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SLTPD: Enjoy New Year's Eve festivities safely
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 11:06amNew Years Eve is nearly here. In town is the three-day Snow Globe Music Festival that began Thursday and will run through Dec. 31. The festival will be held on the sports field adjacent to the Lake Tahoe Community College on Al Tahoe Boulevard. We encourage our locals and visitors who desire to venture outdoors on New Year’s Eve to enjoy the celebration there.
Biologists: Lone gray wolf crosses into California
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 10:34amSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A lone gray wolf has wandered across the Oregon border into California in what wildlife officials hailed Thursday as the historic return of a species not seen in the state in m...
GUEST COLUMN: Public Utility District following state laws as it transitions to metered water billing
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 10:18amIn 2004, California mandated water systems with 3,000 or more connections must be fully metered by 2025. The law also mandates after Jan. 1, 2010, all existing metered customers must be billed on t...
GUEST COLUMN: Public Utility District following state laws as it transitions to metered water billing
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 10:18amIn 2004, California mandated water systems with 3,000 or more connections must be fully metered by 2025. The law also mandates after Jan. 1, 2010, all existing metered customers must be billed on t...
Court: California can eliminate redevelopment
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 6:47pmBy Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee. In a significant budget win for Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday the state ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../court-california-c...
Court splits decision over redevelopment funding
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 5:17pmSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown and state lawmakers have the authority to eliminate community redevelopment agencies but not force them to redirect their taxes to local services, the Cal...
California high court says state can eliminate redevelopment
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 12:49pmIn a significant budget win for Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers, the California Supreme Court ruled today the state can eliminate local agencies that subsidize construction in blighted areas. The decision strengthens the state's ability to take funds from redevelopment agencies, such as the one at South Lake Tahoe, for the current budget. It also provides leverage for state leaders to use more than $1 billion annually in redevelopment property tax dollars to balance future budgets.
Tahoe Vista land restoration, bike trail project proceeds
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 1:59amAcquiring an easement from the California Tahoe Conservancy is allowing Placer County to accept a $1 million grant from the state Natural Resources Agency ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../tahoe-vista-land...
No guarantee of finding work out of state
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 1:59amBy Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee. Escape isn't easy. As California buckled under layoffs and hiring freezes last year, tens of thousands of residents saw lower ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../no-guar...
Rural residents protest state firefighting fee
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 1:59amBy Wyatt Buchanan, San Francisco Chronicle. SACRAMENTO — Starting next year, hundreds of thousands of Californians, including thousands in El Dorado ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../rural-residents-protes...
State commission to reconsider Washoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 12:46pmBy Kathryn Reed. Second thoughts is what the California State Park and Recreation commissioners are having regarding the October decision to approve the ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../state-commission-t...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: What if only Tahoe residents could decide golf issue?
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 9:20amThe issue of moving nine holes of the Lake Tahoe Golf course into Washoe Meadows State Park has been debated for years. It has gotten to the point where a lawsuit has been filed and it has become a...
Free New Year's Day hike at Spooner Lake
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 8:40am
Celebrate the New Year with park rangers on a fun outing around Spooner Lake. This free First Day Hike is sponsored by the National Association of State Park Directors. Park entrance fees are waived for participants in the hike, or snowshoe, depending upon snow availability.
State commission to reconsider Washoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 6:36amAt the Lake Tahoe meeting two months ago the decision was unanimous to accept staff's recommendations. The decision by the commissioners came as Ruth Coleman, director of the Department of Parks a...
Child Safety Seat Law changes go into effect Jan. 1
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 6:00amThe California Office of Traffic Safety is reminding parents, caregivers, and drivers to take note of a new law aimed at saving more lives and preventing more injuries of children across the state....
Ticket prices lower for New Year's Eve weekend in Tahoe-Reno ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/27/2011 - 4:32pmBy Mel Shields, Sacramento Bee. New Year's Eve in Northern Nevada casinos is usually a pretty good barometer of the state of the economy. In prosperous and ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../ticket-pric...
State parks to reconsider controversial golf course approvals
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/27/2011 - 1:05pmThe California State Park and Recreation Commission is scheduled to reconsider several October approvals related to a controversial restoration project along the Upper Truckee River.
Calif could lose 1,500 inmate firefighters
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/27/2011 - 10:49amLOS ANGELES (AP) - An unforeseen result of the state's prison realignment that moves prisoners from state to county facilities is that it may reduce the number of inmate firefighters in California....
