By Kathryn Reed A driver lost control of her vehicle on Pioneer Trail, taking out a log fence and metal cyclone fence at Sierra House Elementary School. “We intend to have some temp fencing up this morning and permanent repairs complete within a few days,” Steve Morales, Lake Tahoe Unified School District facilities director, said. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce Executive Director B Gorman and her husband have been renting the lower portion of their South Lake Tahoe home without a business license and without paying transient occupancy tax. When reached Sept. 7, Gorman said it was “pretty much friends and friends of friends” who […]
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Jim Wasserman, Sacramento Bee Sacramento-area property values collectively tumbled another $10 billion from 2009 to 2010 – about 12 percent of losses suffered statewide by property owners, according to new statistics from state tax authorities. But some believe the hard-hit capital region has seen the worst of its declines. A report from the California Board […]
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By Kathryn Reed With charred trees all around him and having driven through much of the neighborhood that will forever be scarred by the Angora Fire, Rep. Tom McClintock took it all in. “I’m in fact finding mode right now,” the Republican from Granite Bay said at the end of Tuesday’s tour. He would make […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal The Mono County Health Department said a Hawk has tested positive for West Nile Virus. The Swainson’s Hawk was picked up near Topaz and taken to the Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care in South Lake Tahoe , where it died on Aug. 24, Mono County Health Officer Richard O. Johnson said. The positive […]
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By Kathryn Reed Bring in those plants that don’t like freezing temps and get out the fleece, it’s going to be nippy out. A hard freeze is possible this week. A low-pressure system from the Gulf of Alaska will be sitting over the Lake Tahoe-Reno area on Wednesday and Thursday. Expect the high in Lake […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal The United States Geological Survey website reports there was an earthquake of magnitude 2.1 under northwest Lake Tahoe this morning. The Placer County Sheriff’s Office has not received any reports of anyone feeling the earthquake. The report has not been reviewed by a seismologist. The quake was reported at 6:07am about 10 […]
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By Frank X. Mullen Jr. and Sean Collins West, Reno Gazette-Journal As the planet’s clockwork ticks towards fall, the extended Zuck family is making the most of summer’s last hurrah at Lake Tahoe. Family members from Elk Grove, Calif., and Dallas gathered at the lake on Labor Day weekend in a ritual dating back to […]
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Publisher’s note: The actual number of structures lost in the Angora Fire was 254 houses. By Dana M. Nichols, Stockton Record SAN ANDREAS — Calaveras and Alpine counties are pioneering a microwave-based communications network for public safety agencies that will speed the work of law officers on their beats and patch the communications gaps that […]
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By Kathryn Reed Blue numbers are mysteriously cropping up on trees along Powerline Trail. It’s not just Forest Service land being marked. And it’s not the feds with the spray paint. It’s NV Energy out of Reno numbering the trees. But no one is letting homeowners know what is going on. For Janill Gilbert, whose […]
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