Starting Oct. 1 boat inspections at Lake Tahoe will move to select launch ramps and winter hours will begin. Tahoe RCD inspectors will be stationed at the Cave Rock boat launch from 6am-4pm seven days a week, weather permitting. No inspector will be stationed at Lake Forest boat launch from now through Jan. 2 as work […]
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Lynsey Dyer, a premier big mountain freeskier, is the vision — and star — behind the first-ever crowd-sourced, crowd-funded all-women’s ski movie, “Pretty Faces.” “We are on a mission to make skiing and the outdoors look so fun that no girl will ever want to stay inside,” Dyer said in a press release. “Through this […]
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This single photograph from 1964 depicts the then and the now of highway travel over Donner Summit. The twisting two-lane road seen on the lower half of the photo is historic “U.S. Route 40,” also known as part of the Lincoln Highway. Crossing Donner Summit, it passes Donner Ski Ranch, Sugar Bowl, Donner Lake, and […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked the two candidates running for District 2 of the South Tahoe Public Utility District board the same questions. The answers are running in the order received by LTN. Name: Jim Jones Profession/work experience: B.S. civil engineer, Cal Poly, 1968 M.S. civil engineering, Stanford University, 1972 Consulting engineer, South Lake […]
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Publisher’s note: This letter was sent to Gov. Jerry Brown on Sept. 26 and is reprinted with permission. Dear Governor Brown: I am writing to you to urge your signature into law of SB 850 (“The Bill”) by State Senator Block. The Bill as is valuable to our State’s future to increase the education and […]
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Lake Valley Fire Protection District is putting on an educational forum on Measure H on Oct. 8 from 5:30-7pm at Fire Station 7 at 2211 Keetak St in Meyers. Measure H is on the Nov. 4 ballot. It is a special flat rate parcel tax for properties served by the Lake Valley Fire Protection District to fund […]
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Updated 8:40pm: Winter-like weather is allowing firefighters to continue getting the upper hand on the King Fire. It is 84 percent contained, with no growth on Sept. 27. The acreage burned remains at 97,099. The arson fire that has been raging east of Pollock Pines since Sept. 13 is burning in mostly rugged terrain, with […]
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Tahoe Arts Project is hosting the third annual Holiday Festival on Nov. 15-16 at South Tahoe Middle School’s multipurpose room. That Saturday the event is from 10am-4pm. It ends at 3pm on Sunday. It will feature art, craft and food vendors, entertainment, raffle prizes, and a visit from Santa. Admission is free. For more info, call 530.542.3632. […]
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By Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee The fact that you drag that recycling to the curb doesn’t mean it escapes the landfill. In the years since California enacted a recycling framework, subsidized by the deposits paid on cans and bottles, people have generally been willing to do their part. Cities and counties have reflected that […]
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By Dylan Scott, TPM They wear camouflaged uniforms, bearing military-style insignia. They ride helicopters over the forests of Mendocino County equipped with firearms, where they cut down illegal marijuana. But they aren’t the army. They aren’t even the police. They are Lear Asset Management, a private security firm that is attracting a lot of attention […]
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