By Kathryn Reed With a wind advisory in effect through 4am Sunday, public works crews in the Lake Tahoe Basin will be patrolling streets through the weekend to make sure storm drains are not clogged with pine needles or other debris, which can cause streets to flood. But there is nothing crews can do to […]
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Updated Nov. 30 10:20pm: NV Energy says power has been restored to roughly 3,900 customers affected by the power outage in the Incline Village area. Crews are still trying to repair the downed line believed to be the cause. They were able to reroute the power to that area temporarily. — KTVN-TV —– NV Energy […]
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By Eric Pfanner, New York Times PARIS — A commercial and ideological clash is set for next week, when representatives of more than 190 governments, along with telecommunications companies and Internet groups, gather in Dubai for a once-in-a-generation meeting. The stated purpose of the World Conference on International Telecommunications is to update a global treaty […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Police Department has teamed up with the California Office of Traffic Safety, U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, California Highway Patrol, and 36 other law enforcement agencies across the greater Sacramento region to eliminate motorists’ handheld cell phone use and texting. The effort is a special federally funded […]
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By Kathryn Reed When South Lake Tahoe’s vicious animal ordinance becomes law in mid-December, it will mean a loosening of government regulations. The city has been studying the ordinance for several months per the request of Councilman Bruce Grego. He with Councilman Tom Davis made up the subcommittee that worked with staff to come up […]
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By Hudson Sangree and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee An investment firm that owns the Waldorf Astoria hotel and the Weather Channel has bought more than 500 houses in Sacramento in the past few months, betting upward of $60 million that home prices will rise. Blackstone, a New York-based group with billions of dollars in investments […]
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Zephyr Cove Elementary School is on a snow day. Unsafe road conditions at higher elevations is putting Incline Village schools on a two-hour delay Friday morning. Black Oak Mine School District in El Dorado County is closed because it does not have electricity. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By Kathryn Reed RENO – Extra personnel have been called in to analyze the vast amount of data flowing into the multitude of computers at the National Weather Service office in Reno. This storm that is upon Northern California and Nevada is expected to be a doozie, with drenching rains that could cause flooding in […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even though Tahoe Wellness Collective sought permits in October to renovate the facility to deal with the marijuana odor issue, South Lake Tahoe this week threatened the dispensary with closure. Cody Bass, who runs the medical marijuana dispensary, said he has the contractors lined up and permits in hand. Bass told Lake […]
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By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times Although they have become a popular staple at children’s parties, inflatable bounce houses can be dangerous and are associated with a 15-fold increase in the number of injuries from 1995 to 2010, according to a study published in a scientific journal. Writing in the journal Pediatrics, a group of […]
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