The historic West Shore “Bow Bay” estate designed by legendary Hearst Castle architect Julia Morgan is on the market for $20 million. This is also the former home to a Schilling spice and coffee heiress. The house has nine bedrooms, eight bathrooms and more than 4,000-square-feet on 7 acres. It comes with about 400 feet […]
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By Northern Nevada Business Weekly The Nevada State Board of Contractors has revoked the licenses of two Northern Nevada contractors and disciplined a third. The board revoked the license of G L & R Quality Services, a carpentry and remodeling contractor in Reno. State officials said the company abandoned a job, acted beyond the scope […]
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By Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee Beth Gaines and Ken Cooley knew Wednesday that they’d won a spot on the November ballot for a Sacramento-area Assembly seat – but they couldn’t be sure who they’ll run against. The 6th and 8th Assembly districts were left hanging, with second-place finishers to be decided by the counting of […]
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By Jim Christie, Reuters SAN FRANCISCO – California voters narrowly rejected a ballot measure that would have added a $1 tax to a pack of cigarettes in the state’s primary election Tuesday, an outcome observers attributed to a $47 million ad blitz by the tobacco industry. The measure, known as Proposition 29, was defeated 50.8 […]
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A Paris publisher has just come out with the French translation of Lake Tahoe author Todd Borg’s “Tahoe Hijack” in hardcover. The French title is “Tahoe, L’enlèvement”. The paperback rights have also been sold to another French publisher, which due out in a year. “Tahoe Hijack” is also a finalist for Best Mystery of the […]
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• A sign that summer in Tahoe is here – the outdoor stage at Harveys is up. • Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is favored 5-2 to win the American Century Celebrity golf tournament at Edgewood Tahoe July 20-22. • The Truckee mayor will lead a tour of downtown as part of a joint planning […]
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By Rick Armon, Akron Beacon Journal Many craft beer drinkers hold their nose when it comes to canned beer. Rick Vernon doesn’t understand that attitude. As the owner of the West Point Market in Akron, Ohio, he has watched as more brewers put their well-respected craft beers in cans. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale — considered […]
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To the community, Bread & Broth would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to Hard Rock Cafe, Heavenly Mountain Resort,and Hope Lutheran volunteers for recently, and yet again, adopting a Day of Nourishment. Volunteers from these three teams spent their time helping Bread & Broth volunteers serve a hot meal to those in need of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Experience with financial forecasting is one of the driving reasons why Michael Nakama has been hired to be South Lake Tahoe’s finance director. Nakama begins the job that comes with a $130,000 paycheck on June 11. The vacancy was created when Christine Vuletich left in February to work for Douglas County. She […]
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By David McGrath Schwartz, Las Vegas Sun A federal grand jury indicted former Nevada powerbroker Harvey Whittemore on Wednesday on charges of funneling $138,000 to an elected official’s campaign through family members and employees and then lying to the FBI about it, the U.S. Attorney’s office said. Whittemore, a prominent lobbyist and attorney, promised to […]
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