Leveling gas prices and fewer international workers living locally are leading causes to a 30 percent drop in bus ridership along Lake Tahoe's North Shore, officials said.

I enjoyed reading your story about "The Wave." It's hilarious that Ron Jones thinks that "marching into class in an orderly fashion and sitting at their desk with perfect posture and smiles" is fascism or that the problem with the Nazis was the rallies.

Deputies recently arrested two men, and one faces a charge of assault with a deadly weapon following an alleged drunken brawl at the Village at Squaw.

Law enforcement officials have arrested a Tahoe City woman on grand theft charges for allegedly stealing from a mentally disabled man.

Charles Banks, now a Private First Class in the United States Navy, and BBBSNC Board Member Paul Raymore were matched as Little and Big Brothers respectively for six years, during which time Charles probably taught Paul as much about life as vice versa.

In Mr. Cornell's guest column article dated Dec. 31, 2009, titled "International Baccalaureate needs to stay on schedule for Incline's schools," he states: "Admittedly, I don't know much about IB " but that doesn't stop him from wanting to "rush headlong" into implementing IB.

Mike Sabistina of Tahoe City displays his Oaksterdam University alumni card and medical marijuana prescription card outside the Community Development Resource Center in Auburn after a public hearing on future medical marijuana collective shops.

The South Lake Tahoe City Council balked at spending more than $126,000 on a new video conferencing system at its Tuesday meeting, expressing concerns about a lack of information on purported cost savings associated with the system.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Since opening in the spring of 2008, Broc's Puppies has attracted plenty of attention.

Chains or snow tires are required on a 35-mile stretch of Interstate 80 through the Sierra this morning.

Following are road conditions at 4:45 p.m. Thursday, as provided by the Nevada Department of Transportation.

TRUCKEE/TAHOE - The region should get a short respite this weekend, after the series of storms that brought more than 3 feet of new snow at lake level.

Snow was to continue in the mountains during the night but was barely measurable in the lowest parts of Reno.

Controls are in effect this morning on Interstate 80 through the Sierra for about 13 miles between Truckee and Kingvale.

Placer County is a large county in northeast California that begins near Auburn, the county seat, and ends near Lake Tahoe.

TART, where you can ride the bus for only $1.50. Purchase discount passes for less.

A plan that modifies BlueGO bus routes between South Lake Tahoe and Zephyr Cove goes into effect today.

The Chico area has recorded a 22-cent increase in the price of a gallon of regular gasoline since last month, tying it with Stockton for the second largest price spike in Northern California.

A recent NASA study showed Lake Tahoe's water is warming twice as quickly as regional air temperature, lending weight to predictions of warming lake temperatures made by researchers at the University of California, Davis in 2008.

A recent NASA study showed Lake Tahoe 's water is warming twice as quickly as regional air temperature, lending weight to predictions of warming lake temperatures made by UC Davis researchers in 2008.