By Kathryn Reed A contractor who did millions of dollars worth of work at Lake Tahoe Hard Rock is suing the owners for lack of payment. “There are a lot of good people out of a lot of money right now. We are fighting for all of them,” Joe Stewart with SMC Contracting told Lake […]
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By Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO – A new Crystal Geyser Water Co. plant opening at the foot of Mount Shasta is adding to criticism of companies that are bottling water in California’s drought. Crystal Geyser plans to eventually tap up to 365,000 gallons a day from groundwater in Northern California’s Siskiyou County, the San Francisco […]
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By Christopher Elliott, Washington Post Next time you’re tempted to take a snapshot of an interesting cloud formation or your seatmate sprawling into your personal space on a plane, remember Arash Shirazi and Steven Leslie. Both of them are law-abiding citizens and air travelers. And both recently ran afoul of the airline industry’s confusing photography […]
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By Kathryn Reed More than 270,000-square-feet of grass have been eliminated in the six years since South Tahoe Public Utility District has had the turf buyback program. This equates to a savings of approximately 3.5 million gallons of water. Last week the board agreed to put in $300,000 of district money into the program to […]
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Liberty Utilities is looking for permission from the California Public Utilities Commission to build two solar projects in Nevada; one in Minden, the other in Mineral County. The renewable energy would be transmitted to Liberty’s California customers, which includes the Lake Tahoe Basin and Truckee, via NV Energy’s transmission lines. Liberty buys most of its energy […]
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By Rory Carroll, Reuters California environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday that seeks to halt oil industry injections of drilling wastewater into nearly 500 wells, a practice they say threatens fresh water supplies and is particularly critical in light of a prolonged drought. The lawsuit was filed in state court against California’s oil drilling […]
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Nearly a year after Douglas County Sheriff’s Department’s patrol boat sank at Lake Tahoe, the new one will be plying the waters. It should be in service by Memorial Day weekend. The old boat sank in June 2014 when a weld failed on the hull. This was attributed to normal wear and tear. The $245,000 boat […]
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By Darryl Fears, Washington Post For the giant kangaroo rat, death by nature is normally swift and dramatic: a hopeless dash for safety followed by a blood-curdling squeak as their bellies are torn open by eagles, foxes, bobcats and owls. They’re not supposed to die the way they are today — emaciated and starved, their […]
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By Katherine Sayre, Times-Picayune The co-receivers in Texas who temporarily replaced Tom Benson in controlling some of the feuding family’s assets are asking a judge to approve several payments, including a $109,000 renovation on a house in Lake Tahoe. A Bexar County probate judge earlier this year appointed former San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger and estate lawyer Art […]
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By Kevin Freking, AP WASHINGTON — The head of the U.S. Forest Service warned Tuesday of an “above average” fire season that could cost the agency more than $1 billion and require shifting funds from programs designed to prevent wildfires. Tom Tidwell testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee that the fire season […]
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