Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association is planning to stabilize the south side of the homeowners’ pier with a combination of sheet pile wall, boulders and clean sand. “The revetment will prevent further erosion of the shoreline from lake waves when the lake level is high,” Doug Smith with the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control […]
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By Lake Tahoe News Lake Tahoe Community College has set up a pantry of nonperishable foods and hygiene products for students in need. “It’s meant to address the very real problem of community college students struggling with learning due to hunger. There’s all kinds of evidence that shows that when college students don’t have their […]
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By Brianna Calix, Fresno Bee Heat waves, droughts and floods are climate trends that will force California farmers to change some practices — including what they grow — to continue producing yields that historically have fed people nationwide, a new study by the University of California says. Researchers reviewed 89 studies on California climate trends […]
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By Ryan Sabalow and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee Several local school districts and the University of California system received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the National Rifle Association between 2010 and 2016. The money, in the form of grants from the NRA Foundation, thrusts what were once largely non-controversial gun- and hunting-safety programs and […]
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By Becky Bohrer, AP Taking a cue from the fight over immigration, some states that have legalized marijuana are considering providing so-called sanctuary status for licensed pot businesses, hoping to protect the fledgling industry from a shift in federal enforcement policy. Just hours after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Jan. 4 that federal […]
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By Michael Scott Davidson, Las Vegas Review-Journal Former state Sen. Mark Manendo sexually harassed more than a dozen women over his years in the Nevada Legislature, leading to his resignation. The transgressions were documented in a $67,000 taxpayer-funded investigation, but the public can’t see the report. Former Henderson Police Chief Patrick Moers retired with full […]
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Power lines are down across the road on Glenshire Drive in Truckee. Glenshire Drive is closed between Somerset Drive and Wellington Way. Truckee police and fire are on scene. People are asked to avoid the area on Saturday night. Those in the area may experience power outages. Liberty Energy is aware and is responding. — […]
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By Jessie Bekker, Las Vegas Review-Journal Opioid-related deaths in Nevada have decreased slightly since 2010, but the number of fatal heroin overdoses has nearly tripled since then, according to state data presented Thursday. But that pattern appears to be changing as well, as heroin-related deaths remained unchanged between 2015 and 2016 while deaths from synthetic […]
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Placer County Board of Supervisors approved the appointment of four members and confirmation of nine proposed appointees to the new Capital Projects Advisory Committee – a 13-member group representing broad economic and geographic interests throughout eastern Placer County. The committee, co-chaired by the county and North Lake Tahoe Resort Association, will evaluate project proposals based […]
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By Ezra David Romero, Capital Public Radio Frank Gehrke trudges through snow and ice, as he’s done for nearly four decades in the Sierra Nevada. He’s one of many state workers who takes monthly snow surveys, in the same spots, to figure out how much water is in the snowpack. And this old-fashioned way of […]
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