It wasn’t a good day Thursday for boats at Zephyr Cove Marina. Several turned up on the beach after becoming dislodged from their moorings in the high winds. The National Weather Service in Reno had issued a lake wind advisory for May 19. Wind gusts hit 55 mph in the basin on Thursday. Local employees […]
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By Erin Jones May is Hepatitis Awareness Month. Do you know the facts about hepatitis and if you may have it? Hepatitis is a viral infection of the liver. There are three major types: A, B and C. Vaccines are available to protect against Hepatitis A and B, but none are available for Hepatitis C. Hepatitis […]
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By Trevon Milliard, Reno Gazette-Journal A Las Vegas District Court judge ruled Wednesday that Nevada’s program offering students $5,000 annually for private school is legal and does not violate state law forbidding the use of public funds for religious purposes. Most private schools in Nevada are run by religious institutions and include religious curriculum. “This is a huge […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the May 16, 2016, Las Vegas Sun. A recent gathering of politicians, businesspeople and other civic leaders at UNLV offered an insightful peek behind the curtain to see how sausage is made in the Nevada Legislature. The view was both uplifting and discouraging. On the one hand, it was […]
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South Lake Tahoe hosted the women’s Stage 1 event of the Amgen Tour of California on May 19. The start and finish were at Heavenly Mountain Resort. The men finished Stage 5 at the ski resort.
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By Susan Wood In two whirlwind finishes Thursday, the Amgen Tour of California women’s and men’s bike races came down to a sprint at the end. San Francisco rider Megan Guarnier made her move over Sarah Storey and Latvian Toms Skujins barely beat Adam De Vos. Lake Tahoe served up one of its usual weather-challenging […]
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By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle A greener yard and a more leisurely shower just might be in your future. State officials, in a policy shift that reflects California’s easing drought conditions, decided Wednesday to scrap the emergency conservation mandates that have forced cities and towns to cut water use as much as 36 percent, […]
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A hiker missing since Monday was found alive Thursday. Cody Michael, 23, and his dog were expected back in Rocklin on May 16, but never showed. This was after Michael had texted a picture of the two of them to family. They were in the Donner Pass area hiking the Loch Leven Trail. Placer County […]
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By Larry Weitzman As reported recently here, Mitsubishi is on a roll with a continuing sales growth exceeding 20 percent in 2015 and continuing into the first three months of 2016. Competition has made the automobile into the good car business. No one makes a bad car anymore. There are good cars and better cars, […]
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By Blair Anthony Robertson, Sacramento Bee It seems like such a no-brainer. You get out your bike to go for a ride and you put on your helmet, a highly engineered and carefully scrutinized piece of equipment designed to protect you from serious brain injury, even death. Helmets are lighter, more comfortable, more versatile and […]
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