By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Reducing greenhouse gas emissions per California law is being tackled by the Tahoe Transportation Commission by delving into vehicle miles traveled and other contributing factors. Jeremy Nelson with Nelson/Nygaard Consulting Associates in San Francisco gave a brief overview of the Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) to the commission earlier this month. […]
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By Frank X. Mullen Jr., Reno Gazette-Journal Don’t look for signs of an economic recession in the Northern Nevada tourism industry this New Year’s weekend. Major hotel-casinos at Tahoe and Reno-Sparks reported sold-out rooms and lots of reservations at in-house parties to say goodbye to 2010. “Ring out the old and ring in the new,” […]
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By Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee Champagne of bottled beers? A new brew fits that description with bubbles to spare. After two years of research and experimentation, Samuel Adams rolled out its much-anticipated Infinium in time for New Year’s celebrations. This is no ordinary ale; according to Sam Adams founder Jim Koch, Infinium is the first […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Dec. 29, 2010, Reno Gazette-Journal. The four-year term of Jim Gibbons as governor of Nevada started quietly and out of the view of the public early on New Year’s Day in 2007 — for security purposes and to ensure that the state wouldn’t be without a chief executive, […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau California mandates new building codes every three years. 2011 is one of those years. Beginning Jan. 1, South Lake Tahoe, Truckee and most of the rest of the state will be implementing some new standards. “There’s gonna be grumbling with the mandated issues,” said Dave Walker, building official for South Lake Tahoe. […]
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By Bill Lindelof and Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee A National Guard helicopter is scheduled to join the search tonight for a snowboarder who has been missing in the Sierra Nevada since Tuesday afternoon. Capt. Jeff Ausnow of the Placer County Sheriff’s Department said the helicopter will fly over the area around the Alpine Meadows ski […]
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By Susan Voyles, Reno Gazette-Journal Another significant drop in casino property taxes received by Washoe County in 2011 will essentially put the Reno Redevelopment Agency out of business. The agency, which works to revitalize downtown and a second redevelopment district, will lose its last 11⁄2 employees July 1 and will have enough money on hand […]
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By Elizabeth Karam, U.S. Ski Team BORMIO, Italy -– Bode Miller of Franconia, N.H., led a U.S. trio into the top 20 with eighth in Wednesday’s Audi FIS Alpine World Cup downhill in Bormio. Steven Nyman of Sundance, Utah, finished 11th and World Cup rookie Travis Ganong of Squaw Valley was 20th, while Austria’s Michael […]
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Updated 6:45pm: In anticipation of the low temperatures this evening and people still without power, South Lake Tahoe officials in conjunction with the American Red Cross has opened a warming shelter at the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Center located at 1180 Rufus Allen Blvd. Power is still off in the Al Tahoe neighborhood of South […]
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Close to a foot of snow fell on the South Shore overnight. It started heavy. All this white stuff is likely to affect lift operations throughout Lake Tahoe. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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