By David Gardner, Bleacher Report Although his football career with the Cowboys is finished and his basketball career with the Mavericks never got out of warm-ups, Tony Romo isn’t through with professional sports: The 37-year-old former Dallas quarterback is attempting to qualify for the U.S. Open. But first he will be returning in July to […]
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By Abby Stevens, Moonshine Ink Ever wonder why Lake Tahoe is split down the middle, with one half in California and the other half in Nevada? Are the two states just that good at sharing? The history of the split dates back to the 1840s and the early explorers of the American West, when mapmakers […]
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By Kathryn Reed PLACERVILLE – With the sudden heat wave, it can seem like last winter’s deluge was in some other decade. For El Dorado County vintners, it’s all in a day’s work to contend with whatever Mother Nature brings. Growing grapes is farming. And all farmers know they are at the whim of the […]
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By Joe Mathews Dig deep enough into California’s biggest problems, and you’ll hit upon a common villain: our court system. California’s housing shortage, its poverty, its poor business climate, and its failing infrastructure all are explained in part by the failure of our underfunded, delay-prone courts. But in public narratives of what’s wrong with the […]
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By Angela Hart, Sacramento Bee The grapevines that line rolling hillsides and sweeping valleys in Northern California’s wine country have become iconic – a symbol of the region’s rustic charm that helped California earn its reputation as a world-class wine and food destination. But winegrapes have new competition: weed. California’s legalization of recreational marijuana has […]
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The American Legion Post 795 of South Lake Tahoe with members of the American Legion and the Ladies Auxiliary will be hosting the Memorial Day ceremony at Happy Homestead Cemetery on May 29. The ceremony will take place at 11am at 1261 Johnson Blvd. After the ceremony, the public is invited to join Legion and […]
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California Highway Patrol officers seized nearly 30 pounds of marijuana and arrested two people near Truckee. Yi Wang, 39, and Jin Mei, 31, both of Chicago, each face charges of transportation for sale and possession of marijuana for sale. Officers stopped the two on May 18 at about 4pm on Interstate 80 near Hirschdale Road […]
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By Shane Downing, Sierra As you’ve probably heard by now, virtual reality technology—or VR—is shaking up industries as disparate as gaming and real estate, filmmaking and journalism, tourism and (no surprise there) pornography. The 360-degree video presentation, which sometimes is also rendered as 3D, has the power to create immersive experiences that seem remarkably real. […]
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With one of the biggest winters in years and the snowpack level well above normal, it is expected that the excessive precipitation will likely push the start of the fire season back a couple months. The National Interagency Fire Center and Reno National Weather Service are leaning toward July/August time frame for the grasses to […]
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By Larry Weitzman There is an adage in the auto industry, especially among car dealers: “We lose money on every car, but we make it up in volume.” Obviously, if you sell your cars or any product at a loss, more volume just magnifies the loss. That appears to be the business plan of Tesla […]
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