By Kathryn Reed Parking in South Lake Tahoe is atrocious. No one disagreed. And all loosely agreed solving the problems will take creative thinking, and recognizing the various sections of town are not all the same when it comes to use and traffic patterns. About 30 people, mostly property and business owners, gathered at Riva […]
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By KRCR-TV CHICO — A traffic stop led drug agents to an alleged pot factory in Chico where they recovered $1.5 million worth of marijuana. It started October 14 when officers pulled over a driver for speeding on Highway 89 near Lake Tahoe. The driver Robert Daniels, 62, of Chico, gave the the CHP permission […]
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By National Weather Service Low pressure near the British Columbia coast will direct a plume of moisture into the Sierra and Western Nevada this weekend. Light rain and snow may reach the Sierra as early as Friday night, with the heaviest precipitation occurring late Saturday night and Sunday. Snow levels Saturday will start between 7,000 […]
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By Elizabeth Larson, Lake County News LAKEPORT – What to do about managing Clear Lake’s algae and weeds brought together local and federal officials for an informal Friday workshop. The meeting took place Friday morning in the Board of Supervisors chambers in the Lake County Courthouse in Lakeport. Those sitting around the table included Congressman […]
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South Lake Tahoe’s grant application to the California Housing and Community Development Department, Community Development Block Program for $800,000 was approved this week. This means the city’s First-Time Homebuyer Program and Housing Rehabilitation Program for low-income residents will continue. In addition, the grant includes funds to improve access to city facilities for the disabled. “Once […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee The Bee and five other media companies have filed court papers asking a judge to unseal grand jury transcripts and other documents in the Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnapping case, saying “there is no justification for sealing any records” in the case against Phillip and Nancy Garrido. Karl Olson, a San […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Officials said they are hopeful that a wet fall will keep Lake Tahoe above its natural rim to provide a continuing flow of water into the Truckee River, but to the south, drought conditions have lowered Lake Mead to its lowest point in nearly 75 years. Slightly buoyed by October […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe City Council’s unanimous decision to extend the moratorium on medical marijuana collectives for a year may be met with a lawsuit from a fourth collective that has been trying to operate in the city. During the public hearing the morning of Oct. 19, Chris Ziegler pleaded his case to […]
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By Lenita Powers, Reno Gazette-Journal A newly renovated nursing wing dedicated at Truckee Meadows Community College will better prepare students to deal with real life hospital situations, said Karen Fontaine, director of TMCC’s nursing program. She said it is a boon to nursing students because of increased pressure from potential employers to hire graduates who […]
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By Kathryn Reed If the $5.5 million in budget cuts El Dorado County plans to make before the new year are approved as presented Tuesday by CAO Gayle Erbe-Hamlin, say goodbye to the senior nutrition program throughout the county, look for library hours to be reduced, roads to not be repaired, and $1 million eliminated […]
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