By Kathryn Reed Instead of patrolling the streets of South Lake Tahoe an officer drove out to Emerald Bay and onto the sands in front of Vikingsholm for a photo shoot. The reason, according to Police Chief Brian Uhler, “To provide a nice photo to Ms. [Lisa] Maloff who donated over $100,000 to the police […]
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Placer County is about to implement more stringent parking regulations near Speedboat Beach in Kings Beach to help alleviated some of the traffic problems in the surrounding neighborhood. Supervisors on April 19 voted to tighten parking restrictions on nearby county roads and increase the fine for illegal parking from $25 to $100. The board also approved […]
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Placer County supervisors this week approved the 2016 Tahoe Truckee Area Regional Transit Systems Plan. It replaces the 2005 document. The new plan formalizes many of the recommendations from local government partners, transit advocacy groups and business leaders who want to develop a world-class transit system for residents and visitors. It will cost $8.7 million over five […]
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By Scott Smith, AP Water providers throughout California said Wednesday they want to decide how much water their customers need to conserve during the ongoing drought rather than take orders from the state. Californians remain under strict state conservation orders that have caused many residents to take shorter showers and let their lawns turn brown […]
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Construction has begun on Liberty Utilities’ first solar facility. The Luning Solar Energy Center in Mineral County will be a 50 megawatt project. In addition to the solar facility, a 120 kV power line approximately 1.6 miles long will be constructed from the solar facility to NV Energy’s existing Table Mountain substation. NV Energy will then deliver […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe City Councilwoman JoAnn Conner sat in her official chair on Tuesday lobbying for special favors for her business, though she denied that is what she was doing. Conner, who owns Golden Bear Events, is putting on an event at the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Center this weekend. She went […]
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Three dogs died in a South Lake Tahoe house fire Thursday night. Firefighters were able to keep the blaze to the interior of the two-story house, so it’s possible it could be rebuilt. In the mean time, the two occupants of the 3701 Aspen Ave., Unit 4 residence are displaced. There was extensive smoke and […]
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Roads in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin are a mess with wet snow and errant drivers. Interstate 80 going east is currently closed near Boreal with no estimated time of reopening as the California Highway Patrol clears multiple crashes. Traffic on Highway 50 at Echo Summit was stopped for at least 30 minutes this […]
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By Associated Press CARSON CITY — Despite the ongoing drought across Nevada and much of the rest of the west, state officials say wells are in good shape. KRNV-TV reports that officials with the Nevada Division of Water Resources, Office of the State Engineer, say state wells and aquifers appear to be resilient to the […]
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By Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times Since Americans first heard the term global warming in the 1970s, the weather has actually improved for most people living in the U.S. But it won’t always be that way, according to a study. Research shows Americans typically — and perhaps unsurprisingly — like warmer winters and dislike […]
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