By Kathryn Reed “American Pickers” has been on TV for nearly a decade and not a single episode has featured someone from the Tahoe-Reno area. That might change. This show that airs on the History Channel is labeled a documentary, but it’s also part reality show. Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz scour people’s collections – […]
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By Vivian Ho, San Francisco Chronicle Records detailing police misconduct and serious use of force, long kept confidential, could become public in California if legislation announced Friday is passed into law. State Sen. Mark Leno, seeking to tighten accountability amid a national conversation over police shootings and a push for law enforcement reform in San […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal Burning Man could pull in nearly $3 million more in revenue this year, based on projected ticket sales. And so far, the arts nonprofit is on track. As controversial as Burning Man’s new $1,200 da Vinci tickets were, they did not have a difficult time of selling during Wednesday’s sale. The first […]
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By Kathryn Reed Carol Andersen lived in Stateline, went to Whittell High School and hung out at Regan Beach. She is buried at Happy Homestead Cemetery. What makes her story different from other people at the South Lake Tahoe graveyard is that she was murdered and the person responsible has never been caught. Her body […]
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By Eli Segall, Las Vegas Sun Nevada’s housing market started the year on a familiar note, with one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country. One in every 603 homes statewide received a foreclosure-related filing in January, up 30 percent from December and about 1.5 percent from January 2015, RealtyTrac reported Feb. 19. Nevada, […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about Park City, Utah. By Susan Wood PARK CITY – If a hotel property is only as good as its leadership, then Goldener Hirsch would medal in guest services. But it’s also about teamwork at this hotel that is steps from Deer Valley, the ski […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about Park City, Utah. By Kathryn Reed PARK CITY – With a ski-in distillery, food as satisfying as high-end big city restaurants, along with casual hangouts, it would be hard to be hungry or thirsty in Park City. It’s also easy to leave with a […]
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By Lisa Lerer and Ken Thomas, AP Hillary Clinton edged out Bernie Sanders on Saturday in Nevada’s caucuses, capitalizing on a more diverse Democratic electorate to propel her to a crucial win in her presidential bid. In Nevada, thousands packed schools, casinos and hotels to vote, including scores of first-time caucus-goers who favored Sanders. The […]
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Timothy Roger Stoll died suddenly of galloping pneumonia on Feb. 12, 2016. He was 77. Dr. Stoll, an icon of the Tahoe area, practiced dentistry for more than 50 years in South Lake Tahoe and Minden. He was born June 16, 1938. While a young boy vacationing with his family in Zephyr Cove in the 1940s […]
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By Kathryn Reed For more than 100 years automobiles have been subjected to the whims of Mother Nature when it comes to being able to drive around Emerald Bay on Highway 89. For the past few winters the closures have been minimal because the snow was close to nonexistent. This year, though, it seems like […]
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