By Teri Mizuhara It’s that time of year again, time to change your clocks and change the batteries in your smoke alarms. Set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed tonight and while you’re at it, take a few minutes and change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. Then […]
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By David Rose, Daily Mail It was hailed as the scientific study that ended the global warming debate once and for all – the research that, in the words of its director, “proved you should not be a sceptic, at least not any longer”. Professor Richard Muller of UC Berkeley and his colleagues from the […]
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By Steve Green, Las Vegas Sun Hotel-casino operator Tropicana Entertainment Inc. of Las Vegas on Wednesday posted a third quarter profit, even as its Nevada properties continued to struggle through the recession. Tropicana Entertainment, which has two properties in Laughlin and one in Lake Tahoe, among other properties around the country, said it earned $14.9 […]
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Not only do the shovels need to be ready based on the forecast, but warm clothing will also be needed this weekend. South Lake Tahoe on Saturday set a record low at 13 degrees, breaking the previous record of 16 from 2002. Tahoe City and Truckee are equally as cold, but not setting records. The […]
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Retail Opportunity Investments Corp., owners of the Round Hill Square Shopping Center, posted its quarterly earnings report this week showing net income attributable to common stockholders for the quarter ending Sept. 30 at $2.5 million, or $0.06 per diluted share. Revenue for the quarter came in at $13.56 million, compared to $4.84 million this time […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Land capability is being redefined on the South Shore. Mostly it has to do with using what exists to its maximum potential. A presentation Nov. 4 by Richard Shaw, principal planner with Design Workshop in Aspen, pointed out what is lacking on the South Shore and what could be changed. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Airport in the near future may not be run by people on South Lake Tahoe’s payroll. “It’s not so much what we save in employee costs, as it is having a more entrepreneurial approach to managing the airport,” City Manager Tony O’Rourke told Lake Tahoe News. “We have vacancies in […]
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By Kathryn Reed I have found a reason I would live in Reno. To grow carrots. Yes, really. A friend of Sue’s gave her a bag of homegrown carrots. And then another bag. Oh, my. These little orange gems are so incredible. They don’t look anything like what can be found in a grocery story. […]
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• Fresh Ketch’s Pray for Snow Party is Nov. 16 at 7:30pm. Cool Black Kettle and Headphone Union will be playing at the South Lake Tahoe restaurant. • William Cottrell, physician with Tahoe Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, will begin serving patients in the Carson Valley on Nov. 14. • Bearpaw Footwear is making a donation […]
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In rural areas, heating fires account for 36 percent of all house fires, according to CalFire. Tips for a warm, worry-free winter: • Make sure your wood burning (pellets or firewood) stove or fire place is clean and ready for the winter. Chimney fires often occur when the first cold nights arrive and someone lights […]
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