SF News Tahoe Black Bear Makes Self at Home on Holiday Ice Rink at Heavenly Ski Resort Before the ice rink at the Tahoe ski resort Heavenly had even opened to the public, a well-known local bear named Charlie decided to test the ice out for himself, and no one was going to tell him he had to leave.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Tahoe Likely to See Early-Season Snow Next Week The Sierra is likely to see some snow next week (and we will get rain); a person was struck by a BART train in Oakland Wednesday evening; and thieves stole dozens of rose bushes from Oakland's Morcom Rose Garden.
SF News Sunday Links: Bystander Hit by Stray Bullets in SF While Walking Past Group of Strangers A man accused of sending death threats to Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee will go on trial; LA Dodgers fans were pretty well behaved after the team’s World Series win Saturday; and a man was shot multiple times in SF's Polk Gulch while walking by people who may have been fighting.
SF Politics WTF, South Lake Tahoe? Mayor Pro Tem Arrested for Assault, One Day After Mayor Admits Embezzlement Just one day after the Mayor of South Lake Tahoe admitted to embezzling money from a church, we learn that the city’s second highest-ranking elected official was arrested for assaulting an employee at a bar he had been 86’d from.
SF News Tahoe Community Torn as State Plans to Euthanize Mama Bear That Keeps Breaking Into Homes A bear nicknamed “Hope” is slated for euthanization after a reported dozen incursions into people’s homes in just the last three months, but Tahoe bear activists are fighting back, while concerned about what will happen with Hope’s young cub.
SF News Black Bear Commandeers Tahoe Ice Cream Shop, Woofs Down Strawberry Ice Cream An ice cream bear jamboree was broken up by El Dorado County Sheriff’s deputies in South Lake Tahoe early Sunday morning, but not before that bear put a serious dent in the strawberry ice cream supply.
SF News Saturday Links: Oakland Police Seize 27 Guns in Weeklong East Oakland Arrest Sweep California and several other states are suing the federal government over its restrictions on gender-affirming youth care; Oakland's animal shelter can no longer accept all animals due to a 40% surge; and 27 guns were seized and multiple felony arrests were made in East Oakland this week.
SF News Federal Report Offers Several New Details About Capsize Incident That Left 8 Dead at Lake Tahoe Extreme waves, a dead engine, unworn life jackets, and a tragically poor position on the lake all contributed to the deaths of eight people on Lake Tahoe, according to a newly released preliminary report.
SF News Other Boaters In Distress Describe Dramatic Sudden Storm That Left Eight Dead In Tahoe While Lake Tahoe had experienced some high winds and choppy waters on Friday, by Saturday morning, more normal-seeming, springlike weather had taken hold, giving boaters a false sense of calm before a sudden storm rolled through.
SF News SF-Based DoorDash Executive and His Parents Among Victims ID'd In Tahoe Boating Tragedy The eight victims in Saturday's boat-capsize tragedy on Lake Tahoe were publicly identified for the first time Tuesday, and among them was a 37-year-old DoorDash executive.
SF News [Update] Coast Guard Suspends Search After Lake Tahoe Boat Capsizing, 7 Confirmed Dead With One Still Missing The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for two people still missing after a 27-foot powerboat capsized during a sudden storm on Lake Tahoe Saturday around 3 p.m. The incident resulted in six confirmed deaths and two hospitalizations, with a total of ten people onboard.
Politics From Yosemite to Big Sur, Millions of Acres Eligible for Sale Under Senate's Proposed ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ The Senate is expected to vote by July 4 on the “Big Beautiful” bill, which could allow the sale of up to 3 million acres of public land across 11 western states. In California, 16 million acres are eligible, including land near Yosemite and Lake Tahoe.
SF News Sunday Links: Top SF Law Enforcement Official Arrested, Under Investigation for Hit-and-Run Six people are dead and two missing after a 27-foot boat capsized during a storm on Lake Tahoe; a motorcyclist who taunted CHP during a high-speed chase was arrested in Berkeley; and a high-ranking SF Sheriff’s official was arrested for hit-and-run.
SF News Saturday Links: At Tahoe Trial, Former Lover Says Ex-MLB Player Admitted to Shooting Wife’s Mom A Florida man nabbed at SFO was convicted of wire fraud after posing as a flight attendant to score free flights; the CA Farm Bureau is condemning ICE raids targeting farmworkers; and the Tahoe murder trial of ex-MLB player Daniel Serafini has brought new details to light.
Arts & Entertainment Actor Jeremy Renner Describes Tahoe Near-Death Experience In New Memoir Oscar-nominated actor Jeremy Renner was as close to death as one can get after his 2023 snowplow accident in Tahoe, as he describes in his new memoir My Next Breath — and he may have, in fact, briefly died.
SF News 7-Year-Old Girl Killed By Falling Boulder at Tahoe Resort We're now learning some details about a tragic accident that took place Saturday at a Tahoe area ski resort, in which a young girl lost her life.
SF News Five Seriously Injured After Two Ski Lift Chairs Collide at Tahoe's Heavenly Resort A nightmare came true for several skiers at the Tahoe ski resort Heavenly Monday morning, as their ski lift chairs collided, and some victims reportedly fell 30 feet to the ground before being rushed to a hospital.
SF News Lake Tahoe Is Getting An Electric ‘Hydrofoil’ To Speed You Across the Lake In 30 Minutes Time The first ever electric hydrofoil watercraft in the US is coming to Lake Tahoe, promising to be the fastest craft on the water with "hydrofoil wings” that appear to make it fly.
Arts & Entertainment The First Tahoe Ski Resort Is Open, and the Rest Have Announced Their (Approximate) Opening Dates Pow! The powder of Mount Rose ski resort officially opened to skiers for the season Friday, and a flurry of other ski resorts have announced their prospective opening dates for the weeks to come.
SF News Royal Fire Near Lake Tahoe, Possibly Caused By Escaped Campfire, Burns 170 Acres A wildfire burning in the forest near Royal Gorge, west of Sugar Bowl and southwest of Truckee, has grown to 169 acres after breaking out Sunday afternoon.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Two SF Giants Just Got Named to This Year’s MLB All-Star Team We have some new details on the Channing Tatum movie that’s been shooting near Golden Gate Park; a couple dozen East Bay parks that were closed for the heat wave have reopened; and the SF Giants just got a pitcher and outfielder named to the NL All-Star team for next week’s game.
SF News Lake Tahoe Expected to Fill Up This Spring, For the First Time Since 2019 Above-average snowpack in the Lake Tahoe basin has helped to fill up Lake Tahoe, which will be able to meet water demand for the next three years.
SF News SF Skier Rescued After Outdoor Overnight Ordeal In Lake Tahoe Wilderness A 34-year-old San Francisco man got a little off course at Lake Tahoe’s Kirkwood ski resort and ended up spending a night in the wilderness, but was eventually rescued by a cavalcade of search personnel and a CHP helicopter.
SF News [Update] One Confirmed Dead In Avalanche at Palisades Tahoe There was an avalanche Wednesday morning at Palisades Tahoe that reportedly buried multiple skiers who were among the first down a trail, and a search and rescue operation is underway.
SF News Remains of Zodiac Killer's Possible 'Victim 12' From Lake Tahoe Casino Finally ID'd A skull that was discovered in Placer County nearly four decades ago was recently identified through relational DNA tracing, and investigators say it belongs to a young woman who disappeared from a Lake Tahoe casino hotel in 1970.
