By Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times Soaring insurance rates may accomplish what the Telegraph Fire failed to do: drive the Stoffan family from their home of 10 years. The Stoffans’ Northern California house survived the 2008 blaze, which destroyed 30 homes and 100 other structures as it charred 53 square miles west of Yosemite National […]
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By Kathryn Reed A significant land swap between the U.S. Forest Service and California Tahoe Conservancy will take an act of Congress to come to fruition. The two agencies are banking on the passage of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (LTRA) to make it a reality. The overriding goal of the exchange is to create […]
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By Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee Who determines the speed limit on streets you drive daily? In a lot of cases, it’s … you. The answer is complex. Like it or not, drivers often get to vote with their gas pedal foot. State law requires cities to measure the speeds that drivers travel on certain – […]
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By Judy Lin, AP SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown has made climate change the centerpiece of his final tenure by laying out the most aggressive benchmark in North America, which would reduce California’s carbon footprint and boost the state’s renewable energy use to 50 percent in 15 years. Securing legislation requiring that standard in the […]
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By Jeff DeLong, Reno Gazette-Journal With the frightening potential of a massive earthquake and tsunami striking the Pacific Northwest under increasing discussion, scientists are also focusing attention on possible connections between that area and dangerous faults at Lake Tahoe. There, like along the coastlines of Washington, Oregon and Northern California, a big quake could someday […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun NV Energy will rebate $110.8 million to customers on their power bills in October, according to the company’s Public Utility Commission filings. Residential customers could see $2 to $3 knocked off their bills, while large customers like hotels and casinos could receive credits of up to $113,000. The rebate […]
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The Nevada Department of Transportation this week started to construct pedestrian and safety enhancements on Highway 28 in Incline Village. The project will relocate a crosswalk on Highway 28 west of Village Boulevard closer to existing bus stop and pedestrian crossing points. The crosswalk east of Village Boulevard will remain in place to serve an existing bus stop. […]
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The cars are gone from Runnels Automotive per a judge’s order that was issued last month. Just before 10am on Sept. 8 South Lake Tahoe code enforcement and police, along with a couple tow trucks converged in the TJ Maxx parking lot across the street. By noon all of the old vehicles – most of […]
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By Kara Fox, Moonshine Ink After decades of development lawsuits throughout the Tahoe basin and Truckee, change has quietly been happening over the last few years as conservation groups and developers come together on projects. While environmental leaders say litigation can be necessary to protect the environment, they believe working with the developers is a better […]
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By Bill Theobald, Statesman Journal WASHINGTON — From drought to wildfires, Congress faces numerous issues of special importance to Westerners when it returns today. The cost of fighting the fires has already exceeded what had been budgeted for fire suppression this year, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. That means the Forest Service and the Interior […]
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