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07/24/2024

TRUCKEE, Calif.– Livestrong has taken a significant step forward in its mission to support cancer survivors, announcing a new partnership with collegiate golf champion and cancer survivor Ian Gilligan. At the Barracuda Championship in Truckee on July 18, Gilligan made …

07/24/2024

TRUCKEE, Calif. – The Town of Truckee and Teichert Construction have agreed to a combined penalty of $559,701 to settle allegations of stormwater violations related to the Coldstream Roundabout project. This project, conducted from 2021 to 2022, involved transforming a …

07/24/2024

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – As families are getting ready to have their children go back to school, they're also researching options for extra-curricular activities.

07/23/2024

TRUCKEE, Calif. — The California Office of Emergency Services has announced it will award a $4,932,000 grant to the Fire Safe Council of Nevada County to help low-income residents harden their homes against wildfires.

07/23/2024

TRUCKEE, Calif. – Truckee Fire announced the third round of recipients of its annual Measure T community wildfire prevention grants to support forest fuel reduction and wildfire preparedness projects. The agency also presented the 2024 Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) …

07/23/2024

KINGS BEACH, Calif. – The picturesque shores of North Lake Tahoe will once again be filled with artistic fervor as the 5th annual Kings Beach Art Tour returns Saturday, Aug. 10, and Sunday, Aug. 11.

07/23/2024

Your hosts, Mike Peron and Rob Galloway, are here to bring you another exciting episode of Things, Adventure, and People, all Tahoe-related, for your listening pleasure. The highlight of today's show is our exclusive interview with Grammy Award winner Shaggy, …

07/22/2024

The Placer County Board of Supervisors will be meeting on Tuesday, July 2 at 9 a.m.

07/22/2024

OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. – The Olympic Valley Public Service District has launched a wildfire prevention initiative known as the OV-4 Olympic Valley Community Wildfire Buffer Project.

07/22/2024

HOMEWOOD, Calif. – Homewood Mountain Resort is prepping to start its Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project after the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board unanimously approved it earlier this summer.

07/21/2024

TAHOMA, Calif. – A search and rescue operation is currently underway on the Rubicon trail for 70-year-old missing Jeeper Warren Elliott, according to a Placer County Sheriff Office Facebook post.

07/21/2024

TRUCKEE, Calif. – Slow Food Lake Tahoe is once again hosting a tour of beautiful high Sierra food gardens in Truckee. They will be visiting gardens of all shapes and sizes from a 4-season grow dome to a single-family backyard …

07/21/2024

TRUCKEE, Calif. – Sierra Jobs First, a regional collaborative representing the voice of seven counties in the eastern Sierra during the statewide California Jobs First planning process, will release a draft of the Strategic Plan for public review and feedback …

07/21/2024

TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. – 2024 is a milestone year, marking Tahoe Forest Health System's 75th anniversary. To commemorate this significant occasion, we are inviting members of our community to share their personal stories and experiences with our health system.

07/21/2024

As we continue to confront the delicacy of our American democracy, even I, who am no prophet, foresee a new dispensation dawning over America. Granted, a benevolent autocracy might be the laziest way to govern, but if you are older …

07/21/2024

Pause the Law Review snooze button. We are breaking from our usual boring legalese-ridden guaranteed-to-put-anyone-to-sleep law review columns. Yep, it's time for our real life, verbatim, Courtroom Bloopers. Most of these come from one of my Hastings, rather California University …

07/20/2024

TRUCKEE, Calif. – On July 12, San Fransisco resident Toby Chan scored his second ever hole-in-one.

07/20/2024

AUBURN, Calif. Placer County residents are encouraged to verify whether their current level of broadband service has been accurately identified by the State of California.

07/20/2024

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – Users of the popular multi-use paved trails throughout the Tahoe Basin and Truckee will find new messages stenciled in chalk along the trails encouraging trail etiquette. The messages, tested last summer on the Legacy Trail in …

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