By Andrew Alden, KQED-TV Underground boundaries between land and sea aren’t as stark as they are to us as we stand on the beach. Water knows this. Groundwater everywhere responds slowly to changes above, even geological changes. In most of the Earth’s crust, water moves around a meter per year. This enormous contrast between surface […]
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A 15-year-old South Lake Tahoe teen is at Renown Medical Center in Reno today recovering from injuries sustained the night before after being hit by a vehicle. The name of the youth has not been released. The extent of his injuries is also not known. The boy was at the intersection of Third and Washington […]
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By Robin Wilkey, Huffington Post A new bill introduced by House Republicans would limit the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to recommend or implement policies. The bill, dubbed the Secret Science Reform Act, would force the EPA to publicly release its research on a topic before issuing a policy recommendation, and require that the […]
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By Kathryn Reed A workshop Monday was designed for the South Lake Tahoe City Council to figure out how to allocate any surpluses so policy is in place before the money is in hand and it doesn’t get wasted. The council fell short of that goal. City Manager Nancy Kerry said part of the goal […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee The U.S. Forest Service’s refusal to revise existing restrictions on snowmobile use in the Lake Tahoe Basin is one of a dozen objections filed by groups and individuals against the agency’s proposed updated land-management plan. The objection charges that the current 25-year-old restrictions do not address the effects of […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee Written notice has been sent to more than 3,000 clients of Easter Seal Society of Superior California after a laptop belonging to one of the charity’s workers was stolen. The employee’s vehicle was broken into on Dec. 10, resulting in the theft of a number of items, including a work-issued […]
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By Nelson D Schwartz, New York Times In Manhattan, the upscale clothing retailer Barneys will replace the bankrupt discounter Loehmann’s, whose Chelsea store closes in a few weeks. Across the country, Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants are struggling, while fine-dining chains like Capital Grille are thriving. And at General Electric, the increase in demand […]
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A large number of Liberty Utilities’ customers on the North Shore are without power Saturday night. No cause has been located as of 10:10pm. Because of that, there is no estimated time when power will be restored. The outage is affecting customers serviced by the Brockway substation. The number of customers without power has not […]
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By Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee The sign wasn’t the kind most businesses feel compelled to post. “We Are Not A House Of Prostitution,” proclaimed the notice that Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, recalled seeing in the window of a Los Feliz massage parlor. To Gomez, the message illustrated how a perennial concern about massage […]
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The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a flood watch for portions of California and Western Nevada, including the Lake Tahoe Basin and Alpine County from 4pm Saturday through Sunday afternoon. Some streets in South Lake have standing water, trees are down and drains are clogged. The city is keeping an eye on the […]
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