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Survey: Nevada lawmakers favor government transparency
Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 5:50pm911 call describes controlled burn that may have sparked wildfire
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 4:35pmInvestigators looking into the cause of the 7,500-acre Topaz Ranch Estates wildfire are zeroing in on a controlled burn reported out of control two days before it allegedly rekindled in high win...
Pedestrian accident on Highway 50 at Zephyr Cove Lodge ties up traffic
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 2:45pmA pedestrian was reportedly hit by a vehicle at Highway 50 at the Zephyr Cove Lodge at about 3:30 Friday afternoon. The victim was said to be conscious but bleeding from the head. Three vehicles are said to be involved in the accident, according to Douglas County dispatch.
Traffic controls are in place in the westbound lane headed into Lake Tahoe and the eastbound lane of Highway 50 toward Spooner Summit. A CalStar medical helicopter from South Lake Tahoe was unavailable because of snow and visibility. The victim was instead to be transported by ambulance to Barton Memorial Hospital.
Study: Nevadans more likely to die by gun than in traffic accident
Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 12:45pmBurn pile spreads into brush fire on Cold Creek Trail in South Lake Tahoe (updated)
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 10:36am
Update 12:22PM: A small brush fire on Cold Creek Trail in South Lake Tahoe is contained and burned about one-quarter of an acre, reports U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Cheva Heck. Fire personnel from Lake Valley Fire Protection District and South Lake Tahoe and U.S. Forest Service brought the fire to containment. The cause of the fire is under investigation, Heck said. Initial reports that came in said the fire started as a backyard burn pile.
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Common sense stressed for crowded waters this weekend
Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 11:00amMac the Naw: Mackinaw biting in Lake Tahoe; Indian Creek to be planted soon
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 9:47amHello fellow anglers, welcome to the Memorial Day weekend and northern Nevada and Lake Tahoe weather. If you don't like it, wait a few hours and it will change on you. That is exactly what it we'll...
Proud to Say: FAC needs to start talking, not bickering
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 9:45amAfter a half-hour of taking notes at Monday's Fields Advisory Committee meeting for the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority, I put my pen down and realized that there real...
Who will win the most wide-open Indy 500 in years?
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 9:41amThe Indianapolis 500 will be run on Sunday in what's believed to be the most wide-open race in years. There are no clear favorites and there's a group of new faces vying for attention. And with no ...
States looking to new tolls to pay for highways
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 9:34amWASHINGTON (AP) - Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay.With Congress unwilling to contemplate an increa...
Pool access for the disabled sparks controversy
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 9:25amWASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is sidestepping an election-year confrontation with the hotel industry and other pool owners to give them more time to comply with access rules for the di...
New Goals Set For Lake Tahoe Bike Challenge
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 6:55am
The 7th annual Tahoe Bike Challenge sets new goals for the 2012 event scheduled for June 4-15th. The Bike Challenge is a Tahoe Basin-wide campaign that challenges everyone to ride their bike to work, school and during play and errands in lieu of using the automobile.
Kudos & Kindness: Class trip to Sutter's Fort gave students a glimpse of history
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 5:00amOn Thursday and Friday, May 17-18, my fourth-grade class participated in the Environmental Living Program at Sutter's Fort State Historic Park in Sacramento. This is an authentic learning experi...
Letter to the editor: Don't blame the sport
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 5:00amOn May 22, South Lake Tahoe lost a wonderful father, husband and friend, Rob Ranieri. Rob was a guy who loved life. He was a very experienced sky diver whose lust for adventure kept him alive. He o...
Kudos & Kindness: Fundraiser was a success
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 5:00amBueno and Marty Kettleson of Bert's Cafe recently hosted a spaghetti night fundraiser for Tahoe Arts Project, a nonprofit organization that brings professional performing arts into the schools and ...
OBITUARY: Mauro Frank Capone
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 5:00am10/5/1929 - 5/17/2012Mauro Frank Capone born October 5th, 1929 in San Francisco, passed away in Placerville May 17th, 2012. Mauro was a graduate of Balboa High School, San Francisco, 1948. He wa...
OBITUARY: JOSIAH DAVID GUY
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 5:00am10/14/1984 - 5/20/2012My sweet son, I will savor every moment we shared.Please know in your struggles, we all really cared.Rescued from this life of pain,God's works are never done in vain.As an...
OBITUARY: Thomas Edward Rancour Sr.
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 5:00amOctober 8th 1960 - April 24th 2012Thomas was born in Long Beach Calif. and raised in Southern Calif. until 1989 when our family moved to South Lake Tahoe. Thomas was an incredible husband and fa...
OBITUARY: Larry Panick
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 5:00amLarry Panick passed away suddenly April 22, 2012 in his home in South Lake Tahoe. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Ann and Paul Panick.He is survived by his daughter Morgan Pan...
