Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories Lake Tahoe News will be running leading up to the 50th anniversary of South Lake Tahoe on Nov. 30. By Kathryn Reed June 11, 1989, started out like any other Sunday in the basin – sunny, blue sky, uneventful. Before it was over South Lake […]
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By Daniel Duane, New York Times California’s over, everything I love about this place is going to hell. I knew there was something familiar about this thought from the moment it occurred to me in Yosemite National Park. My sister and I started going to those mountains 40 years ago with our parents, who taught […]
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By Anjeanette Damon, Reno Gazette-Journal The Storey County district attorney has decided to forgo felony charges against a Reno Gazette-Journal photographer, opting instead to charge him with two misdemeanor counts of battery and one count of trespassing in the wake of an altercation earlier this month between the photographer and two Tesla security guards, according to court […]
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The California Highway Patrol has received a federal grant to improve the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists throughout California. California has seen an increase in the number of traffic-related pedestrian and bicyclist collisions. The most recent data from the CHP reveals 752 pedestrians and 164 bicyclists were killed in collisions statewide in 2013, a 6.6 percent […]
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By Kimberly Pierceall, AP The trade group representing both daily and season-long fantasy sports companies is hoping to head off outside regulation by regulating itself. The Fantasy Sports Trade Association announced Tuesday it would form the Fantasy Sports Control Agency led by former acting U.S. Labor Secretary Seth D. Harris. The attempt to self-regulate comes […]
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By Trevon Milliard, Reno Gazette-Journal The state’s offer to families was $5,000 per child. The promise: Nevada’s poor families would be afforded a new choice – private school. But only 7 percent of students applying for the money live in areas reporting low household income, while nearly a third of takers reside in the state’s […]
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By Ed Joyce, Capital Public Radio The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced more than $30 million in funding to native tribes in California and Nevada. The announcement came at the 23rd Annual Regional Tribal Conference on Tuesday in Reno. The funds provided to Nevada tribes will pay for water quality and other environmental projects. The Pyramid Lake […]
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South Lake Tahoe Library is seeking donations of compact discs of local music to be included in its collection. Artists or band members of a musical act based in the South Lake Tahoe area (including Meyers, Stateline, Kingsbury, Zephyr Cove, and Cave Rock) who would like their work included in the collection, are asked to […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun On Nov. 17, the state Public Utilities Commission will hear testimony on whether Nevadans will see heftier bills from Southwest Gas. The commission will rule on a request made by the company in June to raise rates by an aggregate of $29.4 million, which it said was necessary to […]
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By Associated Press WASHOE VALLEY — Officials say a female bear was struck by a car in Interstate 580 in Washoe Valley but is expected to recover from its injuries. A driver was exiting the highway on Tuesday when the car hit a bear. Officials say the bear suffered some road rash and swelling, but […]
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