Updated 9:50am Sept. 4 Water pressure has been restored to all Lukins Brothers Water Company customers, according to Danny Lukins. This is because the tie between his company and South Tahoe Public Utility District has been opened. “We will pull the pump to see what happened,” he said in regards to finding a more permanent […]
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By Kathryn Reed “The biggest threat to forest health is a catastrophic fire,” Randy Moore, U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest regional forester, said with remnants of the 2007 Angora Fire as a backdrop. Moore was on the South Shore last week to promote the Veterans Green Corps program. He spoke with Lake Tahoe News a […]
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By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times The California state Senate voted Tuesday to ban the plastic chemical bisphenol A, also known as BPA, from baby bottles and sippy cups sold statewide. The Toxin-Free Infants and Toddlers Act (AB 1319) heads back to the state Assembly for a vote on Senate amendments later this year. “(The) […]
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By Anne Knowles, Nevada News Bureau If you’re spending Labor Day weekend in rural Nevada, beware. Drivers are more than twice as likely to die in a car crash on a rural road than on other roads throughout the state. In 2009, the fatality rate on Nevada’s rural roads was 2.33 deaths per 100 million […]
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Charges against Dennis Franks, one-time owner of the now closed Broc’s Puppies in South Lake Tahoe, will be reduced. It was decided in El Dorado County Superior Court this week the new grand theft law affects all pending cases so some of the 65 felony accounts originally leveled against Franks will become petty theft charges. […]
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By Lenita Powers, Reno Gazette-Journal Heads up, motorists. If you’re passing someone riding a bicycle, you’d better keep at least 3 feet away or — as of this Saturday — you’ll be breaking the law. Senate Bill 248 is one of two revisions to state laws the 2011 Legislature approved to make the roadways safer […]
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El Dorado County Auditor-Controller Joe Harn on Friday announced that the list of county retirees receiving retirement benefits greater than $100,000 per year is available on the county’s website. The county’s unfunded obligation to its retirees has become a major problem, Harn said. In 1999 and 2000, the Board of Supervisors changed its contract with […]
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By Kathryn Reed Heat tape combined with brittle pine needles on a shake roof are being blamed for a fire at The Block hotel in South Lake Tahoe this afternoon. South Lake Tahoe and Tahoe-Douglas firefighters arrived at the boarded up hotel near Stateline about 1pm Friday to find flames and smoke billowing from the […]
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By Ben Miller, Reno Gazette-Journal Every year, a caravan made up of tens of thousands of people swarms the Reno area and heads north to create a small metropolis for a week with the Burning Man festival. But to suddenly create a city, its citizens need supplies — and the acquisition of supplies has a […]
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All roads leading to Yosemite National Park are open. Firefighters continue to battle the blaze that was started by a motor home a week ago. The fire as of Thursday morning was 85 percent contained. It had charred 5,231 acres outside the park. Full containment is expected this weekend. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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