By Kathryn Reed The South Lake Tahoe City Council at its Feb. 6 meeting is expected to solidify its desires for a ban of polystyrene, also known as Styrofoam. Four tiers are expected to presented to the electeds, who last fall asked for staff to bring back details about what such a ban might look […]
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By Jennifer Francis Damage from extreme weather events during 2017 racked up the biggest-ever bills for the U.S. Most of these events involved conditions that align intuitively with global warming: heat records, drought, wildfires, coastal flooding, hurricane damage and heavy rainfall. Paradoxical, though, are possible ties between climate change and the recent spate of frigid […]
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By U.S. Ski and Snowboard A strong and deep U.S. Olympic Freeski Team is headed to PyeongChang for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. U.S. Ski & Snowboard on Jan. 22 announced the selection of 15 halfpipe and slopestyle freeski athletes who will compete at the Games beginning Feb. 9. Highlighted among the 2018 U.S. Olympic […]
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By James DeHaven, Reno Gazette-Journal Count Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., among those with who hope to hear more from Dayle Elieson. Masto — in a wide-ranging Friday interview that touched on everything from the shutdown to government spying — said she was still looking forward to meeting and talking more with Elieson, the ex-Texas prosecutor and […]
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· Liberty Utilities has scheduled an outage in the Glenshire area along Crown Circle/Archery View in Truckee for Jan. 23, 8am-4pm. · Jim Holmes was chosen to serve as chair of the Placer County Board of Supervisors for this year. · University of Nevada Cooperative Extension will offer free gardening classes for anyone who wants […]
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By Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee When a 22-year-old Hayward man allegedly slammed his Cadillac into a California Highway Patrol vehicle and killed Officer Andrew Camilleri on Christmas Eve, he was under the influence of alcohol and marijuana, officials said. CHP reported that Mohammed Abraar Ali had a blood-alcohol level of .11, above the state limit […]
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By Case Keefer, Las Vegas Sun Bettors who zinged punchlines at Nick Foles at the end of the regular season must have felt a lot like Bill Belichick after he bear-hugged Matt Patricia on Sunday evening. Both seemed like great ideas in the moment, but turned out to be quite miserable. The Patriots’ notoriously […]
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By Mike Wolterbeek A group of UNR scientists and engineers is getting a million dollar microscope, the only one of its kind in Nevada. It’s the latest generation of focused ion-beam scanning electron microscope. Several projects are under way at the university that will use the new equipment, and it opens new avenues of materials […]
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Publisher’s note: This letter was sent to Placer County and TRPA officials. It is published with permission. To the North Lake Tahoe Community: Placer County & TRPA Legal Counsel and Staff, I provided public comment at the Placer Board of Supervisors Jan. 9, 2018, meeting on agenda item 4A: granting 60 Tourist accommodation units (TAU) […]
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By Larry Weitzman They are cowboys, but they sure can breed them right and ride them the best. I am not talking about cows or horses, but the car company from Japan that the other major manufacturers refer to sometimes as cowboys. With their swagger and panache, you would think they were an American company […]
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