By Kathryn Reed Title to the South Lake Tahoe parking garage is in the name of the non-existent city Redevelopment Agency. It’s supposed to be owned by the South Tahoe Joint Powers Parking Financing Authority. A contract was signed in 2002 by then City Manager Dave Jinkens to make that happen. But the title was […]
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Update 9:25pm: Eastbound lanes of I-80 are open. Motorists are moving at 25 mph with a CHP escort. Westbound lanes are estimated to open at 11pm Tuesday. —- A major mudslide triggered by severe thunderstorms late this afternoon closed Interstate 80 about 1.5 miles west of the California-Nevada border. Caltrans crews said the football field-sized […]
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Flames were shooting high into the air early Tuesday morning in Incline Village. North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District personnel are still trying to figure out how the brush fire started. It was reported at 3:17am July 2 at 400 Fairview Blvd. Firefighters were able to contain it to about one-half acre. Firefighters said the […]
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Smoke is filling parts of the Lake Tahoe Basin this afternoon and the East Fork Fire and Paramedic District is responding to several reports of wildland fires within Douglas County. Additional fire resources have been called from various agencies – Carson, BLM, Antelope Valley, Nevada Division of Forestry and Mono County. This is what crews […]
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By Gary Richards, San Jose Mercury News California’s highways continue to rank among the worst in the nation — a sorry distinction the state has held for more than a decade. The Golden State’s highway system is ranked 47th among the 50 states in overall highway performance and efficiency in the latest annual highway report […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun High on the aggravation list for anyone who travels is the growing number of fees airlines and hotels add to customers’ bills. To try to help the public avoid any last-minute surprises, a longtime travel executive developed a website to teach people about the hidden costs. Bill Maloney, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Ken Smith, Barton Memorial Hospital’s first chief of staff and former mayor of South Lake Tahoe, died June 28 in South Lake Tahoe. He was 87. Dr. Smith was born in Alameda on April 21, 1926. During World War II he spent much of his time in the Army in the Philippines. […]
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By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun Sen. Harry Reid arrived in Carson City on a Wednesday in February, commandeered an office at the Legislature and sat down with state Sen. Kelvin Atkinson to hatch a plan. A sweeping proposal to move coal out of Nevada’s energy mix had incubated for months among a group of […]
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Firefighters are still investigating what caused a cabin in Tahoe Vista to erupt in flames on Friday afternoon. North Tahoe crews got the call about the fire in the 300 block of East Agatam Avenue at 3:39pm June 28. “It was going pretty good when we go there,” North Tahoe Fire spokesman Dave Zaski told […]
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By Kathryn Reed Chaotic could be one word to describe the El Dorado County Probation Department. Discriminatory, dysfunctional and secretive would be other words. “The kids aren’t the problem, management is,” said one person who recently severed ties with the department. Rank and file employees are fearful of talking to Lake Tahoe News on the […]
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