Heavenly Mountain Resort is taking the next step to expand its on-mountain summer offerings. Comments are being taken on the draft environmental documents for the Epic Discovery project. The project includes: · Mid-Station Zipline Canopy Tour: An interpretive zipline canopy tour in the area between the gondola mid-station and the top station to the east […]
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By Jessica Calefati, San Jose Mercury News SACRAMENTO — Lobbyists have launched a frenzied eleventh-hour effort to kill a bill that would make California the first state to outlaw flimsy plastic grocery bags, delaying a key vote and setting up one of the fiercest legislative battles of the year. Last week, the bill seemed in […]
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Publisher’s note: The 6.0 American Canyon earthquake was felt by a woman who lives in the Angora burn area. “At about 3:20am I felt my couch shake a bit. Cat freaked out,” she emailed Lake Tahoe News. By Napa Register An earthquake measuring an estimated 6.0 struck southern Napa County early Sunday with widespread reports […]
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A Kings Beach woman who is known for feeding bears was attacked by one earlier this month. California Department of Fish and Wildlife and Placer County District Attorney’s Office officials are investigating the Aug. 5 incident. “The victim reported getting hit from behind” and suffered bites to the rear of her left shoulder and scratches […]
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By Mike TeSelle, KCRA-TV The Placer County Sheriff’s Department was served with a federal subpoena during the first week of August, according to a sheriff’s spokesperson. However, the department declined to comment on exactly what the warrant is seeking. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento also declined comment and did not even confirm if an […]
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By Kathryn Reed If treated wastewater weren’t pumped out of the Lake Tahoe Basin, the clarity of the lake would be much different than it is today. That was one of the messages delivered Aug. 21 by Charles Goldman during the South Lake Tahoe Public Utility District board meeting. The 83-year-old renowned limnologist has been […]
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The body of a man was found Friday morning floating near the boat ramp at Sand Harbor in Incline Village. An autopsy has been scheduled to determine the cause of death and identity of the victim. Bob Harmon, spokesman for Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, said people playing at the beach on Aug. 22 called the […]
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By Wayne Parry, AP ATLANTIC CITY — A long-planned initiative to create bigger jackpots by linking casino slot machines in New Jersey and Nevada is up and running. The New Jersey Gaming Enforcement Division says the progressive slots system links 100 machines in Atlantic City with 600 in Nevada. The progressive jackpots grow in size […]
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A Sonoma County man has been arrested in connection with the December 2013 murder of an Incline Village resident. Washoe County sheriff’s detectives arrested Joseph John Personeni, 20, of Santa Rosa on one count of murder on Aug. 21. On Dec. 22, 2013, Christopher Elliott, 46, was found dead on his porch on Northwood Boulevard […]
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El Dorado and Nevada counties this week were allocated millions of dollars from the California Transportation Commission for road projects. In total, 148 projects in the state will receive more than $430 million. Last year, Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation creating the Active Transportation Program. The new program replaced a patchwork of small grant programs […]
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