By Case Keefer, Las Vegas Sun The thrill of gambling can’t quite compensate for the lack of rooting interest in the World Cup. With the United States failing to qualify for this year’s tournament, betting handle on the event may decrease locally for the first time in decades. That doesn’t mean the World Cup won’t […]
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By Sage Sauerbrey, Moonshine Ink When a system is put under pressure, it must evolve or falter. Such is the case with the local housing market. Thanks to an innovative community, current pressure has led to evolution. One concept gaining steam in Truckee involves a new way of living with your neighbors. Enter the Truckee […]
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By Kathryn Reed How long has it been since there was a Burger King in South Lake Tahoe or even on the South Shore? The answer is years. The question is relevant because a wrapper from that fast food restaurant was picked up this week along a bike trail here. It’s either been there a […]
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By Duane Kurisu My father always said that you get out of life what you put into it. But I believe that people like me, who grew up in a sugar plantation town, were blessed with a whole lot more. The plantation era was a special time in a special place. Our lives back then […]
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By John Myers, Los Angeles Times California’s 168-year run as a single entity, hugging the continent’s edge for hundreds of miles and sprawling east across mountains and desert, could come to an end next year — as a controversial plan to split the Golden State into three new jurisdictions qualified Tuesday for the Nov. 6 […]
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By Alexandra Spychalsky, Moonshine Ink It is clear that we are no longer living in the heyday of the mom-and-pop shop, and rather are deep in the digital age. Why go away from home to shop when you can have groceries delivered to your door? It may sound cynical, but it’s the battle waged daily […]
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A Truckee man turned himself into police on June 12 regarding an April robbery. Raymond Jesus Soltero, 18, and two juveniles face charges stemming from an alleged marijuana robbery in Truckee on April 27. According to police, Soltero had arranged to buy concentrated cannabis from the victim. Police said a gun was used in the […]
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By Lesley McClurg, KQED-TV Gray wolves are trekking farther south in California. A 2-year-old female, known as OR-54, recently wandered through Nevada County in the northern Sierra Nevada. Until now, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife had reported wolves only as far south as Lassen County. “She’s made her way all the way down […]
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By Sean Hood, Water Deeply California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) requires each local Groundwater Sustainability Agency to develop and implement a Groundwater Sustainability Plan for its basin and the first plans for critically overdrafted basins are due to be completed by January 31, 2020. Each plan must be designed to achieve safe yield within […]
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· Kirkwood’s Wildflower Walk & Wine is Aug. 11. · As part of the summer reading fun, Douglas County Public Library is providing two free wildlife shows on June 27. The first show is at 4pm at the Zephyr Cove Library; the second show will begin at 6:30pm at the C.V.I.C. Hall in Minden. · A […]
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