By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal A proposal to dramatically upgrade resort offerings in Squaw Valley won approval by the Placer County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday on a 4-1 vote. The proposal by Squaw Valley Ski Holdings, which owns Squaw Valley Resort, is a plan with multiple, village-style developments with new hotel rooms, restaurants, retail, condominiums, […]
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By Kevin Smith, San Jose Mercury News California’s warm weather, sunny beaches and world-class schools have lured people to the Golden State for decades, but rising home prices are turning that equation around. Data analysis firm CoreLogic says that for every home buyer coming into California, another three are selling their homes, packing up and […]
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By Terri Hendry, KRNV-TV Lake Tahoe Basin bears are at the center of a unique controversy. Some animal advocates are claiming the Nevada Division of Wildlife is putting relocated nuisance bears into hunting areas. It is a claim NDOW flatly and firmly denies. Bear advocate Carolyn Stark said, “A majority of the bears are relocated […]
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By Kathryn Reed Inappropriate clothing and shoes, no plan for if things go wrong, and unrealistic expectations that a cell phone will reach help that is nearby. This is increasingly what search and rescue teams with El Dorado County are finding. It’s the result of more people in the woods and so many of them […]
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By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun Seeking to address the housing crisis in the states most affected by unemployment, the federal government created a fund in 2010 to help homeowners pay mortgages. Nevada stood to benefit from an allocation of about $200 million as part of the Hardest Hit Fund. But six years later, half […]
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By Matt McGrath, BBC 2016 looks poised to be the warmest year on record globally, according to preliminary data. With data from just the first nine months, scientists are 90 percent certain that 2016 will pass the mark set by 2015. Temperatures from January to September were 1.2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, according to […]
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By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – Those living in Lake Tahoe know the ski industry is big business. But it’s also a lucrative industry for the state of California with a $1.3 billion annual impact. Michael Reitzell, executive director of the California Ski Industry Association, and Daphne Lange with Visit California, the state tourism agency, spoke […]
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By Susan Moeller, Boston Globe On a cold night in March, Great Full Gardens restaurant in a nondescript brick building in Reno’s MidTown District is jamming. Locavores tuck into plates that are paleo-friendly at one table, vegan at the next, grass-fed at another. One of my daughters, Emily, is eating a black bean burger. The […]
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By Thomas Ulrich, Sierra For decades, vineyard managers and wine aficionados have wondered whether growing organic and biodynamic grapes is worth the trouble. Last summer, the Journal of Wine Economics may have unveiled the answer via a report from researchers out of UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. For the study, environmental economists evaluated […]
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By Kathryn Reed HOMEWOOD – It’s one thing for a restaurant to have an exceptional wine list, it’s quite another to employ two sommeliers – especially in Lake Tahoe. West Shore Café earned the 2016 Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator. This is given to restaurants that have at least 90 wines to choose from, […]
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