to run for re-election in 2012 includes packing up boxes and hunting for a new home. California’s new district lines, drawn for the first time by an independent redistricting commission, have shaken up the political landscape for next year’s election. As a result, candidates […]
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For the second consecutive month, Stateline casinos posted an increase in revenue compared to the same month a year ago. The five South Shore casinos won $27 million in August, a 16.2 percent increase from 2010. With the weather being nice in Lake Tahoe and triple digits in the Central Valley, this often literally drives […]
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By KCRA-TV Westbound Interstate 80 is shut down Tuesday morning after two big rigs collided and caught fire, officials said. It appears as though one big rig jackknifed and slammed into the other. A second crash happened due to the backup, according to the California Highway Patrol. Traffic is being diverted off I-80 onto Highway […]
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While the last check for Angora Fire victims was cut a year ago, the nonprofit Community Disaster Resource Center still exists. No physical presence exists in South Lake Tahoe anymore, but board members meet once a year – partly because of legal reasons, partly to make sure they want to keep the group going. “What […]
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By Kathryn Reed With parts of the forest near developed areas being in prime condition for a wildland fire much like in June 2007 when the Angora Fire consumed more than 3,000 acres, the U.S. Forest Service is ready to do something about that land. Once the long-awaited South Shore Fuel Reduction and Healthy Forest […]
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By Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times Human remains that may belong to a missing California woman who attended the countercultural Rainbow Gathering have been found in a Washington forest, officials said Monday. Marie Hanson, 54, of Lake Tahoe, disappeared in July after attending the event in Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The countercultural event is held […]
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Argo, one of South Lake Tahoe’s police dogs, tracked down a suicidal man in the forest on Friday. Argo led officers to a forested area near the intersection of Keller Avenue and Markofer Way where the subject was found lying on the ground in the tree line. Paramedics treated the subject for his injuries and […]
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By David Siders, Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Saturday allowing undocumented immigrant college students access to public financial aid, marking California’s relatively liberal ground in a bitter row over immigration nationwide. The California Dream Act allows undocumented students who came to the country before age 16 and attended California high schools access to […]
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