By Kathryn Reed By August cyclists may be cruising around Bijou Bike Park. Bids are out for a professional park designer to be hired. The South Lake Tahoe City Council will likely award the contract in May to the person who will essentially be the construction manager. It will be city crews doing most of […]
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By Kristen Moulton, Salt Lake Tribune The loss of oxygen from living at high altitudes or with chronic health issues can lead to depression. A study from the University of Utah found that female rats living for a week at simulated high altitudes of 10,000 feet, 20,000 feet and 4,500 feet showed signs of depression. […]
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By Dan Peltier, Skift The World Travel & Tourism Council projects the world will welcome nearly 1.8 billion international visitor arrivals per year by 2025, a 58 percent increase from the 1.1 billion international arrivals who crossed borders in 2014. These international tourists will certainly contribute to a travel industry experiencing faster growth than the […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Fans of NASCAR, the Electric Daisy Carnival or the Burning Man countercultural event held every year in the Black Rock Desert in far Northern Nevada could soon have to pay a bit more to get their groove on. Casino nightclubs, performances by disc jockeys and events […]
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By Eliza Gray, Time In the fifth season of “Curb your Enthusiasm”, Larry David visits a pharmacist to fill his father’s blood-thinner prescription. “You know, there’s another drug on the market that I personally like a lot better,” the pharmacist tells Larry. “But the doctor prefers this one?” Larry says. He holds up his hands […]
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By Susan Wood PHILLIPS STATION –The state isn’t fooling around anymore. In an apparent precursor to Mark Twain’s theory, Gov. Jerry Brown issued a mandate April 1 for South Lake Tahoe residents along with the 38 million other Californians to reduce water use by 25 percent. He did so while attending the water year’s last […]
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By Anne Knowles RENO — The fourth consecutive year of drought in and around Lake Tahoe is shaping up to be the worst by far. Snowpack in the Lake Tahoe Basin is down to 3 percent of normal, said Nevada State Climatologist Doug Boyle, during a presentation on the drought at the UNR on Tuesday. […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe has an overabundance of lodging units. With 26 percent of the more than 5,000 rooms within the 120 hotels-motels being used for long-term rentals, the city is on a quest to change the rental market landscape. In doing so, it could help the hotel market so the less desirable […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County does not require a no compete clause for most employees. This proved to be a profitable turn of events for Alliant Insurance Services and York Risk Services. When Kim Kerr started with El Dorado County as assistant county administrative officer on June 30, 2011, the contract with Alliant was […]
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By Carol Hymowitz, BloombergBusiness Cathy Egan has been supporting herself since she was 18, when she worked as a waitress in Minneapolis. Her 23-year-old son lives at home and relies on his single mother for transportation, food, and other expenses. Egan, now 50, only began putting money aside for retirement five years ago, after she […]
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