CA initiates state protection for rare woodpecker
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 12/26/2011 - 6:00amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) - Over the objections of the U.S. Forest Service, wildlife officials in California are taking steps at the state level to protect a rare woodpecker partly because t...
Free guided New Year's Day hikes in Nevada
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 12/26/2011 - 1:50amSpooner Lake at Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park is offering free hikes in Northern Nevada. In Southern and Southeastern Nevada entrance fees are waived for the hikes at: Cathedral Gorge, Spring Valley, S...
State parks workers want governor to remove
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 12/26/2011 - 12:52amBy Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee. The managers who operate California's state parks say they have lost faith in their leader, and are urging Gov. Jerry Brown to ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../state-pa...
Free guided New Year's Day hikes in Nevada
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 12/26/2011 - 12:52amSpooner Lake at Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park is offering free hikes in Northern Nevada. In Southern and Southeastern Nevada entrance fees are waived for ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../free-guided-new-ye...
Nevada regulators OK online poker rules
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 12/25/2011 - 7:52pmLAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada gambling regulators on Thursday unanimously approved rules that allow companies in the state apply for licenses to operate poker websites, a move that puts Nevada in a posit...
Forest Service reminds public no fireworks on New Year's
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 12/25/2011 - 2:30pmAt the urging of the U.S. Forest Service, visitors to the Lake Tahoe Basin should leave their fireworks at home over the New Year's holiday.
“The use of all fireworks is prohibited on all national forests and national grasslands. Regulations are enforced, and violation is punishable as a misdemeanor by a fine of not more than $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than six months, or both,” said Forest Supervisor Nancy Gibson.
Big-rig accident close I-80 east
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 10:55pmInterstate 80 near Lake Tahoe is expected to be closed until noon Dec. 23 as crews clean up a hazardous spill. Eastbound I-80 between Hirshdale and the California/Nevada state line is closed because o...
Nevada adopts rules for Internet poker licenses
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 4:03pmLAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada gambling regulators on Thursday unanimously approved rules that allow companies in the state apply for licenses to operate poker websites, a move that puts Nevada in a posit...
Nevada State Parks celebrates 2012 with free New Year's Day guided hikes
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 11:30amBy Bob Conrad
The Nevada Division of State Parks is sponsoring free, guided hikes in seven state parks on New Year’s Day as part of America’s State Parks First Day Hikes initiative.
First Day Hikes offer individuals and families an opportunity to begin the New Year rejuvenating and connecting with the outdoors by taking a healthy hike on January 1, 2012 at a state park close to home.
Investigation continues into fatal chairlift fall
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 7:00pmNORDEN, Calif. - State regulators and Sugar Bowl Ski Resort officials continue to investigate varying eyewitness reports regarding what led to a 7-year-old boy falling 60 feet off a chairlift Sunda...
Investigation continues into fatal chairlift fall
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 7:00pmNORDEN, Calif. - State regulators and Sugar Bowl Ski Resort officials continue to investigate varying eyewitness reports regarding what led to a 7-year-old boy falling 60 feet off a chairlift Sunda...
Gridlock could hurt 1.1M unemployed Californians
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 10:18amSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - About 1.1 million unemployed Californians will be affected if Congress and President Barack Obama fail to break their political deadlock before the end of the year, state ...
Unusual winter wildfire near Kyburz
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 9:52amKYBURZ, Calif. (AP) - An unusual winter wildfire pushed by strong winds is threatening cabins in a Sierra Nevada community that typically is covered with snow this time of year.State fire spokesman...
Carson Judge Rules Against Personhood Petition Seeking To Define Life As Starting At Conception
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 12:34amBy Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY — A Carson City district judge today ruled an initiative petition to amend the state constitution to define human life as beginning at conception was too vague and so could not be circulated to qualify for the November 2012 ballot.
Calif. state park managers oppose agency director
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 11:32amSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California state park managers said they have lost confidence in their director and urged Gov. Jerry Brown to appoint someone else to the post.The 125-member California St...
Patricia Whitely — 192-2011
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 7:44pmShe attended San Francisco State University during World War II and completed her education at Lake Tahoe Community College. In 1953, Pat married a medical student, Jim Whitely. They moved to South La...
Nevada Among States With Lowest Spending On Health Care And Least Number Of Insured
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 4:11pmBy Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – Nevada ranks 46th among states on spending on health care per capita, according to a report released this month by the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services.
