By Sammy Caiola, Sacramento Bee On a recent Friday at Old Soul Coffee Roasters in Sacramento, actor Ian Hopps hunched over his laptop as he edited a flier for an upcoming performance with the Davis Shakespeare Ensemble. He had just come off a shift from the East Sacramento restaurant where he waits tables and […]
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Nevada’s U.S. attorney is one of the lawyers ousted by the Trump administration. Daniel Bogden’s last day on the job was March 10. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions asked for the resignation of 46 U.S. attorneys who were holdovers from the Obama administration. Bogden served two stints for a total of 14 years as Nevada’s […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal The Black Rock Desert is due for an environmental checkup — one that specifically determines whether Burning Man is having an impact on the land — though it may be a while before the desert gets a diagnosis. The most recent environmental assessment that addressed Burning Man’s impact, conducted in 2011, set […]
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By Zack Colman, Christian Science Monitor When a market for trading water rights opened in central Nebraska last year, one of the initial bidders wasn’t a corn farmer, or even a water user at all in the traditional sense. It was the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program, a conservation group investing to replenish the region’s […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe officials are expected to sign a deal Tuesday that would raze the dilapidated Knights Inn motel that fronts Highway 50, and replace it with a Whole Foods 365 and other retail establishments. On Monday morning, Pradip Patel, who owns the Knights Inn, signed an agreement to sell his property […]
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By Kathryn Reed Crews are diligently working at the Leviathan Mine superfund site in Alpine County to ensure contaminants don’t reach nearby waterways. “We are doing our best to prevent a discharge, but it is touch and go,” said Scott Ferguson who is in charge of overseeing the regulatory and compliance aspects of the site. […]
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A 16-year-old girl had to be airlifted to Renown Medical Center in Reno on Sunday after sustaining injuries while sledding. She was sledding in the Saw Mill Pond area of the South Shore. CalStar landed near there about 4pm March 12. The exact injuries are not known. Her name and hometown have not been released. […]
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By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle If you don’t think California has seen enough rain this year, just wait. There may be more to come. Federal forecasters said Thursday that the chances of an El Niño developing by fall are on the rise — now between 50 and 55 percent —an outlook that could skew […]
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As local business owners, we know firsthand the importance and challenge of getting the word out to prospective customers. At Lake Tahoe News, we want to help you accomplish those goals. LakeTahoeNews.net is the largest online-only news publication in Tahoe, serving up real-time news about Lake Tahoe seven days a week. Based in South Lake […]
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Six feet of snow was too much for a roof on Upper Kingsbury grade. The weight forced the collapse of the duplex on Friday. “That weight stressed the wood and the wood gave out,” Eric Guevin with Tahoe Douglas fire told Lake Tahoe News. With no new snow in days, it was just fatigue on […]
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