By Susan Voyles, Reno Gazette-Journal Tsunami warning signs at Lake Tahoe? If new Nevada Seismology Laboratory Director Graham Kent has his way, signs would be posted to warn people of potential giant waves at Tahoe beaches. “I would advocate over time, we put those signs up there,” he said. “It’s something that needs extra special […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe is on course to create a massive education campaign about why saying no to plastic bags is the right thing to do and why using a reusable canvas bag is the best option. This comes at the direction of the city’s Sustainability Commission, which met Wednesday afternoon. The commission […]
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By Chelsea Phua, Sacramento Bee Authorities are looking for a 28-year-old Tahoe City man who went missing Tuesday afternoon in the Boreal Ridge ski area after he went snowshoeing and cross-country skiing with a group of friends. Nevada County Sheriff’s officials said in a statement released Wednesday night that Kevin Bradstreet Davis was reported to […]
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As skiers were enjoying fresh powder today at Sierra-at-Tahoe, state snow surveyors were at the entrance to the resort on Highway 50 measuring the water content. The readings are much better than last year when the water content was at 80 percent of normal. On Wednesday they came in at 107 percent of normal. At […]
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By Kathryn Reed The majority of the South Lake Tahoe City Council wants an outside agency to recruit the next city manager. Councilman Bill Crawford was the lone voice against that idea at Tuesday’s meeting. Dave Jinkens gave notice earlier this year that he will not seek an extension to his contract that expires in […]
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A federal judge found two South Lake Tahoe men guilty of damaging National Forest lands and ordered them to help pay restoration costs. Jack G. Burns III, 24, and Kent Johnson, 47, were 4-wheeling in the Twin Peaks Off Highway Vehicle area in South Lake Tahoe on Aug. 29, 2009. They had driven off the […]
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By Kathryn Reed It was an all too familiar scene with an all too predictable outcome. Lake Tahoe Unified School District’s board on Tuesday night approved $1.8 million in budget reductions for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 school years, along with reducing certificated employees by 5.688. Board member Sue Novasel was absent. Board member Judy Cefalu […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal A Los Angeles-area woman died Saturday while snowboarding about 50 feet to 60 feet off the groomed trail on Mammoth Mountain, the Mono County Sheriff’s Department reported. Erica Crystal Patterson, 43, of Hidden Hills, Calif., was not out of bounds but was by herself in a steep slope skiing among the trees […]
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A winter weather advisory is in effect from 4am to 10pm Wednesday. It’s been snowing lightly off and on all day in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The National Weather Service expects heavier snow to move into the Tahoe Basin late tonight, with it becoming heavier during the daytime hours Wednesday. Snow accumulations are expected to […]
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Due to a power outage that affected all of the college’s buildings, Lake Tahoe Community College closed the campus at about 1pm Tuesday. All afternoon and evening classes are canceled and students should check the main website www.ltcc.edu for updates on classes for March 3.
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