By Associated Press Closing times at bars in California could go later if proposed legislation gets passed. The bill proposed Tuesday by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat who represents San Francisco, would let municipalities set their own last call times. The Los Angeles Times reports communities could decide to go as late as 4am. Currently, […]
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By Associated Press More than 340,000 people passed on Nevada’s hotel rooms last year and opted instead to book a place to stay using the home-sharing service Airbnb. The growth in the short term rental market is good for homeowners who made money from their residences, but it could be a drain on the state’s […]
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Nora Betyousef Lacy, founder of the biotech company Cell Marque and the nonprofit Assyrian Arts Institute, will be giving a free talk at Sierra Nevada College on Feb. 22 at 11:45am. Lacy became an entrepreneur in 1994. After 25 years working in biotechnology, she founded Cell Marque Corp., which specializes in cancer-detection products for pathology […]
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· Tahoe Donner Association will be before the Truckee Planning Commission on Feb. 21 at 6pm requesting approval of a five-year trail implementation plan consisting of 22 individual trail projects designed to enhance Tahoe Donner’s existing trail network and improve environmental conditions. · South Lake Tahoe Wedding & Honeymoon Association’s annual Something Blue Wedding Expo […]
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Updated 2:18pm: For those using Charter Internet, cable and phone services they know they are out of luck right now. Calling the company doesn’t provide much information. “We don’t get an estimated time when it will be fixed because most of the time we don’t know what caused it,” a Charter representative told Lake Tahoe […]
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By Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee As the rain and snow have fallen this winter, so have California’s hillsides, forcing the closure of major roads through the Sierra Nevada and causing millions of dollars in damage. The California Department of Transportation estimates that the winter’s pounding storms have caused $400 million in damage to California highways. […]
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A Douglas County 12-year-old was arrested Thursday night on charges of harassment and threatening to use a firearm at a school. He was turned over to Douglas County Juvenile Probation authorities. The sheriff’s department at about 7pm Feb. 16 received a report that a male juvenile had made threats that he intended to bring a gun to […]
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By Aaron Meier For those who keep tabs on Nevada’s wildlife, a frequently asked question during periods of heavy snowfall is “should we feed wildlife when winter limits their food availability?” Idaho, Colorado and Utah have recently initiated limited amounts of winter feeding and “baiting” of mule deer and elk. These efforts are intended to […]
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Image Nation, an art installation featuring Nevada County veterans, comes to the Truckee Community Recreation Center on March 10. The photographs – self-portraits and pictures of veterans’ hands, are the result of a therapeutic workshop with veteran and master photographer Michael Llewellyn. The gallery will hang in the Community Recreation Center through June. Along with […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – It is going to cost a little more to stay at a Stateline lodging property beginning May 1. Douglas County commissioners on Feb. 16 agreed to increase the lodging license fee from 3 percent to 4 percent just for properties at the lake. The additional revenue will be for the […]
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