El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies on the morning of Dec. 2 shot and killed what they called an aggressive bear. Deputies said a 700- to 800-pound bear in the area of Minniconjou and Susquehana drives on the outskirts of South Lake Tahoe had been disrupting the neighborhood for several weeks by breaking into multiple residences. […]
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South Lake Tahoe police officers are looking for a person who has been performing basic dental work without a proper dental office or license, and doing so in kitchen. Officers said it appears this is a cash business that preys on the vulnerabilities of the poor. Two local dentists told police that people have needed […]
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A dead bear was found in Meyers on Dec. 2. The cause of death is unknown. The 2- or 3-year-old cub was not moving behind the house where it was located. “We did not notice anything that resembled foul play. No blood, no gunshot wounds that we could see, just dead,” Tom Millham with Lake […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun The state’s largest power utility wants to add more solar to its portfolio. NV Energy, which serves more than 1 million customers throughout Nevada, filed an application on Monday with the Public Utilities Commission to buy power from projects currently being developed by First Solar and SunPower in Clark […]
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By Brian Clark Howard, National Geographic This year’s hurricane season is winding down. And as meteorologists predicted, there was above average activity in the eastern and central Pacific and less than usual in the Atlantic. The reason, also as predicted: a strong El Niño. El Niño may have also contributed to October 2015 being the […]
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December, January and February are statistically the worst months for vehicle thefts in Washoe County, according to a four-year analysis done by the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office. Based on this analysis, the sheriff’s office predicts an increase in vehicle thefts in the coming months unless steps are taken by the public to help reverse this […]
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By Veronica Rocha, Los Angeles Times First, the good news: Thanks to a series of frosty winter storms, California’s snowpack is now double what it was last year at this time, according to officials. Now the bad news: The amount of water actually contained in the fluffy white stuff is still well below average. Snow levels measured […]
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By Kathryn Reed Planning for the South Shore’s loop road is nearing the finish line, with no intention of going to the voters even if that were a possibility. Carl Hasty, executive director for the Tahoe Transportation District – the lead agency for the project, believes between the information that has been provided and the […]
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By Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post Here’s an interesting factoid about contemporary policing: In 2014, for the first time ever, law enforcement officers took more property from American citizens than burglars did. Martin Armstrong pointed this out at his blog, Armstrong Economics, last month. Officers can take cash and property from people without convicting or even […]
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By Amy Quinton, Capital Public Radio Sixth-grade is usually the first time California students are formally taught about climate change as part of their science curriculum. A recent study shows some textbooks present the subject as a debate stemming from opinions rather than science. Stanford and Southern Methodist University researchers analyzed the language in four […]
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