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The California Highway Patrol is responding to a multiple vehicle crash on HIghway 50 near Camp Sacramento. Both the eastbound and westbound lanes are blocked.The cause of the crash and the number ...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - A leader in the California Senate has some strong words for Nevada over its threats to withdraw from the decades-old Lake Tahoe Compact.Sen. Darrell Steinberg, a Democrat f...

Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part installment.TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. - During the second survey of the 2012 water year on Feb. 1, Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Sn...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Experts are forecasting modest growth in California's economy with the addition of nearly 500,000 jobs over the next two years, which would drop the state's jobless rate to near ...

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and Southern Oregon. This report is through Feb. 21.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will welcome the vice president of China to California this week, his last stop on a U.S. tour.The governor's o...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Pet advocates are fighting like cats and dogs to stop a deficit-slashing proposal from Gov. Jerry Brown that aims to save $23 million by ending reimbursements to animal shelters ...

The City of South Lake Tahoe and the League to Save Lake Tahoe (League) have entered into a Settlement Agreement in which the League agrees to drop its appeal of their lawsuit against the City regarding the General Plan Update (GPU) and the City agrees not to seek payment for legal fees.

(Editor's note: The following ran in the January issue of the Tahoe Mountain News. The second part of the series that examines public agency salaries for managers is in the February issue, on newsstands now.)

Here are the latest salaries and benefits available for the South Lake Tahoe Public Utilities Commission, the South Lake Tahoe City Council, El Dorado County Board of Supervisors, the Douglas County (Nevada) Board of County Commissioners, the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board and the board of the Douglas County School District.

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency received a positive ruling in the opening stages of the lawsuit challenging the Homewood Mountain Ski Area Master Plan that was filed by the Sierra Club and the Friends of the West Shore.

For those born after 1976, the Cork and More is older than they are. The specialty food and wine shop recently celebrated a milestone, marking its thirty-fifth year in business last month. From a small wine and cheese shop to a complete culinary business, the store has grown and changed over the years to offer the consumer gourmet food, products and accessories for the kitchen and the table.

The following is from Claire Fortier, the mayor of the City of South Lake Tahoe. Mayor Fortier has launched a regular "Monthly Message from the Mayor" report, which summarizes the accomplishments of the South Lake Tahoe City Council. Here is her first report:

Across California thousands of people are burned every year in fires and countless lives are lost, including young children.During National Burn Awareness Week, Feb. 5-11. CAL FIRE is teaming up wi...

California's same-sex marriage ban has been ruled by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to be unconstitutional, and could likely bring about a U.S. Supreme Court decision on the voter-approved law known as Proposition 8.
The 2-1 decision by the panel found the 2008 ballot measure that limited marriage to one man and one woman, violated the U.S. Constitution. The architects of Prop. 8 have vowed to appeal.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Federal health officials on Monday said California cannot force Medi-Cal recipients to make a co-pay for doctor visits and prescription drugs, a decision that brings relie...

Teams of super heroes, penguins, pirates and other characters jumped into Lake Tahoe last winter, and on March 17, they’ll do it again. You’re invited to join them as Special Olympics Northern California and Nevada co-host Polar Plunge® 2012 at Zephyr Cove, South Lake Tahoe. The event is open to all and will include entertainment, a costume contest, and prizes, as well as Special Olympics athletes, coaches, and volunteers who will share their experiences with the organization’s inspiring programs.

COLEVILLE, Calif. (AP) - Most families returned to a military housing complex outside a remote U.S. Marine training base in Northern California on Sunday, two days after a propane gas explosion tha...

With hundreds of weekend skiers on the slopes, a glider crash landed on a ski run at Heavenly Mountain Resort in South Lake Tahoe on Sunday, with the pilot and passenger having walked away unhurt. No one else was injured.
El Dorado County authorities report the incident happened at 1:26 p.m. near the front of the First Run area of the California Lodge of the Lake Tahoe resort, which straddles the California and Nevada border.
A spokesman for Minden-Tahoe Airport based Soaring NV, said the pilot was flying a Duo Discus aircraft and lost altitude and was forced to land. The pilot is experienced and was doing a flight review, the spokesman said. The pilot and passenger were unhurt, he said.
Heavenly Mountain Resort spokesman Russ Pecoraro called the incident "irresponsible."
"We're outraged that something like this could happen. We're glad that everyone came out of this okay, but there's no excuse for this kind of irresponsible behavior," Pecoraro said in an email. "We'll do everything in our power to make sure this doesn't happen again. We're extremely lucky no one was hurt today."

Thanks to the power of the West Coast’s largest snowmaking system, Heavenly Mountain Resort was able to open East Bowl, the double-black diamond trail that leads to the resort’s California Lodge.
“East Bowl and The Face are really the welcome mat to our resort, as well as giving us some of the most challenging terrain in the region,” said Pete Sonntag, Heavenly’s general manager.

Lake Tahoe Community College received notice today from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges accrediting commission that the college's accreditation is being reaffirmed.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - They aren't as famous as the threatened red-legged frogs of Calaveras jumping fame, but two types of yellow-legged frogs are getting new special protections.The California...

Sen. Ted Gaines, R-Rocklin, expressed concerns Thursday regarding California Gov. Jerry Brown's 2012-'13 budget proposal that slashes fire protection funding for the Lake Tahoe Basin."As we near th...