By Christopher Solomon, Outside Perhaps you’ve heard that Donald Trump is running for president, and that he has strong opinions on issues like immigration and terrorism. Chances are, though, that you don’t know much about his positions on issues that Outside readers often care about, like public lands, the environment, conservation, and climate change. These […]
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By Barrett Newkirk, Desert Sun Scientists say they’ve discovered a new fault line running along the eastern edge of the Salton Sea parallel to the San Andreas Fault. The announcement, published this week in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, follows a recent rash of almost 200 small earthquakes at the Southern California […]
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There will be a forum Oct. 19 for South Tahoe Public Utility District candidates. It will be an opportunity for the public to hear statements from the four candidates on the November ballot: Kirk David, Nick Exline, Kelly Sheehan and Randy Vogelgesang. Two seats are open. Each candidate will be allowed to give an opening statement, answer […]
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By Vytas Mazeika, Bay Area News Group Stanford men’s basketball practice began Sunday. But whatever drills first-year coach Jerod Haase put his players through at Maples Pavilion, it’s unlikely to compare with the two-day Navy SEAL camp from a couple of weeks ago in South Lake Tahoe. For example, the Cardinal hit the pool on […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal The Nevada Gaming Control Board will refer a proposal to strengthen money-laundering regulations for sports books to its staff to determine if it would create additional burdens on its tax and audit divisions. The board on Thursday conducted a workshop on a proposed regulation that was unusual in that […]
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· Christine Vuletich, Douglas County assistant county manager and former finance director for South Lake Tahoe, has been hired to be assistant county manager for Washoe County. · Truckee Community Theater presents “The Odd Couple” on Oct. 21-23. Details and tickets are available online. · The South Lake Tahoe pool will be […]
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By Tony Berendsen If you’re a star gazer, you may be interested to know how to measure the darkness of your night sky? Maybe you’d even like to become a citizen-scientist and make a measurement from your backyard contributing data to the Globe at Night campaign? The darkness of the night sky is actually measured […]
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By Priya Hutner, Tahoe Weekly Adrian Ballinger and Emily Harrington returned home two weeks from the day they left Tahoe after attaining their goal to summit Cho Oyu, the mountain known as the Turquoise Goddess, in record time. Speaking from his home in Squaw Valley, Ballinger had been home less than 48 hours, where he’d […]
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Once curb, gutter and concrete pavement is completed this week on Highway 28 in Kings Beach, grinding and paving at the east end will begin. This is expected to start Monday between the Char Pit and Beaver Street, and finish Thursday. Lanes will be temporarily shifted through the work zone. One-way alternating traffic control through […]
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By Marcella Corona , Reno Gazette-Journal Authorities found the car that belonged to a missing 19-year-old Barstow man, who disappeared last year on his way to start a new landscaping job in Truckee, according to the Barstow Police Department. Daniel Gallardo Jr., was reported missing on Oct. 28, 2015, by his family in Barstow, which […]
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