Lake Tahoe, CA/NV— The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) announced the interception yesterday by Tahoe Resource Conservation District (Tahoe RCD) watercraft inspectors of a boat with quagga mussels and an unidentified snail species hiding in the anchor locker. The boat, coming from Lake Mead, a known quagga-infested water body, was inspected at the Spooner Summit […]
Lake Tahoe – Over 120 volunteers for the League to Save Lake Tahoe removed 2,260 pounds of trash from six of Tahoe’s most popular beaches on July 5, the day after tens of thousands of people flocked to the lake to enjoy the July 4th festivities. The debris represented almost 10 cubic yards, or a dump […]
Sacramento, Ca — This Fourth of July weekend, many people will be traveling, firing up the backyard grill or enjoying fireworks, and the American Red Cross offers a series of steps everyone can follow to safely enjoy the holiday weekend. “Everyone looks forward to having fun over the Fourth of July, and the Red Cross wants […]
Sacramento, Ca – Caltrans is in the process of reviewing hundreds of applications due to an overwhelming response to its call for applications for projects that promote biking and walking. The 770 applications – more than half benefiting disadvantaged communities – have been received from cities and counties throughout California, totaling nearly $1 billion in project […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA – The threat of wildfire is extremely high this fire season due to record drought conditions in the West. Local agencies are coming together and hosting a Wildfire Safety Expo on Saturday, June 21st from noon to 3pm at the TJ Maxx parking lot located at the “Y” where Highways 50 and 89 intersect. […]
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV—The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) announced the launch of a new online tree removal permit application and credit card payment system that can be accessed through their website at trpa.org. “The new online service is more customer friendly and is in line with the Agency’s core values of improving operational efficiency while providing […]
South Lake Tahoe, Calif. –The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit in collaboration with the California Tahoe Conservancy will begin work on the Upper Truckee River Reach 5 Restoration Project on Monday, June 2, 2014. The project will replace the existing stream channel with a new channel that is more stable and is connected […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA – The South Lake Tahoe Police Department received a call from an employee at the South Tahoe Y around noon today stating they had overheard a suspicious conversation between store patrons. The employee stated that the patrons had exited the store and that the employee walked around the shopping center located at […]
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV— With record drought conditions in the West, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) Governing Board underscored its commitment to improving forest health and protecting Lake Tahoe communities from wildfire today by adopting a resolution supporting the 2014 Lake Tahoe Wildfire Awareness Month and giving special recognition to two departing Lake Tahoe fire […]
SACRAMENTO, Ca – Caltrans began closing lanes at 9 PM yesterday to prepare for the second half of the Fix50 project, and officially started work this morning rehabilitating westbound lanes of the W-X Viaduct on U.S. Highway 50 between I-5 and Highway 99 in Sacramento. Work began with Phase 1 on the inside lanes. […]
