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Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This report is for the week of August 29 to Sept. 4.

UPDATE 7:30PM: Firefighters and engines are being released from the West Way fire incident according to dispatch. Firefighters have been able to get a handle on the fire, said to be about a half acre that burned on U.S. Forest Service land.
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South Lake Tahoe and Lake Valley have responded to a brush fire off of West Way near Highway 89 / Emerald Bay Road. A plume of smoke is visible in the area. The call came into dispatch at around 5:50 p.m. Forest Service firefighters are also on the scene and are scoping the area, said to be in a meadow.

UPDATE 1:39PM: South Lake Tahoe Police have issued a press release regarding Tuesday's hit and run accident. The victim, a 38-year-old man, remains in an intensive care unit at Renown Medical Center in Reno. South Lake Tahoe Police have commended citizens for their part in locating the suspect.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams for Northern California, the Sierra and across Nevada. This report is for the week of August 16.

For the second time in less than a year, Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III will speak at Lake Tahoe, this time as a special guest speaker of the 2012 Lake in the Sky Air Show, Aug. 24-26 at the Lake Tahoe Airport.
Sullenberger gained fame when he successfully landed US Airways Flight 1549, which had been disabled by striking a flock of Canada geese, in the Hudson River off Manhattan, New York City, on January 15, 2009. All of the 155 passengers and crew aboard the aircraft survived.

A large marijuana grow area was discovered near Jacks Valley in the Toiyabe National Forest along the eastern foothills, Douglas County authorities said Wednesday.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is looking for three suspects associated with the grow and have warned that the men are hiding in the forest and may emerge at any number of locations in Douglas County, including Glenbrook on the Lake Tahoe side.

A bicyclist escaped serious injuries after being hit by an SUV, which then left the scene of the accident Saturday on Mt. Rose Highway in North Lake Tahoe, the Nevada Highway Patrol reports.
The accident happened near Golfers Pass Road. According to witnesses, an SUV, possibly silver or blue, with California plates was traveling westbound on on Mt. Rose Highway. The vehicle veered right, crossing the fog line, and stuck a cyclist.

World class fishing at Lake Tahoe will be featured this month in a two-part series August 16 and again on August 18, hosted by the Tahoe Center for Environmental Science.
The Lake Tahoe Basin has numerous opportunities for fly fishing, but also has a limited season. Join local fishing expert Victor Babbitt to learn about how, where and when to fish in and around Lake Tahoe at a presentation on August 16 at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences building in Incline Village, 291 Country Club Drive.

Fishing spots in the Sierra, Lake Tahoe, Northern California and Nevada will be the place to be this week as temperatures will send thousands of anglers to dozens of rivers, lakes and streams in the region. Here is the latest fishing report for the week of August 8-14. Pack plenty of water, sunscreen and don't forget your fishing license.

Is it possible to be thrilled and relaxed at the same time?

I learned the answer to this question hanging beneath the canopy of a paraglider as it soared several hundred feet over the forested ridge that runs along the border between California and Nevada on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe.

The excitement of flying through the air under an oversized parachute was matched only by the peaceful beauty of the blue lake below. It's a vantage point that might have left the great Mark Twain speechless.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This fishing report is for Aug. 1-7.

LONDON (AP) - Taylor Phinney's fourth-place finish. Kristin Armstrong's crash on a rain-slicked road course. Shelley Olds' flat tire at the most inopportune of times.They came into the London Ga...

In May, local community member Sean Riley suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result of a succession of blackouts and falls. A Beach Bash Benefit is being held to help offset Sean’s medical expenses on Wednesday, August 15, 5-8 p.m., at Zephyr Cove Resort.
Sean is an off-road tour guide for Lake Tahoe Adventures and his wife, Georgette, works for the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority and Tahoe Chamber. Sean has been hospitalized since May and came home this week and is now under 24-hour care. He is doing better, but does have some issues with comprehension and memory as a result of the injury, and has a long road to recovery requiring extensive therapy, home supervision and care.

Two California men who were target shooting in the woods near Old Clear Creek Road were arrested Friday after a resident heard bullets hit a house and ricochet nearby.Douglas County sheriff's deput...

I read the Tahoe Transportation District Executive Director Carl Hasty's column on the "Revitalization Project ...," also more commonly known as the "Loop Road," in the July 14-17 edition of the Ta...

Heavy-hitting comedy, celebrity golf and blockbuster concerts make for a sizzling summer at Tahoe South with an dynamic lineup that includes legendary actor-comedian Robin Williams; hall-of-fame athletes teeing it up at the American Century Championship and Grammy award-winning pop-rock group, Maroon 5.

If the TTD took the $70 Million that they say it will cost to build the loop road and fix up the area they would still have enough over to give us a free bus system like most of the other resort towns. They are not alleviating any traffic flows or amount of cars only diverting them faster to Nevada. How is diverting the traffic helping the traffic situation, we will still have the same amount of cars on the road. I have said this before about other things done to us by our Government agency’s doing what’s best for them and us(mostly them).

With a name like Death Ride, it has to be fun, right?That's what past participants of the Annual Tour of the California Alps Death Ride said this week ahead of the 129-mile road bike ride, which...

The Nevada Highway Patrol is looking for witnesses of a two-vehicle accident at Highway 50 and Elks Point Road at 7:06 a.m. Saturday.The preliminary investigation details indicate that a white 2...

A mishap at a traffic light near Elks Point Road and Highway 50 sent a Lake Tahoe man to the hospital on Saturday morning, the Nevada Highway patrol reports. The injuries are non-life threatening.

With the South Shore swelling by more than 100,000 people, authorities remained busy over the Independence Day holiday with a number of calls on both sides of the state line. South Lake Tahoe Police Department Lt. David Stevenson reports the following:

Public land managers will continue a project to eradicate, control, and contain known and future infestations of “invasive weeds” using chemical treatment. Work will begin Monday, July 9 through Thursday, July 12, 2012, according to the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.