The reported would-be child abduction on Jan. 15 of a South Lake Tahoe boys looks like it was the result of him throwing a snowball at a truck, according to police. As a result of the investigation, the police department could find no evidence to verify an attempted abduction. It appears the incident might have […]
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By Kathryn Reed The chance of snow today is not as great as it has been for most of the week — it’s only at 90 percent. Totals should be less than a half foot at the lake. The best opportunity to see the sun in Lake Tahoe will be Sunday, though Saturday looks pretty […]
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By Kathryn Reed With more than 85 percent of the houses in South Lake Tahoe having been built before 1980, it’s likely a substantial amount of lead is still on the walls of houses in the area. The federal government banned lead paint in 1978, but it didn’t mean having to eradicate it from places […]
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By Matthew Berger, ISP WASHINGTON — As 2010, the U.N.’s International Year of Biodiversity, gets under way, a fight against some of the most damaging invasive species in U.S. waterways is heating up. The U.N. says some experts put the rate at which species are disappearing at 1,000 times the natural rate, and invasive species […]
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By Kathryn Reed Outside Television Network will replace Resort Sports Network as of June 1. Outside magazine’s parent company Mariah Media Inc. bought a small stake of RSN in December. South Lake Tahoe is one of the 110 destinations where RSN is located. The entire network reaches 61 million viewers annually. How the merging of […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee Fed up with delays in the kidnap case against Phillip and Nancy Garrido, a judge in Placerville today booted defense attorney Gilbert Maines as Nancy Garrido’s lawyer and ordered the case to move forward. Maines said he would continue his fight to represent her, adding that Garrido wants him as […]
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By Josh Kosman and Mark DeCambre, New York Post The drama at ski resort and Winter Olympics venue Whistler Blackcomb may go beyond the competition related to the Games. Sources tell The Post that creditors holding $1.4 billion of debt on Whistler owner Intrawest are planning to foreclose on the company within the next week […]
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Connection fees will not increase for residents and businesses serviced by South Tahoe Public Utility District. The board’s unanimous postponement of the proposed 36 percent increase in water capacity charges and 16 percent increase in sewer capacity charges was “in order to provide the incentive to encourage construction projects to move forward,” according to a […]
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By Kathryn Reed The thermometer may say 30 something, but don’t be surprised if it feels like it’s in the teens in Lake Tahoe. Such are the hazards of a wind chill. Winds were picking up in the basin late this morning as the next storm is slated to roll in this afternoon. A winter […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee Say what you will about Gilbert Maines — and plenty of people have, recently — but no one can say he’s not a fighter. The embattled former attorney for Nancy Garrido plans to return to court today in yet another bid to get back on the case. “I’m doing what […]
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