By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle As California emerges as a force on climate change and a counterweight to President Donald Trump, residents of the green-minded state widely support environmental actions taken by leaders in Sacramento, according to a survey released Wednesday. Fifty-one percent of California adults approve of the way Gov. Jerry Brown […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal Inside a 1940s bottling factory in the Biggest Little City, a man is being built. He’s going to be 40 feet tall, made of wood and he’ll be a giant pile of ashes in a month. Although Burning Man, the annual arts ballyhoo scheduled for Aug. 27 to Sept. 4, is […]
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A man swimming at Sand Harbor on Saturday drowned. He had been swimming near the rocks. Lifeguards quickly pulled him out of the water on July 29 at about 5pm, but life-saving measures were not successful. He was taken to the hospital in Incline Village where he died. His name, age and hometown were not […]
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· David Young of Barton Cardiology will give a free lecture on supplements and cardiovascular disease, including information about CoQ10, fish oils, vitamin D, and calcium supplementation. The talk is Aug. 2, 6-7pm in the board room at Lake Tahoe Community College. · Cemetery Gin won a Silver Award at the San Francisco 2017 Worlds […]
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By Lake Tahoe News Hot, hot, hot. That’s the forecast for Lake Tahoe. “For the end of July and early August we are definitely going to be flirting with near record temperatures,” Evan LaGuardia, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Reno, told Lake Tahoe News. Temperatures are forecast to reach the 90s in parts […]
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By Vicki Howard The lifetime of Sears has spanned, and embodied, the rise of modern American consumer culture. The 130-year-old mass merchandiser that was once the largest retailer in the United States is part of the fabric of American society. From its start as a 19th-century mail-order firm, to its heyday on Main Street and […]
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By Laurel Rosenhall, San Francisco Chronicle SACRAMENTO — Foam burger boxes and ice cream cups could eventually go the way of the flimsy plastic shopping bag — banned throughout California. It’s not likely to happen this year. Environmentalists who push for the bans lost a big fight last month when the Legislature voted down a […]
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By Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times While a bevy of political hopefuls have jumped into the 2018 races for governor and lieutenant governor, most of California’s other premiere statewide political posts aren’t exactly drawing a crowd. Aside from governor, California has seven constitutional officers chosen by the statewide electorate — all of which will be […]
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By Kathryn Reed The investigation into former Lake Tahoe Humane Society leader Niki Congero is not limited to embezzlement allegations. Congero, who was fired this spring from her job in South Lake Tahoe, had sought unemployment benefits. The nonprofit denied them. She appealed that decision. To do so meant giving testimony under oath. Lake Tahoe […]
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By Tay Wiles, High Country News The morning after the 2016 presidential election, California’s legislative leaders issued a message that has set the tone for the state under the new administration, under President Trump. “Today, we woke up feeling like strangers in a foreign land,” it said. Since then, many Californians have pushed back against […]
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