By Neal E. Boudette, New York Times Pedestrian deaths in traffic accidents have reached levels not seen in years, and a safety group has sought to explain why. It has identified several possible causes, like digital distractions and an increase in driving. Now it has added another: marijuana. Over the first six months of 2017, […]
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By Alastair Bland, Water Deeply California has been blessed with the distinction of being home to some of the richest and the poorest income-earning Americans, according to a 2015 report by the Social Science Research Council. This stark division of wealth between the extravagantly rich and the destitute is displayed vividly in how the state’s […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal David Wise is finally back in his hometown Friday, and everyone’s invited. The 27-year-old Wooster High alum won his second Olympic gold medal last week during the PyeongChang Olympic Games. Wise is expected to land at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport about 7pm March 2. Read the whole story
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Work is expected to resume this month on the Highway 89/Fanny Bridge project in Tahoe City. If the weather cooperates, concrete for the bridge abutments will be poured. The new Truckee River Bridge is located just east of the Caltrans maintenance yard along Highway 89 heading into Tahoe City from Truckee. The trout sculpture created […]
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There will be a talk on April 11 at 6pm about all the experiences available along the Tahoe Rim Trail. The free event will be at the South Lake Tahoe Library on Rufus Allen Boulevard. This event will feature a panel of TRTA guides and trail enthusiasts. They will help people find that perfect weekend […]
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By Melody Gutierrez, San Francisco Chronicle SACRAMENTO — California fire officials asked lawmakers Tuesday for $100 million to improve the state’s strained mutual-aid system, which is designed to quickly rally first responders in an emergency, such as the deadly fires that ravaged the North Bay last year. At a legislative hearing in Sacramento, fire chiefs […]
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The Last Straw is an event in Incline Village to bring awareness to the plastic devices that fill landfills, and end up polluting streams, oceans, and beaches. It is said that 500 million straws are used and discarded every day in the United States. That is enough straws to wrap around the Earth’s circumference 2.5 […]
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Jamie Anderson’s media schedule is preventing her from returning to Lake Tahoe this weekend. This means the athlete celebration party at Sierra-at-Tahoe originally scheduled for March 3 has been postponed. The resort is looking at rescheduling for later this month or in April. This week the Meyers resident has been showing off her gold and […]
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· The special El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meeting regarding VHRs set for March 3 has been canceled because of weather. · The Wilbur D. May Arboretum in Reno is unveiling an exhibition to call attention to the many threats facing trees. Vanishing Acts: Trees Under Threat highlights the precarious future of the world’s […]
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Updated 2:27pm: Lake Tahoe Unified, Tahoe Truckee Unified, Incline Village schools, Lake Tahoe Community College and Sierra Nevada College are closed today because of the blizzard warning issued by the National Weather Service in Reno. For Douglas County schools at the lake, students on will be picked up at the main bus stops on March […]
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