By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal A troublesome water weed that has spread through Lake Tahoe for decades is now established along the length of the Truckee River, posing possible problems of unknown scope and scale. From the outlet of the Tahoe City Dam to where the river flows into Pyramid Lake 116 miles downstream in […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Dozens of California state parks struck down by the budget ax are slated to close their doors in three weeks. Yet that process remains so unsettled that even state officials can’t say with certainty how many parks will actually close. One year ago, the state Department of Parks and Recreation […]
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More than 300 ice skaters from Northern California and Nevada will be competing at the annual Skate at the Lake Competition this weekend. The synchronized skating event is at the South Lake Tahoe ice arena on Rufus Allen Boulevard. Teams of 10 to 20 skaters perform intricate routines to music. Spectators are encouraged to watch. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Unified School District is going to come up with a list of priorities for the ball fields it owns to give the committee recommending how to spend $500,000 of taxpayer money. The district owns all the fields where children and adults play softball-baseball-soccer on the California side of the South […]
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By Kathryn Reed CAMP RICHARDSON – Ridding the swales between Tallac and Taylor creeks of invasive species could help reverse the decline of native fish species so in future years third- and fourth-graders might be able to see what the Washoe were accustomed to harvesting from Lake Tahoe. Back in the day when Washoe summered […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee A Sacramento man believes he has snapped a live picture of what only remote motion-sensitive cameras have captured before: a wolverine in the Sierra Nevada. David Messa, 51, was on a camping trip in Nevada County on May 19 when around nightfall he took a picture of a creature walking […]
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The Tahoe Tri Club will host its first mud obstacle race at Sierra-at-Tahoe on July 14. The spectator-friendly course starts at an elevation of 6,800 feet and offers multiple options for distance and age. Organizers say the race course will be built by a sadistic crew of licensed contractors designed to test people’s strength and […]
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By Kathryn Reed FALLEN LEAF LAKE – Who can vote at Fallen Leaf Lake continues to be a murky issue, but clarity was brought to the boat inspection process. The board of this community services district met Saturday at this lake that sits on the edge of Desolation Wilderness. What was learned just this month […]
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By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times Inyo County has lost a six-year legal battle for control of “Last Chance Road,” an alleged public highway that starts in a desert wash and peters out at several spots halfway up a small hill on Death Valley National Park’s northern edge. The county had sought to open the […]
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The Tahoe Derby Dames will be hosting the first home bout of the season June 16 at the outdoor flat track at Bijou Community Park. The home opener will feature a double-header with the Tahoe Derby Dames splitting into two squads. The opening bout pits the Tahoe Derby Dames against the Riverside Roller Belles, followed […]
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