Press Release

KLS Capital Partners, the owners of ski resorts Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, has entered into a purchase agreement with Intrawest to acquire 24 percent of shares in Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc.
The deal is for $115,929,375, according to UnofficialNetworks.com. As a result of the sale Whistler Blackcomb Holdings CEO, Bill Jensen, has tendered his resignation as well as directors Wes Edens and Jonathan Ashley.

A 19-year-old Minden man died Thursday after the ATV vehicle he was driving was struck head-on by a Ford F-150 truck. The accident happened just before 9:30 a.m. on Sunrise Pass Road near Juniper Valley behind the Johnson Lane subdivision in the Pinenut Mountains.
Douglas County Sheriff's Office deputies say the dune buggy, driven by Daniel Palmer, was speeding west on a dirt road when it slid and drifted head on into the path of an oncoming older Ford F-150.

El Dorado County authorities have arrested a man after a shooting Monday night in Placerville. A 55-year-old Cirtrus Heights man was treated and is expected to survive his gunshot wound. Authorities arrested a Wamego Road man, identified as Robert Mckiernan, on suspicion of the crime, which was reported to the Sheriff's Dispatch center at around 7:30 p.m.

Three Markleeville men face multiple felony drug charges after Alpine County authorities found a sophisticated marijuana grow operation inside two levels of a Spring Canyon Drive barn. A search warrant issued on Oct. 13 netted 312 plants, assorted grow lights and drug use paraphernalia, according to Alpine County Undersheriff Robert Levy.

Five Douglas County, Lake Tahoe and Northern Nevada area non-profit organizations are the recipients of Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District employee insurance money designed to benefit community groups.
The money directed to the nonprofit groups comes from the fire district's health insurance plan operated through consultant LBG Advisors.
The following organizations were given the gifts:

A new road and an intersection reconfiguration, more parking spaces and BMP water improvements are among some of the changes being proposed by the U.S. Forest Service at the Tallac Historic Site near South Lake Tahoe. Public comments are being taken until Oct. 1 for the proposed changes, which could get off the ground next year.
Here is a Forest Service press release outlining the proposed changes and below is the attached 10-page plan.

Five people reportedly died after the plane they were in crashed after takeoff and burst into flames Saturday night.According to a press release from the city of South Lake Tahoe, the plane took...

UPDATE 1:39PM: South Lake Tahoe Police have issued a press release regarding Tuesday's hit and run accident. The victim, a 38-year-old man, remains in an intensive care unit at Renown Medical Center in Reno. South Lake Tahoe Police have commended citizens for their part in locating the suspect.

A series of drills simulating emergencies such as extreme weather, power outages, aircraft mishaps, lost climbers and transportation issues will be performed this weekend as part of operation Green Light organized by the Nevada Division of Emergency Management and the the Department of Homeland Security.
Operation Green Light will further develop and strengthen regional partnerships and enhance emergency preparedness, response, and prevention capabilities, according to Nevada Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Gail Powell.

Lake Tahoe inspectors intercepted two boats carrying the invasive quagga mussels last week, according to a Tahoe Resource Conservation press release. On Aug. 2, officials stopped a boat at the Spoo...

South Lake Tahoe authorities have arrested a local man in an alleged burglary attempt at the Patient to Patient marijuana collective.
Leslie Decker, 24, of South Lake Tahoe faces a charge of burglary after he was found on Wednesday night crawling out from a glass door that had apparently been broken with a cement cinder block, said Lt. Brian Williams of the South Lake Tahoe Police Department. Also found in Decker's possession were several tools.
On July 9 South Lake Tahoe police arrested two others in a separate burglary.

Construction of the restrooms at the El Dorado Beach Boat Ramp parking lot is scheduled to begin the week of Aug. 6.According to a press release from the city, there will be impacts to the parking ...

The worst possible outcome for Mammoth Lakes has come true. The town filed decided to declare municipal bankruptcy Monday morning, July 2. The Town Council took the action unanimously.
"It's wish this hadn't happened," said Mayor Matthew Lehman, "but it's not the way the cards fell for us."
The town immediately issued a press release regarding the Town council decision.

June Mountain Ski Area on Thursday suspended its operations for the foreseeable future, according to a Mammoth Mountain press release as reported in the Mammoth Times.

The dedication ceremony of Lakeview Commons at El Dorado Beach will take place on Wednesday, June 20. To facilitate this event and to minimize the potential for traffic hazards between motor vehicles and pedestrians in this area, a one block section of Lakeview Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic beginning at 11 a.m., according to the city in a press release. This closure of Lakeview Avenue will include the distance between Lake Tahoe Boulevard and Riverside Avenue. The re-opening of this closure is anticipated to be around 5 p.m.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Heavenly Mountain Resort will host the U.S. Freestyle Championships in 2012-13 and 2013-14 according to a press release from resort. The two-year deal brings the women's ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Police are looking for the suspect in a bank robbery that occurred about 9 a.m. Monday morning.According to a press release, the suspect, a white male between the ages...

National Public Health Week will be recognized Monday through April 8.The theme for the week is "A Healthier America Begins Today - Join the Movement," according to a press release from El Dorado C...

A 55-year-old Stockton, Calif., man was killed in a snowmobiling accident Saturday near Lake Tahoe, the California Highway Patrol reported Tuesday.According to a CHP press release, the man was ridi...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Vail Resorts Inc. announced today that it has agreed to buy Kirkwood Mountain Resort for about $18 million.According to a press release, Vail is purchasing the ski res...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Sacramento police arrested a man suspected of bank robberies in South Lake Tahoe, Sacramento and San Francisco, according to a press release sent out by the Sacramento...

An inflatable airbag demonstration at Kirkwood Mountain Resort last month will give way to a new feature at the resort beginning in February, officials announced. The Steezbag 50 was on public display at the resort from Dec. 17 to Jan. 1. An announcement was made via press release from Kirkwood. Here's the announcement:

A day after heavy smoke from a west slope prescribed fire in the Eldorado National Forest carried into the Lake Tahoe Basin, another controlled burn is planned closer to home before the onset of winter storms, according to the U.S. Forest Service. A prescribed fire is set for Wednesday in the McKinney and Rubicon Bay areas of Lake Tahoe's west shore.

By 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.