By Anita Chabria, Sacramento Bee Alisa Holleron and her group of political activists were calling Rep. Tom McClintock’s offices every day for months when they started receiving what she describes as a “chilling” greeting from his staff a few weeks ago. “They started saying that we were impeding … the functioning of a federal […]
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By Kathryn Reed While graduations are a time to celebrate accomplishments, they are also the demarcation of new beginnings. And so today begins a new chapter in the lives of 151 students who on June 30 said farewell to Lake Tahoe Community College. “Take a piece of Tahoe love and spread it across the planet […]
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By Kit Bailey After 38 years, I can retire knowing I’ve been a part of change and growth in the wildland fire community. Starting out as a seasonal firefighter for California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and working my way up in the Forest Service, I set out to become a forest fire management […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Fire investigator Ryan Elliott is happy to talk about how shooting targets can lead to wildfires. Unfortunately, the conversation often happens after the fire has already started. “Almost every individual that has started a fire shooting has said to us, ‘I didn’t think I could start a fire shooting’,” said […]
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By Kathryn Reed Yellow and red signs went up this week in the Village Center in South Lake Tahoe warning people if they leave the premises, their car will be ticketed or towed. “What has happened is my tenants have been taken advantage of by the general public and employees of the (Heavenly) Village. In […]
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By Anjeanette Damon, Reno Gazette-Journal Blaming the uncertainty over health care reform in the U.S. Senate, insurance carriers will stop offering plans under the Affordable Care Act in nearly all of Nevada’s rural counties, including Carson City and Douglas County. In total, about 8,000 Nevadans will lose their insurance, with no options to buy a different […]
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By Kathryn Reed As if Mother Nature hadn’t taken away most of the sand in Tahoe via a full lake, now the state of California is cutting off what little access remains in parts of the South Shore. The Upper Truckee Marsh and the beach below where the Alta Mira building used to be adjacent […]
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By Kathryn Reed The drama surrounding the future of Lake Tahoe Community College’s theater department is like an improv production where the ending is anyone’s guess. Another scene was staged with week at the board meeting with the task force presenting its recommendations. However, two-fifths of the board was gone – members Kerry David and […]
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By Jason Hidalgo and Nancy Trejos, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada’s rural Airbnb hosts posted the fifth-highest average income in the nation for the home-rental service’s non-urban locations. A report released Tuesday by Airbnb found that rural host income in Nevada averaged $9,000 in 2016. Only California, Hawaii, Delaware and Oregon reported higher host incomes last […]
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It is the time of year when the big blue turns yellow. Pine pollen can be seen blowing out of the forest in great clouds with much of it landing on Lake Tahoe’s surface. When viewed from the air great swirls of yellow more than a mile long look like a giant hand finger painted […]
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