Lake Tahoe, CA, Grapples with Worker Shortages and Lack of Affordable Housing It is no secret that Lake Tahoe is a desirable place to live. The beautiful mountains and lakes combined with world-class recreational opportunities mean it checks all the boxes for adventurers. All the boxes except for one: housing. The housing problem in ski towns, in general, is well known, but the Sierra seems especially bleak. Around Lake Tahoe, medium home […] Industry News Brent Thomas | August 18, 2022 4 Comments
16-Year-Old Truckee, CA, Resident Vanishes in Possible Abduction After Party Where is 16-year-old Kiely Rodni? That’s the million-dollar question that the Placer County Sheriff’s Office is trying to answer now that they’ve considered her disappearance as a potential abduction. Truckee, Calif., resident Kiely Rodni vanished after telling her family she was going to head home from a high school graduation sendoff early Saturday, prompting a search effort on Tuesday, according […] SnowBrains | August 10, 2022 0 Comments
Did You Know That 500,000,000 Gallons of Water Evaporate from Lake Tahoe Daily? | Here’s a List of Tahoe ‘Fun Facts’ Fun fact: the daily evaporation from Lake Tahoe is about half a billion gallons of water. This amount would meet the daily water needs of 5 million Americans, or enough to support the cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles. More facts about Lake Tahoe and the Tahoe Basin (courtesy of Tahoe Environmental Research Center) Q. How deep is Lake […] Brains The Brains | August 4, 2022 2 Comments
Potential ‘Cold Water Shock’ May Have Led Man to Drown in Lake Tahoe on Monday A Genoa, Nevada, man fell into the frigid waters of Lake Tahoe on Monday and never resurfaced, according to local authorities. The Tahoe Daily Tribune reports that William Dunham, 79, had taken his wife, son, and two grandchildren out on the lake for the day. After dropping their son and grandchildren off on shore, Dunham and his wife returned to […] SnowBrains | July 20, 2022 3 Comments
2021 Lake Tahoe Clarity: No Consistent Improvement in Last 20-Years The cobalt blue waters of Lake Tahoe were about as clear in 2021 as they were in 2020. But a broader look at clarity measurements shows there is no pattern of consistent clarity improvement over the past 20 years. The lake also has not fully recovered from a spike of fine particles that flowed into its waters after the extremely […] SnowBrains | July 8, 2022 1 Comment
Lake Tahoe Trashed by July 4th Revellers | 3,450lbs of Litter Removed During Annual Cleanup More than three hundred volunteers, an eight-person dive team, and one beach-cleaning robot spread out across five Lake Tahoe beaches yesterday in a collaborative effort to remove leftovers from July 4th celebrations, as part of the League to Save Lake Tahoe’s annual Keep Tahoe Red, White and Blue Beach Cleanup. In total, the litter-fighting teams removed 3,450 pounds of trash from […] SnowBrains | July 7, 2022 1 Comment
Be Bear Aware: North Lake Tahoe, CA, Woman Attacked by Bear in Her Home This is a reminder for anyone visiting North Lake Tahoe, and North Lake Tahoe residents alike: always be aware of your surroundings, and do not become complacent with “friendly bears” – they are not! Bears are wild animals, and they have instincts. Related: VIDEO: How to Avoid a Bear Attack | This Video Might Just Save Your Life A victim […] SnowBrains | June 23, 2022 1 Comment
Sculpture to be Created with Trash Removed From Lake Tahoe Will Take the Form of a Bald Eagle Holding a Trout SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (May 26, 2022) – After a heated competition, the Tahoe Fund and Clean Up The Lake announced today that the new art installation created from some of the 25,000+ pounds of litter removed from Lake Tahoe will take the form of a bald eagle holding a Lahontan cutthroat trout. Over 1,200 votes were cast in the […] SnowBrains | May 26, 2022 4 Comments