Timber Cove Pier in South Lake Tahoe is off limits to the public until owners can stabilize the pilings under the Boathouse restaurant. “It basically involves installing a fiberglass sheathing to strengthen the existing pilings. It would normally be a qualified exempt activity, but we’ve never approved this technique to strengthen pilings before so we […]
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By Joseph Serna, San Diego Union Tribune Every year for almost half a century, California snow surveyor Pat Armstrong has trekked the rugged Sierra Nevada with three simple tools: a snow core tube, a scale and a notebook. For as long as he can remember, state water officials have relied on the accuracy of those […]
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The Placer County Board of Supervisors on June 27 is expected to discuss the possibility of widening Highway 267. This route links Kings Beach and Truckee. Part of the county’s capital improvement program calls for increasing the stretch from Truckee to the top of Brockway Summit from two to four lanes. There is a group […]
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Highway 50 is open in both directions without controls between Tahoe and Placerville. On June 8 a mudslide covered a wide section of road at Alder Creek between White Hall and Kyburz. The highway was temporarily closed, then open to one-way traffic with controls. Doug Veerkamp General Engineering was hired by Caltrans to remove the […]
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By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE – No books needed. Lake Tahoe is a science lab unto itself. While students on the South Shore have been taking advantage of learning outdoors through the South Tahoe Environmental Education Coalition, a new resource was unveiled on June 9. An Environmental Science Center is now part of Zephyr Cove […]
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By Christopher S. Rugaber, AP U.S. household debt reached a record high in the first three months of this year, topping the previous peak reached in 2008, when the financial crisis plunged the economy into a deep recession. Americans have stepped up borrowing over the past three years, yet the nature of what Americans owe […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval on Friday signed a bill increasing the cost-of-living raises for state workers from 2 percent to 3 percent per year. Senate Bill 368 was amended late Monday by lawmakers to increase the pay hikes, which get passed on to other public employee […]
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A 23-unit condominium project is being proposed for South Lake Tahoe. The owners of the nearly 5-acre parcel on Wildwood Avenue want to build detached units that would be between 2,100- and 2,450-square-feet. Each dwelling would have a two-car garage. Additional parking would be provided. The existing structure would be torn down. The Planning Commission […]
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By Associated Press Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has vetoed a proposal to raise state minimum wages to $11 an hour for workers insured through their employers and $12 an hour without that benefit. Most employers must currently pay a minimum $7.25 an hour if they offer health insurance or $8.25 an hour if not. Senate […]
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By Christopher Cadelago, Sacramento Bee California voters overwhelmingly oppose a recent tax and fee package pushed by Gov. Jerry Brown and the Democratic-dominated Legislature to pay for road repairs, a new poll finds. The gas tax law, which ushers in a 10-year program to raise more than $52 billion for transportation projects, is so […]
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