Happy Holidays 2020

HAPPY HOLIDAYS Placer County Public Health shares COVID-19 safety tips ahead of holidays As the holiday season approaches, many are wondering how to safely celebrate in the time of COVID-19. Pending forthcoming additional state guidance, Placer County Public Health is sharing some tips to help community members start thinking about ways to connect during this…

Happy Halloween 2020

HAPPY HALLOWEEN Despite the ongoing spooky pandemic we still want to encourage everyone to have spooktacular Halloween. Read tips and tricks from Placer County on creative alternatives as well as pointers on safer trick or treating so that you and your family can still celebrate this wonderfully wicked Halloween. Tips & Tricks for a Safer…

Power of the People: How Truckee Tahoe locals are taking to beaches to clean up litter left by visitors

Power of the People: How Truckee Tahoe locals are taking to beaches to clean up litter left by visitors Compliments of: by Michelle Gartner   Photos by Danielle Hankinson Citizens throughout history have stepped up to protect one of the clearest lakes in the world, Lake Tahoe. Around the turn of the 20th century, John…

North Shore to Improve Firework Safety

Story by Alex Hoeft | Moonshine Ink. Lake barge fires nearly suspended 2020’s Fourth of July celebrations. Fourth of July firework celebrations for 2020 in both Tahoe City and Kings Beach almost became a no-go back in September 2019. A letter from North Tahoe Fire Protection District Fire Marshal Todd Conradson informed Placer County and other stakeholders…