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School has been out for more than an hour. Do you know where your child is? The answer next school year might be: “on the school bus”. Lake Tahoe Unified School District board of education members on Tuesday heard two proposals of what the bus schedule could be for the 2012-13 school year. They didn’t like either and asked staff to come up with something else.

Searchers located and are in the process of retrieving the body of a skier, who's been missing in Mono County for nearly two weeks.Boris Avdeev, 31, of Ann Arbor, Mich., an experienced backcountry ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A group of scientists took to the skies in a slow-moving airship Thursday in search of meteorites that rained over California's gold country last month.It's the latest hun...

The full Moon has a reputation for trouble. It raises high tides, it makes dogs howl, it wakes you up in the middle of the night with beams of moonlight stealing through drapes. If a moonbeam wakes you up on the night of May 5, 2012, you might want to get out of bed and take a look. This May’s full Moon is a "super Moon,” as much as 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than other full Moons of 2012.

Like a lot of vacationers, Rick and Kristie Santos would return from trips to Lake Tahoe during the housing boom wondering what it would take to own a second home there.
Lately, however, with interest rates dipping below 4 percent and home prices seeking bottom, the Fair Oaks couple started thinking differently. The Santoses recently joined a growing number of would-be buyers scouting the Tahoe area for second homes.

My new Subaru was sideswiped in Raley's parking lot at the "Y." I got two local estimates of $1,700 and $1,500.I called my salesman at Michael Hohl in Carson. They use and recommend Dents and Dings...

This is just one more frivolus lawsuit filed by one more enviromental group who would like to shut down the whole Sierra to the recreational community.I believe the Forest service has filed any num...

For most, I expect the words Excess Coverage Mitigation Fee has little meaning, for those who are interested, it means the amount of "coverage" on your property that is in excess of that which is a...

Fees at campgrounds operated by California Land Management on National Forest Land around Lake Tahoe will increase this summer, according to a statement released by the U.S. Forest Service Thursday...

With spring firmly planted, South Lake Tahoe's many seasonal shops, restaurants and businesses are starting to tally their numbers from last winter. And, for many, that's not a happy task."It wa...

Brass knuckles were reportedly used in two similar assaults at South Shore casinos within an hour of each other early Sunday morning, according to separate reports by Douglas County sheriff's deput...

The Professional Ski Instructors of America and the American Association of Snowboard Instructors have announced their 2012 – 2016 National Team, and Heavenly Mountain Resort is the proud home to four of those members, which is the most of any ski resort in the U.S.

A full field of 20 horses will line up for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday. The winner becomes the only 3-year-old with a chance to go on and try for the Triple Crown by adding...

Due to increased costs of doing business, fees at campgrounds operated by California Land Management on National Forest System lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin will rise by $2 this season.

Camping fees will increase at Fallen Leaf (now $30), Meeks Bay (now $25), William Kent (now $25), Kaspian (now $17) and Nevada Beach (now $30 for regular sites, $34 for premium sites) campgrounds. Even with the fee increase, CLM campgrounds are below the cost of privately operated campgrounds in the basin. The fees at Bayview Campground, beaches and day-use areas remain the same.

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is looking for volunteers who love working outdoors, educating and helping people, and would like to help preserve one of our nation’s most popular wilderness areas, Desolation Wilderness. The public is invited to attend one of two informational meetings in South Lake Tahoe in May to learn about different volunteer opportunities, training, minimum requirements and how volunteer help is important to the preservation of Desolation Wilderness.