By Michelle Rindels, AP CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval and more than 60 business, government and education officials recently returned from a three-week trade mission to England, Ireland, Germany, Poland and Italy. The visit included meetings with dignitaries, tours of car factories and receptions bringing together Nevada and European tourism officials. As a result […]
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By Michael Biescker, AP The Associated Press sued the U.S. Department of Justice Thursday over the FBI’s failure to provide public records related to the creation of a fake news story used to plant surveillance software on a suspect’s computer. AP joined with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to file the lawsuit in […]
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Lake Tahoe’s Movement of Wings will bring basin communities together on Sept. 5 to raise awareness about thyroid cancer. LTMW aims to provide a fun, community-generated event that will provide support and a proactive way to fight this disease, while promoting a healthy lifestyle in one of the most beautiful places to run, Lake Tahoe. Proceeds […]
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The 1960s local map, above, shows how Sonora Avenue used to join Highway 50. That junction was covered over by the construction of the Fantasy Inn, now named Postmarc. The red X on the map is where the Lake Valley Fire Department station stood next to the Tahoe Shores Motel. — Bill Kingman
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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 Jessie Marchesseau The mountains, forests and lake surrounding South Lake Tahoe serve as a playground, of sorts, for residents and visitors. However, it’s hard to […]
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By Joshua Kopstein, Aljazeera America There’s a saying you’ll hear in certain tech circles: There is no cloud, just other people’s computers. The cloud is, of course, the vast collection of distant databanks we use to back up our vacation photos, search the Web, make online purchases, find the quickest route home and do pretty […]
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By Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times Here’s one trend California is behind on: rising sea levels. For the last 23 years, ocean levels around the world have climbed by about 3 inches on average, and NASA scientists say the sea will continue to rise as warming temperatures cause ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica to […]
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By American Legion The abduction of then-11-year-old Jaycee Dugard 24 years ago from a bus stop in Meyers still resonates in the minds of many. After 18 years of enduring physical and emotional abuse, Dugard was released from her captors and reunited with her family in 2009. The process of reconnecting with her family and healing […]
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The GODZone Adventure racing team from New Zealand won the adventure race Primal Quest that was in part staged in Lake Tahoe. The eight-day event had them covering 450 miles of terrain — on foot, bike and raft. Navigational skills are a must, as well as the ability rappel down cliffs with a bike, climbing […]
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By Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle Driven by drought, California stands ready to build a water system for the 21st century. Ideas are flowing: conservation, recycling, desalination, aquifer recharge, floodplain restoration, storm water capture. But the biggest, most expensive, most popular item of all is the foundation of the 20th century water system — dams. […]
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