Cozy is 2 years old. She was left behind when her owners moved. She loves to cuddle and get cozy on laps. Her adoption fee and fees for all other adult cats at the shelter right now have been partially paid by a kind sponsor. She is at the El Dorado County Animal Services shelter […]
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By Kathryn Reed Paddling is always a good upper body workout. Paddling against the wind with white caps is definitely going to require some therapy afterward. Such was the case for the four of us on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. Wind wasn’t an issue when we left the house, so it came […]
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By John Garamendi Everyone agrees that California’s aging water infrastructure is insufficient for our present and future needs. When the Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown negotiated the final language of the water bond, we monitored their work with trepidation. Had the proposed $25 billion twin-tunnels boondoggle been included, it would have divided our state and […]
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By Tara Parker-Pope, New York Times The most reliable workers are those who get seven to eight hours of sleep each night, a new study shows. Researchers from Finland analyzed the sleep habits and missed work days among 3,760 men and women over about seven years. The workers ranged in age from 30 to 64 […]
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Placer County is co-sponsoring free medication take-back events in and around the county on Sept. 27 from 10am-2pm at 10 locations in the western area of the county, and one at Lake Tahoe. The Tahoe-area event will be at the former fire station above Commons Beach, 300 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City from 9am-1pm. No […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College is one of eight colleges selected to be part of a pilot program involving online education. California Community Colleges’ Online Education Initiative (OEI) begins this fall and goes through spring 2016. The goal is to increase student access to online courses throughout California and define the future of online education in […]
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A fire on Tramway Drive in Stateline on Saturday did not reach the interior of the structure. The two-alarm fire Sept. 13 at 6:42pm burned the deck of the residence and the siding. “(The cause) is under investigation related to construction activity,” Tahoe Douglas Fire Marshal Eric Guevin told Lake Tahoe News. — Lake Tahoe News […]
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Updated 5:15pm: Smoke drifting into Truckee and that is streaming over the ridge on the South Shore is from the King Fire burning out of control near Pollock Pines. “Heavy fuels are burning and timber,” Terri Mizuhara, spokeswoman for CalFire, told Lake Tahoe News. “It’s traveling east, northeast with a rapid rate of spread.” It is […]
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The U.S. Forest Service is giving Lake Valley Fire Protection District a $26,000 grant to reduce wildfire risk in Meyers. Lake Valley personnel will clear brush and hazard trees on a 6.5 acres owned by California Tahoe Conservancy across from the Tahoe Pines Campground. The U.S. Forest Service Non-Federal Lands Grants support fuel reduction work on […]
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By Matthew L. Wald, New York Times When Nevada lured Tesla Motors to the Reno area to build a giant battery factory, a triumphant governor, Brian Sandoval, proclaimed that every dollar his state was spending in tax incentives and other subsidies would yield $80 in economic activity. But experts in industrial development say that his […]
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