By Hospitality Net Americans paid an average of $137 per night for hotel accommodations in the U.S. during 2014 – an increase of 5 percent compared to 2013. The findings from the biannual Hotels.com Hotel Price Index support a positive outlook on the U.S. travel industry, as price increases were felt across most of the 50 […]
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It’s almost time to spring forward an hour. Daylight saving time begins March 8 at 2am. This means to start with it will be a little lighter at night and darker in the morning. It also means losing an hour of sleep on the first day.
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By USSA KVITFJELL, Norway — In the penultimate Audi FIS Ski World Cup downhill of the season, the men were thirsty for results — looking to tighten the race for the overall downhill globe. Hannes Reichelt of Austria had a nearly perfect run on the Kvitfjell track and took the win, while the Americans stacked […]
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By Evelyn Spence, BloombergBusiness Most skiers at Heavenly in Lake Tahoe never even notice the snowmaking pump house, which is just a shed next to the day lodge at the base of the mountain. You can’t hear the hum of the pumps and motors until you’re inside. The whole operation is designed to be unobtrusive: […]
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By Chris Anthony With the looming expectation of another year of drought, our communities face another challenging year of wildfire threat. January finished as one of the driest Januaries on record, and while the recent storms were welcomed, they did little to increase snowpack throughout the state. As a result, fire agencies are preparing for […]
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By Gerhard Gross, Transworld Snowboarding After winning the Dew Tour slopestyle and taking second at both X Games and the Burton European Open, Jamie Anderson of Meyers wrapped up the last major competition of the season with a first at the Burton US Open in Vail today. But while Spencer O’Brien slid around a backside […]
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By Lydia O’Connor, Huffington Post Signaling a major win for gun control advocates, a California court ruled Wednesday that a city’s ban on high-capacity gun magazines is both constitutional and in the best interest of a city trying to curb gun violence. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling that the Sunnyvale, […]
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By Associated Press A bill that will suspend Nevada’s prevailing wage rules on school construction projects was signed into law by Gov. Brian Sandoval on Friday. Senate Bill 119 will extend school construction bonds beyond the term approved by voters as a way to ease overcrowding, but also ends rules that are essentially a minimum […]
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By Ben Deci, Fox-40 Higher education students, including those from Lake Tahoe Community College, and staff marched on the Capitol Building Thursday to express their frustrations with Gov. Jerry Brown and UC President Janet Napolitano. Brown is threatening to cut $120 million in funding to the University of California system if there are tuition increases […]
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By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times From the LAPD beating of Rodney King 24 years ago to last year’s death of Eric Garner after a scuffle with New York police officers, bystanders who recorded the incidents on video have allowed the public to see at least some of what happened. One California state senator wants […]
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