By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee The Sacramento-based California Housing Finance Agency has expanded its Extra Credit Teacher Home Purchase Program, making more California K-12 public school employees eligible to receive as much as $15,000 in down payment assistance. The down payment assistance comes as a loan, which recipients are not required to pay back until […]
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By Ben Botkin, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada’s political divide between rural and urban regions is wide. Nevada voting trends in the 2016 election demonstrated the growing clout of Clark County, which has about 70 percent of the state’s population, and the need for future candidates to connect with voters in the state’s urban centers. Though […]
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By Alexandra Spychalsky, Moonshine Ink Gnomes, by nature, are personable creatures. Triscuits are their snack of choice, and they all speak with a British accent, though they insist they are not in fact British. Regular white lights are too harsh for them, so red is the light frequency they prefer, and which makes them most […]
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By Larry Weitzman Acura brought us the TL in 1996 and it continued through four generations. It was Acura’s midsize offering and at one time nearly outsold the class leader in this segment, the BMW 3 series. It’s third generation was the second best-selling luxury car in the U.S. In a conversation with the head […]
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By Katie Dowd, San Francisco Chronicle Collectors and admirers of early California history will be thrilled to see a lot of rare books — most from before the turn of the century — up for auction. The books cover topics from Gold Rush life to scenic shots of Yosemite before all those tour buses descended. […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Anyone who watches Warren Miller films knows what they’re going to get with each new edition. There will be incredible scenery, amazing athletes and superb production values. But what most viewers might not know is how much of it is thanks to people and places around Lake Tahoe. The 67th […]
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Barton Health’s eighth annual Festival of Trees & Lights is Dec. 1-4 at MontBleu in Stateline. All proceeds from the festival will support the expansion of Barton Health’s Cancer Wellness Program. The expanded program will address the social, emotional, and functional aspects of a patient’s cancer journey through supportive services such as massage, exercise, psychotherapy, […]
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A memorial for South Lake Tahoe pioneer Marjorie Springmeyer has been erected at Bijou Community Park. Springmeyer died earlier this year at the age of 93. Her family used to own much of the property in the center of town. Springmeyers’ brothers and heirs still have substantial land holdings on the South Shore. The plaque […]
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By USSA KITTILÄ, Finland – Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, Colo.) overcame Audi FIS Ski World Cup slalom opener nerves, skiing two clean and solid runs en route to her first World Cup victory of the 2017 season. Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener grabbed second, 0.67 seconds out, while Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova rounded out the podium in third, 0.75 […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Travelers are looking for a deeper connection to their destination than just a Kodak moment. It’s as if they want a relationship with the locale and not just a fling. Being able to deliver what are in many ways intangibles is going to set the South Shore apart from other […]
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