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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 May 2-9.

Here is this week's fishing report and a reminder that Saturday, April 28 is the Opening Day of California lake, river and stream fishing. This report covers water ways throughout Northern California, the Sierra, Nevada and Southern Oregon. To learn more about opening day or to get a California fishing license, go here.

ALMANOR LAKE, CALIF:

California Secretary of State Debra Bowen has certified a measure for the November ballot that would eliminate capital punishment. Instead, prisoners would receive life without the possibility of parole.
Opponents include Republican State Senator Joel Anderson, who has tried unsuccessfully to change the death penalty process — including a bill that would have eliminated expensive, automatic appeals.
"To move forward and say that we're going to move these people into life without parole is to ignore what the public has asked for time and time again," said Anderson.

Here is the fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, Lake Tahoe and the Sierra. This report is for the week of April 18-25. The opening day for all California fishing is on April 28.

CARSON CITY – A state agency today reported that significant changes have been made to the unemployment insurance benefit structure affecting both current and future recipients.

Fitch Ratings affirmed South Tahoe Public Utility District on Monday as part of its ongoing survey of public agencies, noting the ratings outlook remains within the organization remains "stable."
The firm, which positions itself as a global rating agency dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data, gave the water and sewer district a AA+ rating, noting $10.8 million sewer revenue certificates of participation. The ratings agency also asserts that STPUD continues to have strong reserves in place that protects the district against a reduction in its property tax revenues.

Imagine a place at Lake Tahoe where local bands can go to play, with quality sound and lighting — and live performances streamed across the Internet to be potentially heard around the world.
That vision could become a reality this year under a new partnership between Coyote Grill owner Leland Faegre and South Lake Tahoe-based KTHO radio.

CARSON CITY — Nevada is considering taking another stab at naming a cove on the east shore at Lake Tahoe after Samuel L. Clemens, better known as Mark Twain. But an ill-fated campfire at Tahoe is slowing the efforts of the state Board on Geographic Names.

The Nevada Highway Patrol will step up enforcement on US Highway 395 in Douglas County at the end of this month for a non-disclosed period of time with special emphasis on stopping and citing motorists who exceed the posted speed limit. In an effort to create awareness to this enforcement campaign and to pre-warn motorists from potentially receiving a moving violation citation, we are reminding motor vehicle operators to pay attention while driving and obey all the rules of the road.

The study of climate change through Earth history has produced a wealth of information on the operation of the ocean-atmosphere system during climate transitions as well as the feedbacks that impact the magnitude and rate of climate change on the planet. A public lecture on Thursday at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences will address some of what has been found.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and portions of Southern Oregon.

A series of strong weather systems will begin moving through the Sierra on Tuesday bringing heavy rain, snow and wind to the Lake Tahoe region.
The National Weather Service in Reno reports that anywhere between 6 to 10 inches of precipitation is probable along the crest from Lake Tahoe northward through Saturday, bringing several feet of snow to the Sierra. What it will translate at lake level depends on how low the temperatures will drop, according to the weather service.

One of the critical issues continuously expressed by our citizens has been the condition of our town. Rundown, second rate and blighted are words often used in the same sentence as City of South Lake Tahoe. We love where we live, but we hate how we keep it.

That message was loud and clear in the City’s 2011 Citizen Survey we recently received. More than 70 percent of respondents said the appearance of our town was poor. More than 80 percent considered our roads the same way, poor or worse.

If you are a high school sports enthusiast, mark Tuesday on your calendar. It's a day that could change the landscape of high school sports forever.According to a memo released to board members, th...

(Editor's note: Today is the second in a regular feature to South Tahoe Now by South Lake Tahoe-based Certified Wellness Coach and Advanced Integrative Therapist Krista Kline. Visit her website at www.kristaekline.com.)

You can have the life you want. Seriously. You heard me. You can absolutely have the life you want. But you’re going to need to do some work. Are you ready?

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Barry Zito made a slight change to his delivery this winter he hopes will help him rebound from an injury-plagued season.During the offseason, he worked on bending his f...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif - Representatives from Caltrans will attend next week's South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting and will present findings from a speed study of the Meyers section of U.S. High...

CARSON CITY – Members of the Nevada chapter of a small business organization say the state’s minimum wage and construction defects laws are hampering job growth in the state.
The state’s prevailing wage law was also cited as a drag on economic development in the survey of its members by the Nevada chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business.

Following her performance at UNR on March 1, scholar, teacher, and artist Joanna Frueh will conduct a workshop at Sierra Nevada College, 999 Tahoe Blvd., on Friday, March 2 from 1 -3:30pm in David Hall, 3rd floor. The workshop is limited to 25 people. There is a $10 workshop fee that includes a copy of the book The Glamour of Being Real. The book and workshops focus participants on being true to themselves through practices of self-transformation and conscious self-creation.

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Volatile oil prices. Looming climate change. Worldwide economic and political unrest. Worsening traffic congestion. Crisis in transportation financing.Two Billion Cars: Driv...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Voters could again be asked to decide whether South Lake Tahoe should change its tax structure to decrease costs for most businesses in the city.On Tuesday, the South Lak...

California State Parks is gearing up for a legal battle with the South Shore's Washoe Meadows Community over the reclassification of Washoe Meadows State Park into a “state recreation area.”
The classification change is a critical component of a proposal to move up to nine holes of Lake Tahoe Golf Course onto undeveloped land as part of a project to restore that section of the Upper Truckee River.