To the community, The Truckee Tahoe Air Show and Family Festival has come and gone, and it was a great event. The local EAA Chapter 1073 registered Young Eagles on the day of the air show, and gave them free airplane rides the next day. Several volunteers helped with registration Saturday and then helped with […]
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• Lake Tahoe painter Millicent Meng is the visiting artist at Valhalla on the South Shore through July 22 from 11am-4pm daily. Fifty percent of all sales from this exhibit will be donated to South Tahoe Middle School. • California has an official state amphibian: the California red-legged frog. • Truckee is looking for people […]
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A 6-year-old male black bear was put down Friday by Nevada Department of Wildlife officials becuase it had killed livestock in Genoa. On April 29, a bear killed four goats inside an enclosure in Genoa. A trap was set and a bear was caught, but it could not be determined if the bear that had […]
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By Denny Walsh and Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee For the 30 or 40 Mexican laborers looking for work, the pitch seemed too good to be true. They would receive temporary work visas to get into the United States, then be driven to Northern California forests to trim trees at $16.47 an hour. The jobs would […]
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Three Incline Village residents are accused of starting the fire this week at La Casona restaurant in Incline. Ramon Mendoza Valdez, 20, and two juveniles have been arrested on charges related to an arson and graffiti incident that occurred July 16. “After the fire was extinguished, investigators found evidence of arson at the scene,” Washoe […]
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Night work will begin on Truckee’s Glenshire Drive Bike Lane Phase 2 Project starting on July 20 at 9pm. Glenshire Drive will be closed between Donner Pass Road and Olympic Boulevard from 9pm-6am Sunday through Friday morning. Olympic Heights residents will be allowed to access their neighborhood during the closure via the emergency gate (which […]
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Sand Harbor’s boat ramp will close for the season starting July 28. The low lake level is forcing the closure. This closure will prevent watercraft from being damaged during a launch and protect the end of the launch lanes from damage. The parking lot will remain open for carry-in boat access only. All other boaters […]
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A Western Scrub Jay found earlier this month El Dorado Hills has tested positive for West Nile virus. This is the first confirmed positive result this year in the county. There have been no human cases in 2014. West Nile virus is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. Mosquitoes pick up […]
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The Clear Creek Fire burning in the Carson Valley is 75 percent contained. The acreage burned has been reduced to 187. The fire started the evening of July 16 from lightning. While homes were threatened in the Jacks Valley area, that is no longer the case. Firefighters expect full containment by Saturday evening. — Lake […]
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By Nora Krug, Washington Post One of the most important things a running partner can provide is conversation. Many runners are looking for a kind of coach, to push them to go faster or longer; others want a confidant or a gossip or someone to swap the latest tips from Runner’s World with. But for […]
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