Tahoe business and building continues on the west side
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 1:20pmBy Heather Gould
On the west side of town, two new buildings are under construction and one is for sale: a Raley's gas station at its shopping center at the "Y" and a new California Conservation Corps facility in Meyers, next to Lira's Supermarket, are currently being built, while Sierra Recovery Center is seeking to move out of its location on Emerald Bay Road.
The CCC's motto is "Hard Work, Low Pay, Miserable Conditions and More . . . " But things are about to get a little more comfortable for both corps members and staff.
Douglas unemployment down .3 percent for November
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 10:27amMINDEN, Nev. - While Douglas County's unemployment remains the third highest in the state, the rate dropped nearly a third of a percent for the month of November, according to figures released toda...
Tahoe Vista land restoration, bike trail project proceeds
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 5:54amAcquiring an easement from the California Tahoe Conservancy is allowing Placer County to accept a $1 million grant from the state Natural Resources Agency to restore wetland and riparian habitat. Had ...
Wacky weather patterns throughout California
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 5:09amNow half the state is dry – not a drop of rain in Sacramento this month, and Lake Tahoe ski resorts are yearning for snow. And at the other end, Los Angeles is ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../wacky-weath...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: 'Dishonest' actions from a state agency
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 12/18/2011 - 6:00amRe: "Problems at the D.M.V.," where this individual received car registration late in the mail. I also received my registration late in the mail wanting more money than usual and a late fee. The ve...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: 'Dishonest' actions from a state agency
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 12/18/2011 - 6:00amRe: "Problems at the D.M.V.," where this individual received car registration late in the mail. I also received my registration late in the mail wanting more money than usual and a late fee. The ve...
Nevada is $38M in black
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 12/17/2011 - 6:00amGeneral Fund revenue collections are $37.99 million ahead of the forecasts used to build the state budget, according to reports presented to the Economic Forum on Tuesday.Actual collections for the...
Lahontan Water Board looking for a new leader
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 12/17/2011 - 3:17amNeither the Lahontan office in South Lake Tahoe office nor the state office in Sacramento have a bio or resume for Singer on file. Neither of those offices nor the Victorville office for Lahontan woul...
Calif unemployment rate drops to 11.3 percent
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/16/2011 - 6:26pmSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's unemployment rate fell to 11.3 percent in November, the lowest it has been since May 2009, state officials said Friday. There was only minimal job growth in t...
Prop 8 repeal cleared for signature-gathering
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/16/2011 - 6:15pmSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A gay rights group that wants to repeal the state constitutional amendment that stripped same-sex couples in California of the right to get married received clearance Friday to...
Tahoe gymnasts qualify for state
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/16/2011 - 1:30pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (TDT) - Tahoe Gymnastics had a strong showing at the Eye Opener event held at High Sierra Gymnastics in Reno on Saturday. Danielle Klug, Venture Bruner, and Devin Eagan qua...
Nevada Job Creation Efforts Move Forward With New Economic Development Office
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 7:15pmBy Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – Efforts by Gov. Brian Sandoval and state lawmakers to encourage new business creation, relocation and expansion in Nevada took a major step forward today when the Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee approved nearly $3.5 million to fund a new economic development office.
Tahoe Snow Sports Icons Daron Rahlves, Jeremy Jones Partner With Plate for Powder Campaign
Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/14/2011 - 12:21pm
By Maja Thaler
Two of Lake Tahoe's most popular ski and snowboarding icons, Daron Rahlves and Jeremy Jones, have finished shooting public service ads this week for the nonprofit Tahoe Fund's Plate for Powder program. Rahlves and Jones donated their time for the California and Nevada Lake Tahoe specialty license plates program, which gives new Tahoe license plate buyers two free Alpine or Nordic ski tickets to their choice of 12 major Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts.
Outdoors with Don Q: California fishing licenses for 2012
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 5:48pmBy Don Quilici
With Christmas two weeks away, one of the best stocking stuffers for local anglers is a California fishing license. If you're planning to fish in the State of California in 2012, you'll need a new license as of Jan. 1.
You can purchase that license and any applicable stamp at a number of local outlets or on the Internet.
If you need to buy a license and stamps, here is some info:
Third CA lawmaker seeks child abuse reporting law
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 2:26pmSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Another California state lawmaker has announced he will seek legislation next year responding to the Penn State child molestation scandal surrounding a former football coa...
