High-end houses in the Lake Tahoe Basin have been the best sellers the first half of this year. Strong sales in Incline Village are the main reason for the 30 percent surge from 2015 in sales of houses valued at more than $1 million, according to Chase International. The units sold was up 12 percent […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal The Burning Man organization is challenging a $2.8 million bill from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management after last year’s 70,000-person arts festival in the Black Rock Desert, according to a federal appeal filed by the San Francisco-based arts nonprofit. The arts organization submitted a 1,000-page appeal in April that accuses the BLM of trying to cover […]
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A fundraiser for the League to Save Lake Tahoe will simultaneously feature two movies and music. Guests will receive headphones for the evening that have three channels for the movies and music. It’s up to each person to choose his or her entertainment. The July 20 event starts at 7pm at Lakeland Village in South […]
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By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun As part of a pending sale with electricity generator Calpine, NV Energy plans to acquire an Arizona natural gas plant for $75.6 million and invest about $21 million in the facility. The price was disclosed in a filing that NV Energy made with the Public Utilities Commission. The filing […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of several stories about mental health issues in the Lake Tahoe Basin that will be running through October. All stories may be accessed by going to the Home page, Special Projects, then hit Mental Health. By Jeanne Nelson Nearly five years ago a kind nurse saw me sobbing in the […]
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By Garry Bowen A few Lake Tahoe News editions ago, I wrote a memoriam about local Spider Sabich’s early World Cup win, then suffering the indignity of being shot to death in Aspen, Colo., under tragic circumstances. As similar episodes keep recurring over and over in this culture, allow me to memorialize another, more professional […]
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By Jocelyn Wiener, Sacramento Bee GREENVILLE — Lee Marshall loves the mountains surrounding this small community three hours northeast of Sacramento. Even so, it can be hard to maintain a sunny outlook. On a recent Friday, while waiting for his next Social Security check to arrive, Marshall said he had 24 cents to his name. […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is using chemicals on 70 sites to get rid of invasive plants. The work will continue through September. Project areas include the 64 Acres parking lot in Tahoe City, Angora Fire area, Baldwin Beach Meadow, Burke Creek Trail, Camp Richardson Corral, Luther Pass Campground, Heavenly Creek […]
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By Laura Parker, New York Times Forget slot machines and money wheels. American casinos may soon look more like video game arcades. In February, Nevada and New Jersey passed legislation allowing for the introduction of skill-based games in casinos as a way to draw in younger players. Imagine “Angry Birds” and “Candy Crush” machines next […]
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A six-day trial ended with El Dorado County winning a discrimination case brought forward by retired sheriff’s Detective Rick Fitzgerald. It took the eight jurors in U.S. District Court in Sacramento three hours to deliberate before rendering the verdict. Fitzgerald filed the complaint in January 2013. He said he was the victim of age discrimination, […]
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