A snowslide on Wednesday and a storm that should bring additional snowfall to the area over the next few days prompted Caltrans to close Highway 89 around Emerald Bay. The March 21 slide dumped snow as high as 15 feet that stretched 160 feet. Rain in the Lake Tahoe area is expected to turn to […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe is looking for at least one recruiting firm to search for city attorney and city manager candidates. While the issue of the city attorney was on the March 20 agenda, both positions were discussed at the meeting. This is just another violation of the Brown Act – talking about […]
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By Lake Tahoe News The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a flood warning for the greater Lake Tahoe area, including South Lake Tahoe, Truckee, Stateline and Incline Village. The warning is in effect through late Thursday. “Right now the city is looking good. We have cut snow berms in known zones and have a […]
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By Kathryn Reed In less than four years it’s possible the much maligned Chateau project in South Lake Tahoe will be completely built out with a hotel that includes a rooftop pool, condos that come with another pool, a high-end bowling alley where the convention center once was planned, outdoor movie theater showing family-friendly films, […]
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With heavy rain and snow in the forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, South Lake Tahoe and Truckee officials are reminding residents where they can get sand bags. The snow level is expected to be at 7,500 feet and above. In South Lake Tahoe bags are available at the city’s public works yard at 1160 Rufus […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP A Nevada woman who fears her missing horse could end up at the slaughterhouse has joined a lawsuit challenging state plans to transfer ownership of thousands of free-roaming mustangs to private hands Lawyers for the California-based American Wild Horse Campaign and Cynthia Ashe of Silver Springs filed the lawsuit Monday in […]
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By Kathryn Reed The recreational marijuana item on Tuesday’s South Lake Tahoe City Council agenda was a bit of a cluster. It was initially on the agenda as one sentence without any supporting material. Two presentations were added to the city’s website on March 20, however the council and public had no opportunity to review […]
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By Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle The knock on the front door of the South Lake Tahoe vacation rental was a surprise. It was the first family getaway together for Gus Pries and his extended family. With six adults, four children ranging from 3 months to 5 years old, suitcases, snow gear and groceries, […]
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By Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee An atmospheric river is predicted to dump more rain on Southern California and the Central Coast than any other storm this year, and is expected to drop up to 4 feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada and 2 inches of rain in Sacramento before dissipating over the weekend. The […]
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Officials have positively identified the two bodies found last year in Fallen Leaf Lake. One had been there since 2004, the other since 2001. The body of Cynthia Ellis, aka Cynthia Prehoda, of South Lake Tahoe was retrieved Aug. 29, 2017. Her son, David Ward, had drowned at this South Shore lake in 1996. Five […]
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