Tahoe City News

"Mega Drought: Will it happen again? Will we be ready?" "Water is vital to the environment, economy and our way of life in this state.

The El Dorado County Transportation Commission recently unveiled a comprehensive assessment of public transportation alternatives and costs in El Dorado Hills, and took an analytical approach to the murky task of estimating transit demand.

Margaret Moran / Sierra Sun The Lake Tahoe Dam in Tahoe City on Tuesday afternoon releases water into the Truckee River.

The Children's Memorial Tree is rotting and a committee is working to replace it with a new log.

That's a question Robyn Genest of Tahoma said she is asked a lot. Her son, Matthew "Laddie" Hodge, 65, was the victim of a hit-and-run accident last April while using the pedestrian crosswalk at Grove Street in Tahoe City, suffering major injuries.

Northstar California announced it will open the lift-served mountain bike park June 7. Kirkwood Mountain Resort will open lifts 1 and 2 for mountain biking on weekends from July 6 to Sept.

Snowmelt runoff into Sierra rivers and streams has peaked far earlier than normal this year, putting an important emphasis on rain this spring.

Margaret Moran / Sierra Sun Nathan Shasha, an environmental scientist for California State Parks, stands on the new boardwalk, pointing to one of the user-made trails in the meadow portion of Ward Creek Park.

Financial assistance grants to three local community water purveyors were approved Monday by the Placer County Water Agency Board of Directors.

Efforts by both California and Nevada that could unravel decades of bi-state planning at Lake Tahoe were among the items discussed at a joint meeting of the South Lake Tahoe City Council and Douglas County Board of Commissioners Monday afternoon.

On Monday, the golf course's oversight committee approved the installation of two bocce ball courts, a request to bring non-golf course areas into environmental compliance, and a request to move forward with final design and permitting for an emergency-use helipad.

Margaret Moran / Sierra Sun The Truckee River's swift current is visible Monday afternoon near Alpine Meadows Ski Resort's entrance along Highway 89.

An initial report on an April 14 airplane crash that killed two people in the Pine Nuts was issued Friday by the National Transportation Safety Board.

The Tahoe City Winter Sports Park will likely return next winter, with hopes of enhancing the new recreational amenity for users, officials said.

Existing U.S. 50 within the project area is approximately 1.1 miles long and stretches from Pioneer Trail in California to Lake Parkway in Nevada.

U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will begin prescribed fire operations on the west shore of Lake Tahoe beginning Monday, April 22.

U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will begin prescribed fire operations on the west shore of Lake Tahoe beginning Monday, April 22, 2013.