An Incline Village woman died from injuries she sustained in an Oct. 7 car accident in Reno. Karin Schulze Brown, 76, was going south in the left lane of South Virginia Street when a vehicle pulled in front of her. Brown braked, but couldn’t avoid hitting the Jeep Liberty, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. […]
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By Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle It could take decades and cost billions to build enough housing to make even a modest dent in home prices across the state, a team of economists reported. Jerry Nickelsburg, director of the UCLA forecast team, said it would take 20 percent more housing to achieve a 10 percent […]
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· Casey Blann is now senior vice president of mountain operations for Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows. · TRYP is hosting a free town hall about Measure C on Oct. 18 from 6-7:30m at Tahoe Beach Retreat in South Lake Tahoe. The event will be live streamed. · Incline Village General Improvement District General Manager Steve […]
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By Tony Berendsen Every young mind, and some older ones, too, are filled with the wonders of learning and exploring. Some limit the exploration to their local neighborhood, some travel the world to exotic unspoiled locations. Well, maybe a lot of us would like to travel to those exotic locations, but adventure travel is expensive. […]
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Alpenglow Sports’ fourth Tailgate Talk will feature Peter Croft, Doug Robinson, and author of “Why We Climb” Chris Noble. The event is Oct. 25 at 7pm at the Tahoe City shop. It will be a night to celebrate the soul of climbing with a night of stories, slides, and excerpts from the book. “Why We […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of a series of stories about Lake Tahoe area athletes who hope to compete in the 2018 Olympics in South Korea. By Susan Wood PARK CITY, Utah – The girl next door may become an even bigger household name. Olympic gold medalist Maddie Bowman of Meyers is gearing up in […]
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By Jim Morris I hate to waste my time, but I cannot let the erroneous propaganda put out by the emperor of City Hall go unrebutted. The city will not let go of this “nuisance” problem as it diverts focus on the dismal road conditions that the city has neglected for years. Also, city management […]
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By Matt Levin, San Francisco Chronicle Is there something weird about California’s standardized test scores? Last year, 49 percent of California students who took the test scored as meeting the state’s reading and writing standards. This year, that number flatlined at 49 percent. So despite most teachers and students having an additional year to get […]
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By Angela Hart, Sacramento Bee After a decades-long battle with California’s building industry, developers who want to fast-track housing production – especially in cities that have not built enough housing to keep pace with rising demand – will be required to pay higher wages and benefits to construction workers beginning Jan. 1. Five of 15 […]
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Wind has whipped a month-old fire in Eldorado National Forest into a more than 30-acre fire. Lightning first started what is being called the Table Fire. It is about three miles northeast of Ice House Reservoir. The fire was first reported Sept. 8. As of the evening of Oct. 9 it was 5 percent contained. […]
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