Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 12, 2011, Reno Gazette-Journal. There are lots of hurdles that must be jumped before the Reno-Lake Tahoe area wins the right to host the Winter Olympic Games. Some are out of the hands of local organizers — among them the often complicated politics of the U.S. Olympic […]
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Barton Foundation’s 8th Annual Wine Tasting Auction is Aug. 17 at 5:30pm at Edgewood Tahoe Clubhouse, 100 Lake Parkway, Stateline. Admission to the auction is a donation of a bottle of wine (valued at $75 or more) or $85. All proceeds help build Barton Foundation’s Community Health Endowment. The auction will include the donated wine […]
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By Tom Knudson, Sacramento Bee Flip through a field guide to western birds and you’ll discover the great gray owl occupies the narrowest of ecological niches in California: dense conifer forests next to moist mountain meadows. But lately, the elusive owl has been spotted swooping through much different terrain: the sun-baked Sierra Nevada foothills where […]
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Brett Israel, Environmental Health News When Ed Campaniello chooses his biking route between his Mission District home and job in downtown San Francisco, traffic is a top consideration. And new research shows that’s a smart move – not only because fewer cars mean less of a chance of being hit, but because polluting vehicles may […]
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Placer County took top honors among county exhibits at the California State Fair in Sacramento. The exhibit won the Gold Ribbon, Best Animation, and the Golden Bear/Best in Show Award. This is the second year in a row the county exhibit captured these awards. The exhibit features the ski and recreation areas at Lake Tahoe, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Taking a look at the South Shore it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out things must change or the area will be irrelevant to tourists. Various stakeholders who want to revamp the area from Ski Run Boulevard on the California side to Kahle Drive on the Nevada side have put […]
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By Margaret Munro, Vancouver Sun The world’s forests gobble up so much carbon they are protecting the planet from the worst impacts of humans’ staggering fossil fuel emissions. An international study has concluded forests suck up a third of the carbon pumped into the atmosphere each year through the burning of oil, gas and coal: […]
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By Dan Hinxman, Reno Gazette-Journal STATELINE – The best golfer at Edgewood Tahoe this past week didn’t play a single hole in the 22nd annual American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament. But he did play a major role. PGA Tour player David Berganio Jr., caddied for longtime friend Jack Wagner, and when Wagner’s big lead […]
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By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times For years, a painting of a whale’s tail splashing out of the gray, misty ocean has been one of the most popular license plates in California. Nearly 200,000 have been sold, raising millions for coastal and environmental conservation programs. But the artwork by Wyland was deep-sixed after the Laguna […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal In most rail-crossing accidents, trains slam into trucks or cars as they try to sneak through the rail gates, get stalled on the tracks or fail to heed or receive warnings of an approaching train. But the deadly crash on Highway 95 east of Reno in June was different: A […]
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