By KTVN-TV Placer County sheriff’s deputies are investigating three related business burglaries that took place late Thursday night or Friday morning. Deputies say the burglars broke out windows to three businesses at the Cobblestone Mall, located at 495 North Lake Blvd. in Tahoe City. Deputies say the burglars entered the Tahoe Rug Gallery and Kalifornia […]
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By Michelle McGuinness, MSN News A short-term spending bill has sparked intense debate about America’s food supply. HR933 passed the Senate last week; President Obama signed it into law Tuesday. The bill helped the government avoid a March 27 shutdown. All of which sounds like standard procedure. But activists are enraged over section 735 of […]
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Publisher’s note: This is the first of a few stories about road construction planned for the Lake Tahoe Basin this summer. By Kathryn Reed Advice – set the alarm clock even earlier. That may be necessary to make it to your destination on time with the projected delays throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin from roadwork […]
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By Neela Banerjee, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — The Obama administration Tuesday announced a nationwide plan to help wildlife adapt to threats from climate change. Developed along with state and tribal authorities, the strategy seeks to preserve species as global warming alters their historical habitats and, in many cases, forces them to migrate across state […]
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By Kathryn Reed A 2010 state inspection of Heavenly Mountain Resort’s upper shop facilities determined the ski resort was not in compliance with hazardous waste regulations. “There was no accident, spill or release that triggered this. It was about the containment facility not being up to code,” Russ Pecoraro, spokesman for Heavenly, told Lake Tahoe […]
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By Kathryn Reed PHILLIPS STATION – No snowshoes or skis needed. Unable to make the final measurement because the snow stopped and the stream began. Dirt and grass. The combination of the above conditions made the results of Thursday’s snow survey near Echo Summit anticlimactic. Frank Gehrke with the state Department of Water Resources walked […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — How the roughly 500 acres known as the Upper Truckee Marsh will be restored remains to be seen. Once public input is completed next month, the California Tahoe Conservancy will begin the environmental analysis process. The final documents are expected to be out by the end of the year. On […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee A study released Monday by the Little Hoover Commission recommends that California should consider divesting some of its state parks and permanently turning them over to local agencies. The 120-page report is the result of a year-long investigation that began before financial scandals emerged in July 2012 at the California […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Unified School District on Monday will be posting jobs for three principals, a vice principal and instructor to oversee the Sports Medicine Academy at South Tahoe High School. The school board created the vacancy at Bijou Community School Tuesday night when the five unanimously agreed to move Karen Tinlin to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Advocates for a growing dome at Sierra House Elementary School have discovered they need to nurture their idea a bit more for it to sprout into a reality. This means learning that permits are needed, a thing called coverage is an issue in the Lake Tahoe Basin, that the school board needs […]
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