Tahoe City, CA…At around 1:40 a.m. Friday morning, CHP officers attempted to pull over a suspected DUI driver, who was driving dangerously and erratically on Highway 28. The pursuit was terminated a few minutes later for safety reasons. CHP issued an alert, and at 2:45 a.m., a deputy saw the car on Highway 28, near […]
Homewood, CA…Placer County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating the death of a Homewood man who was found outside his home yesterday, covered in snow. At around 11 a.m., deputies were called to the PDQ Market in Tahoma, which is on Lake Tahoe’s west shore, for the report of an abandoned vehicle. The vehicle was covered in […]
Squaw Valley, CA…January 24, 2017 – 9:00 AM – A fatal incident occurred at Squaw Valley involving a ski patroller at 8:35 AM this morning during avalanche control activities. He was an employee of Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows. The victim’s name has not yet been released pending the notification of friends and family. An investigation […]
Incline Village, NV…Mother Nature returns with a vengeance today in the Greater Lake Tahoe Area. Today Cloudy with a chance of snow and rain. Snow level 6500 to 7000 feet. Highs 36 to 41. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts up […]
Olympic Valley, CA…CHP is reporting a collision on Hwy 89 near Squaw Valley Road. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00039 Type: Trfc Collision-Minor Inj Location: SR89 / Squaw Valley Rd Loc Desc: BRIDGE 6 Lat/Lon: 39.204761 -120.199463 Close Detail Information 11:28 AM 10 [31] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1181-Trfc […]
Tahoe Visto, CA….Update Jan. 11th at 2 p.m. Power has been restored to a majority of customers in the Northstar, Squaw, Olympic Valley, Alpine Meadows, Glenshire, Martis Camp and Truckee areas. We anticipate customers in Kings Beach, Tahoe City and Portola/Loyalton will also be restored today. There are still challenges to restoring power from Emerald […]
North & South Tahoe Areas, CA…Update Jan. 11th at 8:30am. Please be advised the Liberty Utilities North and South Lake Tahoe Walk In Centers and Customer Service Phone Lines will be closed today due to the server weather conditions. We currently have approximately 20,000 customers without power. All Liberty Utilities and NV Energy crews have […]
Olympic Valley, CA…CHP is reporting more trouble on Hwy 89 near Squaw. The had all the avalanche issues cleared up and now they have a downed tree across both lanes. Please use caution, avoid if possible and expect delays in the area…. Incident: 00057 Type: Traffic Hazard Location: Sr89 / Squaw Valley Rd Loc Desc: […]
Truckee, CA…From Liberty Energy…”The majority of customers along the North Shore, West Shore and continuing through Truckee to Portola are without power due to a mudslide & falling trees that have damaged all of the three energy sources to the region. About 1,700 customers in SLT remain without power due to a fallen tree branch […]
Truckee, CA…Liberty Energy says power restoration may be midnight. There are currently 5,401 Liberty customers in Eldorado & Placer Counties without power at this time… “Update Jan. 8 @ 9:15 pm 20 customers along Turnback Trail in SLT w/out power due to tree on line & snapped pole. Crew in route; no est. restoration time. […]
