By Marcella Corona, Reno Gazette-Journal It’s been 10 years since 28-year-old preschool teacher Kyla Annan was found strangled to death at her home in Reno. “It’s a pretty hard time,” Kyla’s father, Steven Annan, said Friday afternoon. “In 10 years you can bury a lot.” Annan and his wife, Cheryl, of South Lake Tahoe, sat […]
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Even though over the course of decades more than $100 million has been spent on cleanup activities at an old sulfur mine in Alpine County, a settlement agreement between disagreeing parties was just reached. In July, at the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board meeting officials said the settlement could happen any day. It took […]
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Traffic is snarled in Truckee because of a truck accident. A big rig on Friday afternoon overturned in the roundabout on Highway 89. It is blocking the northbound lane. Expect delays. No other information was immediately available April 3. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By Dan Peltier, Skift The World Travel & Tourism Council projects the world will welcome nearly 1.8 billion international visitor arrivals per year by 2025, a 58 percent increase from the 1.1 billion international arrivals who crossed borders in 2014. These international tourists will certainly contribute to a travel industry experiencing faster growth than the […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee The remains of a man missing more than eight years – and whose suspected killer sits in jail awaiting trial for his murder – have been found in El Dorado County. Cold case homicide investigators on Friday unearthed the remains of Tobias Kaiser, an El Dorado County man who was […]
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Two high-end bicycles were stolen off bicycle racks on the back of parked vehicles in public parking lots in South Lake Tahoe. The crimes occurred in the day and at night in the last week. Police have no suspects. However, each of the victims had smaller, thinner bicycle locks securing the bikes to the racks. The suspect was […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Fans of NASCAR, the Electric Daisy Carnival or the Burning Man countercultural event held every year in the Black Rock Desert in far Northern Nevada could soon have to pay a bit more to get their groove on. Casino nightclubs, performances by disc jockeys and events […]
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Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish a blaze started by an illegal campfire at Granite Lake in Desolation Wilderness. Despite the high winds on March 31, the fire did not spread. Illegal and unattended campfires cause more 90 percent of wildfires in the Lake Tahoe Basin, according to the U.S. Forest Service. “While we realize […]
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By Eliza Gray, Time In the fifth season of “Curb your Enthusiasm”, Larry David visits a pharmacist to fill his father’s blood-thinner prescription. “You know, there’s another drug on the market that I personally like a lot better,” the pharmacist tells Larry. “But the doctor prefers this one?” Larry says. He holds up his hands […]
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By Susan Wood PHILLIPS STATION –The state isn’t fooling around anymore. In an apparent precursor to Mark Twain’s theory, Gov. Jerry Brown issued a mandate April 1 for South Lake Tahoe residents along with the 38 million other Californians to reduce water use by 25 percent. He did so while attending the water year’s last […]
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