South Lake Tahoe’s SWAT team stormed the old Horizon casino on Wednesday, causing extensive damage to the Stateline property. And the owners are OK with this. This was one of many training exercises by law enforcement at what is now a construction site. Brothers Jon and David Park are spending $60 million to transform the […]
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By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times For women past childbearing age, a study finds that a modest amount of exercise — four hours a week of walking or more intensive physical activity such as cycling for just two hours a week — drives down breast cancer risk by roughly 10 percent. If exercise were a […]
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By Alexandra Ossola, Popular Science In 2011, a male gray wolf called OR-7 left his pack in Oregon and traversed over 1,200 miles. While this sort of travel isn’t atypical for gray wolves, the terrain that OR-7 covered set him apart from the pack; he became the first confirmed wolf in California in almost a […]
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By Melanie Mason, Los Angeles Times California lawmakers approved a ballot measure for a $7.5 billion water bond Wednesday evening, following an eleventh-hour scramble to secure bipartisan support by increasing funding for new reservoirs. Soon after lawmakers wrapped up, Brown signed AB1471 by Assemblyman Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood, one of two identical measures they had approved. […]
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Erwin Bosbeli Cifuentes-Perez, 24, of Truckee was arrested Aug. 12 on charges of having sex with a minor. The victim’s parents contacted Truckee officers to report the relationship between the victim and suspect who lives in Kings Beach. Detectives determined the relationship was consensual, however the suspect is several years older than the victim. This […]
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• Work started this week on a maintenance project that will repave more than six miles of Highway 193 in El Dorado County. Work is expected to be complete by the end of October, weather-permitting. The highway will be subject to daytime one-way traffic control at various locations; expect delays up to 10 minutes. • […]
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By Kathryn Reed It doesn’t take science for people to know Lake Tahoe’s shoreline is growing as the drought persists. But it does take science to determine the health of those waters. The annual “Tahoe: State of the Lake Report 2014” was released today by the Tahoe Environmental Research Center at UC Davis. “While this […]
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Updated 12:05pm Two students were taken to the hospital this morning following a three-vehicle accident on the West Slope. The El Dorado Union High School District bus was hit head-on by a vehicle at 6:30am Aug. 14. The driver of the passenger vehicle was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to the […]
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Some familiar names will be missing from the Nov. 4 ballot when it comes time for South Shore residents to vote. Roberta Mason, an original member of the Lake Tahoe Community College board of trustees, is stepping down after 40 years. Newcomer Jeff Cowen is running unopposed for her seat. Bob Grant and Michelle Sweeney […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau Upward of 100 people congregated on Regan Beach on Tuesday evening for the South Lake Tahoe Parks and Recreation Commission’s workshop to help determine the future of this area. “We can’t have a community project without community input,” said Parks and Recreation Commission Chairman Pete Fink as he opened the evening’s workshop. […]
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