By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee California Department of Transportation crews used dynamite to dislodge a huge chunk of granite from a hillside above Highway 50 near Bridal Veil Falls this morning. The boulder was not in imminent danger of falling on the roadway, but officials decided to bring it down before it posed a hazard. […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal It doesn’t take much to make a little mess a much bigger one. And that might be no truer than when it comes to traffic. As anyone knows, a minor fender-bender can easily turn an already busy road into a frustrating sea of stationary brake lights. Local and state transportation […]
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By Kathryn Reed The Alder Inn and Lake Tahoe Community College’s ties are no more. All of the students who had called the hotel home moved out when fall quarter ended last week. The trouble came earlier in the school year when Joseph Balius, who claimed to own the Ski Run Boulevard complex, left town. […]
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KCRA Work crews in El Dorado County were planning Monday to blast a giant boulder looming on a hillside above Highway 50, a key route that connects the Sacramento area with Lake Tahoe. The 400-ton rock, which is hanging precariously above the road about 20 miles east of Placerville near Bridal Veil Falls, poses no […]
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Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee An $89 million El Dorado County courthouse in Placerville is one of five new courthouse projects to receive initial funding authorization by the state Public Works Board. The funding marks the start of the projects. The authorization gives the Administrative Office of the Courts the green light to start looking for […]
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Publisher’s note: Updated as of 7:29am Dec. 21. A winter weather advisory for Lake Tahoe has been issued by the National Weather Service from 10am Monday to 9am Tuesday. Snow is expected to begin falling Monday morning and is likely to get heavier as the day progresses. Four to 8 inches could fall at the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Owning the parking garage at Heavenly Village continues to be a financial quagmire for South Lake Tahoe. The albatross will be on the books until at least December 2012. Based on how the bonds are structured, the city cannot attempt to unload the concrete facility until then. The 425-space garage is 50-60 […]
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By Robert Perea, Reno Gazette-Journal Last weekend’s snowstorm brought a marked increase in the snowpack for the Walker River Basin, according to the figures collected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service SNOTEL monitoring sites.. Basin wide, the Walker River Basin SNOTEL sites jumped from 60-percent of yearly average on Dec. 11 […]
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By Kathryn Reed A 56-unit low-income housing project was unanimously approved Thursday for South Lake Tahoe. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Governing Board signed off on development. Construction could begin in summer 2010 next to the fire station at Ski Run Boulevard and Pioneer Trail. Pacific West Communities of Boise is the developer of the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Coming off the worst November on record, lodging properties on the South Shore are hoping the holiday season will resurrect their businesses. Jerry Bindel said many properties have dropped their prices to lure tourists to Lake Tahoe. But he isn’t sure this brings new people to town, but said instead it is […]
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