A Bay Area snowboarder who went missing Saturday at Alpine Meadows has been found safe. The 32-year-old man from Oakland had hiked about three miles to an area known as Diamond Crossing. His name has not been provided. The snowboarder was on the back side of the mountain. Placer County sheriff’s search and rescue team […]
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By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said Friday he would not activate the Nevada National Guard to round up undocumented immigrants for deportation. Sandoval, speaking to the Review-Journal during a break at a Nevada homeland security commission meeting, said he was aware of the report but had not read the memo. […]
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El Dorado County’s supervisors seem confused about what they want regarding roads and funding. The elected decided to reconsider their Jan. 24 vote that supported Senate Bill 1 and Assembly Bill 1. Supervisor Shiva Frenzen was the lone supervisor last month to say no to the bills. Not long after that vote Supervisor Michael Ranalli […]
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North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District has more than 1,000 fire hydrants in its jurisdiction. With the recent snowstorms and more on the way, it has been difficult to keep all of them clear. If fire hydrants are located on private property, it is the homeowners or homeowners association responsibility to keep the fire hydrant clear. Fire […]
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By Jim Miller, Sacramento Bee This year’s heavy rains and the ongoing crisis at Oroville Dam recently prompted Gov. Jerry Brown to do what he and his predecessors have done many times before: ask for federal help. Once approved, presidential declarations – the most common is a major disaster – open the door to assistance […]
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North Tahoe High School in Tahoe City was temporarily evacuated on Friday after a lithium battery in a student’s backpack exploded. Flames could be seen coming from a backpack that was on the floor of multipurpose room. The floor sustained minor damage. The evacuation on Feb. 17 was necessary because of the smoke. It is […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about affordable housing in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee region. All articles may be accessed via the home page under Special Projects, 2017 Affordable Housing. By Linda Fine Conaboy TRUCKEE – With more and more recreational and business opportunities presenting themselves, the Tahoe-Truckee area has become hard […]
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By Associated Press More than 340,000 people passed on Nevada’s hotel rooms last year and opted instead to book a place to stay using the home-sharing service Airbnb. The growth in the short term rental market is good for homeowners who made money from their residences, but it could be a drain on the state’s […]
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Updated 2:18pm: For those using Charter Internet, cable and phone services they know they are out of luck right now. Calling the company doesn’t provide much information. “We don’t get an estimated time when it will be fixed because most of the time we don’t know what caused it,” a Charter representative told Lake Tahoe […]
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By Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee As the rain and snow have fallen this winter, so have California’s hillsides, forcing the closure of major roads through the Sierra Nevada and causing millions of dollars in damage. The California Department of Transportation estimates that the winter’s pounding storms have caused $400 million in damage to California highways. […]
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