By Kathryn Reed What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas. When it comes to the casino industry Las Vegas is a trendsetter. And the latest trend is charging for parking at casinos. “Paid parking is a topic we have recently been discussing at STAR. It’s not something that has a lot of understanding […]
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By Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times A low gargle echoes against granite cliffs and resounds in the wooded canyons. Each pull of a starter handle and squeeze of a throttle is punctuated by the crack of splintering wood as another dead tree falls in a forest that’s changing all too rapidly. Estimates by the U.S. Forest Service […]
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By Jill Sanford, Moonshine Ink “I travel and ski with guys all year round, so it’s amazing when I get to experience the mountain with a posse of women. There’s this female energy and support that’s so powerful. I push myself more when I see other girls out there challenging themselves and shedding some of […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s like a trove of trails is hiding in broad daylight. South Lake Tahoe wants to open up the area behind the commercial buildings on the southeast corner at the Y to turn it into a desirable walking-biking network. Known as the Tahoe Valley Greenbelt, this swath of land will also be […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Two state legislative leaders have requested a bill be drafted to abolish the death penalty in Nevada. Bill draft request No. 544 from Assemblyman James Ohrenschall, D-Las Vegas, would make life without the possibility of parole the maximum criminal penalty in Nevada. Sen. Tick Segerblom, D-Las […]
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By Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee State highway officials are laying the groundwork for a $50 million safety upgrade of Highway 50 east of Placerville, a continuation of decadeslong efforts to modernize one of the oldest mountain highways in the state. The key element will be installation of two miles of concrete median divider to separate […]
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By Kathryn Reed A one-sided presentation was delivered to the South Lake Tahoe City Council on Tuesday about how bad marijuana is, with most speakers advocating for the city to have as little to do with recreational aspects of the drug as possible. What they said: · Police Chief Brian Uhler: It will hurt the […]
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By Kathryn Reed “I’m not going to shut down. I will fight to the Supreme Court.” That is what Cody Bass, founder and executive director of Tahoe Wellness Cooperative, told Lake Tahoe News after the South Lake Tahoe City Council today unanimously denied his appeal. Bass was appealing City Manager Nancy Kerry’s ruling that he […]
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By Maura Dolan and Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times In a loss for local governments, the California Supreme Court decided Monday that online travel companies such as Expedia Inc. are exempt from paying hotel occupancy taxes. The ruling came in one of several lawsuits filed by California cities and counties against the online firms, […]
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By Kathryn Reed When Lake Tahoe Community College students start classes in fall 2020 they might have the option of living on campus. This afternoon the college board will hear a presentation by representatives of Brailsford & Dunlavey about the feasibility of having residential housing at LTCC. The company investigated what type of housing students […]
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