By Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times A federal report looking at trends in population growth, travel patterns and land use and their impact on the environment is predictably sobering. With the U.S. population expected to grow 42 percent from 2010 to 2050, the report from [...]
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By Kathryn Reed Gerri Grego has all the paperwork filled out with the state and is ready to start campaigning for a race voters won’t go to the polls for until a year from now. The South Lake Tahoe resident wants to be the next [...]
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By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle After fighting a government plan to increase logging in Sierra forests throughout California all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, a conservation group concluded it might hurt its cause more than it would help. On Monday, the court [...]
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By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee Gun sales boomed across California to record levels last year as horrific mass shootings reignited the gun control debate, new state figures show. A growing number of Sacramento-area gun dealers – about 200 and counting – sold a total of [...]
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By Kathryn Reed Tennis is mostly a seasonal sport at Lake Tahoe because the lone indoor court is at Ridge Tahoe, which requires owning a time share there or being a guest to use that court at the top of Kingsbury Grade. But the lack [...]
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By Kathryn Reed The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency on Monday won a partial decision in federal court when the judge dismissed some of the claims against the bi-state regulatory agency. “The litigation is still pending, but this answers a lot of questions TRPA raised at [...]
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By Steve Timko, Reno Gazette-Journal Washoe County and Nevada populations continue to grow, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau estimates. But the faces are changing. Non-Hispanic white population shrunk in every Nevada county between 2010 and 2012 except three, according to the bureau’s annual [...]
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By Kathryn Reed While everyone touts there only being one island in Lake Tahoe, four of us say not so fast. What about that sandbar of sorts between Trout Creek and the mouth of the Upper Truckee River that is home to a flock of [...]
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By Karoun Demirjian, Las Vegas Sun Legislation, as Sen. Harry Reid often says, is the art of compromise. But lately, Reid has not been in a compromising mood. “Who would I negotiate with?” Reid said last week when asked about his recently expressed reticence to [...]
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By Tom Jacobs, Salon Are you uncomfortable with ambiguity? It’s a common condition, but a highly problematic one. The compulsion to quell that unease can inspire snap judgments, rigid thinking, and bad decision-making. Fortunately, new research suggests a simple anecdote for this affliction: Read more [...]
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