Measure E reborn as Measure B
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 5:00amFor the second time in less than two years, South Lake Tahoe voters are being asked to approve changes to the city's business license tax structure.If approved by a majority of voters during the Ju...
Regional Plan Update: Development of recreation areas cited as concern
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 5:00amSince its release last month, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's Regional Plan Update has stoked fears of a new era of overdevelopment at Lake Tahoe.And allowing hotel rooms and homes in areas...
CASA Corner: Remembering volunteer Rob Ranieri
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 5:00amThe headline read "Man killed in skydiving accident." Kerry, my husband, and I had just returned from our very early morning walk with our very big dog, Boris. We grabbed the paper on the way back ...
Back in the water
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 5:00amThis Memorial Day weekend Lake Tahoe's waters are sure to be rippling with boat wakes and the happy cries of those sailing along with the vessels. But with so many boaters out, safety is always ...
Most South Shore recreation sites open
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 5:00amWhether you're looking to bask in the sands of Pope Beach or wander the trails around Angora Lookout, most of the South Shore's recreation sites should be fully open by this weekend. But before ...
Back in the water
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 5:00amThis Memorial Day weekend Lake Tahoe's waters are sure to be rippling with boat wakes and the happy cries of those sailing along with the vessels. But with so many boaters out, safety is always ...
Most South Shore recreation sites open
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 5:00amWhether you're looking to bask in the sands of Pope Beach or wander the trails around Angora Lookout, most of the South Shore's recreation sites should be fully open by this weekend. But before ...
What's Cookin' at Callie's Cabin: Gourmet sub sandwich and berry good custard
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 5:00amAfter living on the South Shore for more than a decade, I have ordered take-out sandwiches from Stateline to the "Y" and off the beaten track. Also, all-natural, store-bought tapioca has comfort...
Opinion: Long-term consequences change the discussion of youth football
Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 7:30pmSuspect in disappearance of Calif. teen arraigned
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 6:04pmSAN JOSE, Calif. - A man accused in the disappearance of a 15-year-old California girl made his first appearance in court Thursday but did not enter a plea.Antolin Garcia-Torres was arraigned on mu...
Sirota: A rare admission that money trumps everything else
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 4:02pmHeadlines transmit information in its rawest form - and the best of headlines crystallize indelible truths. Such was the case this week when the New York Daily News blared this simple but iconic he...
Opinion: Pelosi’s definition of middle class uses funny math
Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 4:00pmResearchers at Fallen Leaf confirm ancient 'megadroughts' around Lake Tahoe and Sierra Nevada
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 2:28pm
The erratic year-to-year swings in precipitation totals in the Lake Tahoe, Carson City and Reno areas conjures up the word “drought” every couple of years, and this year is no exception. The Nevada State Climate Office at the University of Nevada, Reno, in conjunction with the Nevada Drought Response Committee, announced Thursday a Stage 1 drought (moderate) for six counties and a Stage 2 drought (severe) for 11 counties.
Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada are no strangers to drought, the most famous being the Medieval megadrought lasting from 800 to 1250 A.D. when annual precipitation was less than 60 percent of normal. The Reno-Tahoe region is now about 65 percent of annual normal precipitation for the year, which doesn’t seem like much, but imagine if this were the “norm” each and every year for the next 200 years.
Tab Benoit flying high while staying grounded
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 1:45pmTab Benoit received the three highest honors in his musical category this month, but that doesn't mean he is going to start flying to his shows in first class.Although he's a pilot, Benoit refus...
Nevada committee declares counties in various drought stages
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 1:09pmRENO — Nevada’s Drought Response Committee has announced all Nevada counties as being on either drought alert or drought watch with 11 counties classified by the U.S. Drought Monitor as under severe drought and six counties under moderate drought. The committee is organizing and activating three regional task forces to address the drought impacts in local and regional areas to begin gathering information about local plans, needs, vulnerabilities and available resources.
Great Cowboy Chicken Wing Cook Off planned for South Lake Tahoe Western Days
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 12:56pmEvent Date:
June 2, 2012 - 11:00am
Golden Bear Events presents The Great Cowboy Chicken Wing Cook Off as part of the Western Days on Saturday, June 2, at the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Center barbecue area. The Chicken Wing Cook Off will be held between 11 am and 2 pm. Start those fires, fryers, and barbeques and let the public decide who has the best chicken or buffalo wings in Tahoe.
Memorial Saturday for legendary broadcaster, hellraiser and satirist Travus T. Hipp
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 11:59am
Services for legendary radio commentator Travus T. Hipp will be held this Saturday, May 26, in Silver City. Hipp died early Friday morning, May 18, at his Silver City home. He was 75, as old as the Golden Gate Bridge in his beloved San Francisco.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 26, in Silver City. Gathering, gnoshing and remembering will begin at the Silver City Community Center, 385 High Street, at 10:00 a.m. Food and refreshments will be provided. Those who wish may bring more.
Indian gaming plays a role in Silver Legacy’s bankruptcy
Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 12:40pm