By Howie Nave At last! The Super Bowl of movies has finally arrived and is taking place this Sunday on ABC. It’s the 85th annual Academy Awards show (which ironically is also the average age of those who are members of the Academy). Maybe that’s why for the first time the Academy of Motion Picture […]
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By David McGrath Schwartz, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — For decades, Nevada casinos paid a tax on the meals they “comped” patrons and employees — the iconic Las Vegas tradition of pit bosses doling out steak dinners to blackjack players, or more recently, slot jockeys cashing in their reward points. But gaming, Nevada’s largest […]
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Placer County sheriff’s deputies are beefing up enforcement of cell phone laws Feb. 25-March 8. The enforcement is part of a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to eliminate motorists’ hand-held cell phone use and texting. The effort is a special federally funded […]
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By Justin Bachman, Bloomberg Businessweek Guess what? Americans really like coffee. In a show of how true this is, Burger King has upgraded its standard, rather uninspired brew with a new line from Seattle’s Best Coffee, part of the Starbucks empire. This follows a similar effort by McDonald’s in 2007 to serve a better cup […]
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By Lawrence Dechant, KGO-TV When Cheryl and Tom Millham went to an AM/PM convenience store last summer, they ended up rescuing a couple of bear cubs. The Millhams responded to a call to rescue the two baby bears from a man who was allegedly trying to poach them for money outside the store. They took […]
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• The Truckee Donner Land Trust has been accredited by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance. It is one of 201 land trusts from across the country to have this designation. • Barton Memorial Hospital hoped to have its Level 3 trauma center designation the first quarter of […]
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The sun is out and there is fresh snow on the slopes. Here is the Feb. 21 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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South Lake Tahoe is accepting applications for the Spring 2013 Citizens Academy. The academy will be on Wednesday’s from 5:30-8pm from April 10-May 15. The Citizens Academy is a free, six-session interactive course designed to provide residents with an in-depth look into municipal government, as well as, information about the services and programs of the […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Even with millions of dollars being spent in the Lake Tahoe Basin each year, it’s not always easy to identify a California Tahoe Conservancy backed project. This state agency based in South Lake Tahoe is the major force behind Lakeview Commons, a major contributor to Explore Tahoe, and a constant […]
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Saylor Storm will be signing books at Apres Wine Co. on Feb. 28 from 6–9pm. The local resident is launching her third romantic suspense novel, “Double Down”. She has previous published “Dr. Selfish” and “With Malicious Intent”. All three novels are tied together by one common character, Arnie Darrow, a vulnerable yet capable detective turned […]
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