By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun NV Energy reaffirmed its plans Tuesday to remain neutral on a ballot measure that would start a multiyear process of ending the company’s regulated monopoly on supplying electricity. Later in the day, organized labor confirmed plans to oppose the measure, while Sen. Harry Reid voiced his support. The ballot […]
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By Kathryn Reed Coast Guard officials spent Wednesday scouring the Tahoe Queen after a fire swept through it the day before. It has been determined to be structurally sound and poses no threat to the public. However, it won’t be leaving the dock anytime soon. “They are making sure the vessel is sea worthy at […]
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By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun NV Energy asked regulators Monday for permission to retire a utility-owned coal plant 10 months earlier than expected as part of an effort to move toward a cleaner fuel portfolio. The utility shut down three of four generating units at its 257-megawatt Reid Gardner Generating Station in Moapa at […]
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By Jason Samenow, Washington Post NASA data reveal the Earth’s temperature reached its highest point in 136 years of record-keeping during July. “July 2016 was absolutely the hottest month since the instrumental records began,” tweeted Gavin Schmidt, who directs NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, which is responsible for temperature measurements. It was the 10th-straight […]
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Several lightning strikes have hit the ground in the Truckee area today. In the late afternoon of Aug. 17 there was a tree on fire in the Granite area near China Wall, which is confined to one tree with no threat to the wildland at this time, according to Truckee police officers. “There is also a […]
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By KTVN-TV Officials say a California Highway Patrol officer who was assigned to the Truckee office was arrested Aug. 15 after turning himself into the Placer County Jail. Roseville police officers say that on Aug. 11, they were investigating Jose Ignacio Roid, 30, of Roseville who they say had concealed a video camera in the bathroom of […]
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By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee State officials will not force most California water districts to reduce water use this year, even as they caution that the five-year drought persists and note that drought-fueled wildfires continue to wreak havoc. The State Water Resources Control Board in May asked California’s 411 urban water districts to evaluate how […]
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By Kathryn Reed Instead of being granted more than $1 million in attorneys’ fees, the court did a 180 and is telling the lawyers who requested that sum that they have to pay more than $2,000 for bring forward the “frivolous” request. The case involves South Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Pines Lodge. Both sides said […]
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By Kathryn Reed Mayor Wendy David on Aug. 16 signed the settlement agreement on behalf of South Lake Tahoe. Once City Councilwoman JoAnn Conner does the same, the nearly year-old issue goes away. Conner in fall 2015 filed a lawsuit against the city – essentially her four colleagues and her employee City Manager Nancy Kerry […]
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The South Lake Tahoe City Council today gave glowing reviews to the city manager and city attorney. Even so, neither will be receiving a raise. City Attorney Tom Watson asked for more vacation time. The council deferred making a decision on that request to the September meeting. Watson gets two weeks vacation, just like all […]
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