July 4th celebrations often include cook-outs, picnics, boating, time spent with family and friends and, of course, fireworks. But for too many Americans, the nation’s annual celebration is filled with tragedy, as it is one of the deadliest holidays of the year when it comes to alcohol-impaired traffic fatalities. The Avoid the 6 El Dorado […]
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Do you have what it takes to run for an elected position? Decision time is looming. In Lake Tahoe Unified School District, Mike Doyle, Larry Green and Sue Novasel’s terms are up. On the Lake Tahoe Community College board, Karen Borges and Fritz Wenck’s terms are up. The terms of Mary Lou Mosbacher and Dale […]
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By George Warren, News 10 TRUCKEE — It may be legal, but that doesn’t make it right. Property owners in a Donner Lake neighborhood are paying double taxes to the local school district because the county line splits their property. “I just feel it’s unfair,” said one of the homeowners who asked that her name […]
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Updated June 30 6am: Power was restored to South Tahoe customers before 10pm Wednesday, Liberty Energy said. An outage in Glenshire affecting 200 customers on Sommerset Drive and Donnington Lane near Truckee was fixed about 2am Thursday. Nearly 3,300 Liberty Energy customers in South Lake Tahoe had been without power since a little after 5pm […]
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Washoe County sheriff’s deputies have been dispatched to several calls regarding door-to-door solicitation. Solicitors have been reported selling magazine subscriptions, household cleaners, and residential security systems. Some solicitors have been reported as being extremely aggressive. On June 27 at approximately 3pm, concerned residents in the area of West Hidden Valley Drive and Mira Loma Drive […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will conduct prescribed fire operations June 30 on Kingsbury Grade and in Rubicon Bay. The Kingsbury Grade operation near North Benjamin is approximately 2 acres and is expected to last through Thursday. The Rubicon Bay operation is approximately 1 acre and is also expected to last through Thursday. All […]
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The California Transportation Commission has allocated $825 million in new funding to 92 highway, transit, and rail projects that are designed to strengthen California’s economy and upgrade the state’s vast transportation system. The allocations included nearly $9 million from Proposition 1B, a 2006 voter-approved transportation bond. To date, the state has allocated nearly $8 billion […]
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Between June 23-25, the South Lake Tahoe Police Department deployed officers into the Bijou neighborhood in support of the Residential Neighborhood Traffic Enforcement Program. During that deployment, 41 traffic related traffic stops were made by the officers. Sixteen were for stop sign violations and 16 were for speed related and nine for other traffic violations. […]
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By Shane Goldmacher, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — The Legislature passed an austerity budget Tuesday night that would cut from universities, courts and the poor, shutter 70 parks and threaten schools but would not — by officials’ own admission — restore California’s long-term financial health. The UC and Cal State systems would face about a […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau The room was far from empty at the South Lake Tahoe City Council sign workshop Tuesday. As planned, the meeting was for discussion and public input only, and no action was taken. More than a half dozen residents and business owners took their turn at the podium to express concerns over the […]
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