By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Heavenly Mountain Resort is nothing like it was seven years ago when Pete Sonntag came to town. And that’s a good thing. “I did come in knowing there were challenges,” Sonntag told Lake Tahoe News in 2010. As he packs his bags to head north to take over the management […]
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By Brad Plumer and Nadja Popovich, New York Times Extremely hot days, when temperatures soar to 95 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, can be miserable. Crops wilt in the fields. Electric grids strain to keep pace with demand. People are at greater risk of dying. And those hot temperatures are expected to be much more frequent […]
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By Daniel Potter, Capital Public Radio A bill in the California state Assembly could make it easier for local governments to charge fees to manage and collect storm water, but critics argue it’s a way to get money from property owners without a vote. Really, it all comes down to how you define the […]
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By Susan Wood STATELINE – You could almost hear a pin drop when singer Paul Simon launched “Sound of Silence,” one of the musician-songwriter’s most beloved songs and one of a handful of encores he performed Sunday night for a receptive crowd at Harveys Lake Tahoe to lead off the Outdoor Summer Concert Series. Simon, […]
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By Ryan Sabalow, Sacramento Bee Sweeping new gun laws passed last year by California voters and legislators require those with magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition to get rid of them by July 1. The question is: how many of California’s 6 million-plus gun owners are actually going to comply, […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Both physically and spiritually, Wheeler Peak is about as far as you can get from a Tahoe ski resort without leaving Nevada. The 13,065-foot peak near the border with Utah towers over a bro-free desert landscape of cattle ranches, windmills and wildlife. It’s what makes Wheeler a practically perfect destination […]
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By Carole Jablon-Bernardi TRUCKEE – Truckee Tahoe Airport District doesn’t fall short when living up to its slogan, “Connected by more than a runway.” Between 2012-16, there was a steady uptick in the economy and the airport authority noticed demand became greater. In 2016 the airport had 32,524 flight operations (landings and take offs) which […]
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By Beth J. Harpaz and Emity Swanson, AP Forget frequent flier miles, last-minute getaways and even road trips. Nearly half of Americans say they won’t be taking a vacation this summer, mostly because they can’t afford it, according to a poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The new AP-NORC survey, conducted […]
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By Micah Madenberg, New York Times The travel industry is voicing a common refrain: President Trump’s travel ban, terror attacks in Europe and a laptop ban represent a recipe for a potential sharp decline in visitors to and from the United States. “When you hear words like ‘travel ban,’ it puts a big chill” on […]
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By Amy Graff, San Francisco Chronicle The process of the Sierra Nevada spring snow melt sped up last week as a heat wave brought triple-digit temperatures to parts of the Western United States. More than 12 billion gallons of water poured into Lake Tahoe over the past week. That staggering amount of water resulted in […]
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