By Johnathan L. Wright, Reno Gazette-Journal Welcome to the family. Fleur du Lac, the estate on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe made famous by “The Godfather Part II,” has only 22 residences. One of them, residence 13, is for sale for $3,749,000. Sierra Sotheby’s International Realty has the listing. In the movie, Fleur du […]
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· On Feb. 8 a group of approximately 25 local residents had a meeting to form the NoGlobe Alliance. Its purpose is to influence South Lake Tahoe elected leaders to stop, move or modify SnowGlobe so it does not disrupt the residents. To be a part of this group, email noglobe18@gmail.com. The next meeting is […]
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By Heather Dichter, The Conversation When the International Olympic Committee announced that PyeongChang would host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, most people outside of South Korea had probably never heard of it, let alone knew that the eastern part of the country had snow and mountains. The shift in the type of place capable of […]
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By Eddie Pells, AP PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — If the U.S. Olympic Committee is going to bid for the Winter Games soon, it will be a bid for 2030, not 2026. USOC Chairman Larry Probst ruled out the possibility of bringing the Olympics to Salt Lake City, Denver or Reno two years before the Summer […]
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Truckee has been selected as the “gravel” host location for one of two Sagan Gran Fondo cycling events this year and in 2019. Event producers at Bike Monkey in partnership with three-time world champion cyclist Peter Sagan will bring the event to Truckee May 3-5. Bike Monkey is the producer of the famous Levi’s GranFondo […]
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By Kendra Pierre-Louis, New York Times Jessie Diggins fell in love with snow as a child. Diggins is a member of the U.S. women’s cross-country skiing team, which is favored to win a medal at the PyeongChang Olympics. It would be only the second medal in the sport for the United States and the first […]
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By Wendy David First, a confession of weirdness. I love being a part of groups. I like the synergy of groups, how they work collaboratively, how the room sounds … some listening, others talking. I like the process of group decision-making, the back and forth, the quiet and noisy, the aha moments of clarity, that […]
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By Mark Fogarty, High Country News Last year, in Yreka, a town of 8,000 in Northern California’s Shasta Valley, Sarah Abono, a member of the Karuk Tribe, moved into a four-bedroom house in a new development on tribal land. She, her husband and three children, who had been living in a modest unit nearby, are […]
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· After receiving high marks from Standard & Poor’s Financial Services and Moody’s Investor Service in their bond ratings reports, Lake Tahoe Community College is ready to issue a second set of Measure F bonds this month for $15 million. S&P raised the college’s long-term rating from AA-minus to AA. Moody’s reconfirmed LTCC’s A1 rating […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe city officials appear to be operating in a vacuum of lawlessness and deceit, and with no transparency. A special City Council meeting has been scheduled for Feb. 12 at 9am. The only item on the agenda is in closed session: Public employee discipline/dismissal/release. The council is only in charge […]
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