Gene Palazzo, former director for the South Lake Tahoe Redevelopment Agency, is now city manager of Galt. Most recently he was city manager of Crescent City on the North Coast. He took that job in 2011. He starts his job in the Central Valley on March 1 with a salary of $156,750. He’s in line […]
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By National Weather Service After four dry winters, the mountain snowpack is off to a great start in the Eastern Sierra and Western Nevada. The peak of the snowpack is typically near April 1, and this is the date used to compare overall winter snowpack numbers. The winter of 2014-15 brought an abysmal snowpack to […]
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Kayvan Khalatbari will lead an expert panel in a discussion on the science and medical benefits of cannabis on Jan. 29 as part of the Squaw Valley Institute’s lecture series. He’s an innovative entrepreneur and volunteer in several political and nonprofit ventures that focus on the ethical framework of the cannabis business. Khalatbari co-founded Denver Relief, […]
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By James DeHaven, Howard Stutz and Jennifer Robison, Las Vegas Review-Journal The son-in-law of billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson arranged the $140 million purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Adelson’s behalf, sources confirmed Wednesday. Patrick Dumont, who is listed on the website of Las Vegas Sands Corp. as the company’s senior vice president of finance […]
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By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee Assessed property values in the seven-county Sacramento region rose nearly 6 percent in the past year, according to statistics released this week by the California Board of Equalization. BOE said values in Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado, Yolo, Amador, Sutter and Yuba counties totaled a combined $272.8 billion for 2015-16, compared […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal TAHOE CITY — To people who dedicate their lives to mountains and snow the statement from Jen Gurecki might have sounded blasphemous. “I’m at a point in my life where I’ve had so many powder days I can’t even keep track of them,” Gurecki said before getting to the really shocking stuff. […]
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Gourmet burgers, handmade pastas, steaks, fresh seafood, small plates, and desserts are on the menu for the Jan. 8-15 at Tahoe South Restaurant Week. Participating restaurants to-date include: Artemis Lakefront Café, Beacon Bar & Grill, Bear Moon Bar & Grill, Blue Angel Café, Casey’s, Chart House, Ciera Steak + Chophouse, Echo Restaurant, Edgewood Tahoe, Fire […]
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The Nordic Ski Center at Lake Tahoe Community College is open. Passes (day and season) and lessons (cross country and skate) are available through the college’s Connect Community Education program. The center offers 5 to 7 kilometers of diverse trails that are maintained and groomed two to three times per week by volunteers. The trails […]
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By Claudia Buck, Sacramento Bee Got a cold and a headache? If you’re treating them by popping pain killers and downing cough/cold medicines, be careful. With the cold and flu season under way, too many Americans may be unwittingly overdosing on over-the-counter medications, according to consumer research conducted recently by a team of CSU and […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy RENO – It’s the busiest mailing day of the year and surprisingly this humming and thrumming place was occupied by seemingly happy people, masters of their powerful conveyors, sorters, forklifts, trucks, and bins and bins of mail, all awaiting their attention. The Reno Main Post Office on Vassar Street is the […]
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