When the elite female cyclists return to Tahoe this May they will pedal the highest summit in race history — 7,740 feet. Luther and Daggett passes will be part of the route for Day 2, while the inaugural leg will be riding the 72 miles around Lake Tahoe. The Amgen Breakaway from Heart Disease women’s race […]
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By Kathryn Reed INDEPENDENCE – Without touching the barbed wire, it inflicts a wound on my soul. The raw imagery of Manzanar coupled with my imagination is almost too much to take in. What’s left of this internment camp is a stark reminder of one of the darkest times in U.S. history. The government sent […]
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By Chizu Omori I am a member of a once despised minority group, American Japanese, who spent three and a half years incarcerated in an American concentration camp during World War II. Although that ordeal ended 72 years ago, the impact of that experience on my life and its broader implications for American society resonate […]
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The inversion layer that has created fog at lake level should be moving on Tuesday. Pockets of sun and fog were the norm on the South Shore Monday. The fog returned tonight, making driving at lake level a bit sketchy. As the next storm system heads toward the basin, the inversion layer should lift. Rain […]
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Updated Feb. 4: The family of the judge sent this statement today: “Judge Brooks suffered a cardiovascular event last summer. He has not been medically cleared to work at this time and the family greatly appreciates all the caring concern that has been expressed by the public regarding this unfortunate event.” —– By Kathryn Reed […]
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By Michael R. Blood and Don Thompson, AP SACRAMENTO — The future of California’s legal marijuana industry is being shaped in a warren of cubicles tucked inside a retired basketball arena, where a garden of paper cannabis leaves sprouts on file cabinets and a burlap sack advertising “USA Home Grown” dangles from a wall. Here, […]
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Nevada and federal officials began assessing storm damage on Jan. 30 to determine if FEMA funding will be made available to the state. The counties affected include Douglas, Washoe, Carson City, Lyon and Storey. The Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation is also being considered. After officials look at the damage it is up to Gov. Brian Sandoval […]
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By Seth A. Richardson, Reno Gazette-Journal Republican President Donald Trump’s executive order banning immigration and refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries continues to be unpopular with the public and lawmakers. Trump first proposed banning all Muslims from entering the country during the campaign, but few believed he would actually follow through on the plan. Even lawmakers […]
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· South Lake Tahoe Friends of the Library is hosting a books sale March 18 at 10am. The sale will have hundreds of previously read and some new books, movies and music. Members get in an hour early. The library is at 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd. · Tahoe Maritime Museum is looking for people with tattoos […]
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By Melissa Siig, Moonshine Ink On the morning of Jan. 10, little did I know that by the end of the day I would have one of the most famous doorways in the country. But that’s what happened when an avalanche slammed into the front of our house, and the picture we took of our […]
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