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Placer County Issues Urgent Health Directive

The following directive was published by Placer County on March 19, 2020 and published on the Placer County website under the "News" section.

Watch Today's Snowfest Parade - LIVE!

The Kings Beach Snowfest Parade will take place on Saturday, March 12th at 11:30am. The live streaming view from the Kings Beach Traffic Cam (see snapshot below) will be excellent! Looking west, the parade will come through the camera view headed east, through the roundabout and under the camera. Enjoy!

To view the live, streaming webcam and watch the parade, CLICK HERE.


$30 Million in Improvements Slated for Northstar-at-Tahoe

Vail Resorts announced today its plans to invest $30 million on major capital improvement projects at its newest resort, Northstar-At-Tahoe, for the 2011-12 season.

3.6 Earthquake Shakes North Lake Tahoe

As the snow fell from another round of winter storms, a 3.6 magnitude earthquake rumbled through North Lake Tahoe Tuesday evening.

Wooden Boat Week 2006 off to Rousing Start

Sponsored by the Tahoe Yacht Club Foundation, the Concours d'Elegance showcases expert craftsmanship in wooden boats and honors those who build, restore, and maintain the elegant, national treasures. These golden era, classic watercraft have beautiful lines and details.

Sierra Sun + Tahoe World = ?

The two papers are owned by Swift Newspapers, Inc. of Reno, which also owns North Lake Tahoe Bonanza (Incline Village), the Tahoe Daily Tribune (South Lake Tahoe), and over twenty other newspapers in the West. The World was started in 1963 by the Stollery brothers; the Sun began in 1868-9 as the Truckee Tribune, later the Truckee Republican.

New Year '06 Begins in the Dark

Power was out along the West Shore, in Tahoe City, and along the North Shore eastward to Tahoe Vista for over 30 hours through New Year's Eve. The outage happened at just before noon on December 31st and continued through the evening hours of January 1st, leaving residents, businesses and visitors scrambling for information, food, heat and gas and changing New Year's Eve plans.

On Saturday the power company told local residents that power would be restored before New Year's Eve partying started, but power remained out through the New Year.

Community Disaster Planning #1: North Shore

Tahoetopia interviewed various local authorities for this series of stories.

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North Tahoe Fire Protection District (NTFPD) officials stressed that emergency readiness begins with the individual.

“If there is a widespread disaster, it flat takes time to mobilize resources. Logistics are difficult,” said Bryce Keller, NTPFD Division Chief.“People need to be prepared to deal with it on their own.”