By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee Dealers sold more than 510,000 handguns in California during 2014, more than double the number sold four years prior, according to new figures from the state Department of Justice. Handgun sales in 2014 set a new California record, far outpacing the prior high of 433,000 handguns sold in 1993, near […]
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By Hospitality Net Americans paid an average of $137 per night for hotel accommodations in the U.S. during 2014 – an increase of 5 percent compared to 2013. The findings from the biannual Hotels.com Hotel Price Index support a positive outlook on the U.S. travel industry, as price increases were felt across most of the 50 […]
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By Evelyn Spence, BloombergBusiness Most skiers at Heavenly in Lake Tahoe never even notice the snowmaking pump house, which is just a shed next to the day lodge at the base of the mountain. You can’t hear the hum of the pumps and motors until you’re inside. The whole operation is designed to be unobtrusive: […]
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By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times From the LAPD beating of Rodney King 24 years ago to last year’s death of Eric Garner after a scuffle with New York police officers, bystanders who recorded the incidents on video have allowed the public to see at least some of what happened. One California state senator wants […]
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By Associated Press A long anticipated El Nino has finally arrived. But for drought-struck California, it’s too little, too late, meteorologists say. The National Weather Service on Thursday proclaimed the phenomenon is now in place. It’s a warming of a certain patch of the central Pacific that changes weather patterns worldwide, associated with flooding in […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe is no ordinary forest. And Jeff Marsolais wouldn’t have it any other way. The 40-year-old is now at the helm of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. As forest supervisor he is responsible for managing the 191,000 acres that surround the lake itself. This encompasses about 80 percent of the […]
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By Jeff DeLong, Reno Gazette-Journal Quagga mussels could survive and reproduce in Lake Tahoe’s waters, particularly in places where a different aquatic invader is already present and where algae is flourishing in shallow waters, a new study suggests. Research conducted by scientists from University of Nevada, Reno and the Desert Research Institute confirms earlier work […]
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By Kathryn Reed Cycling enthusiasts aren’t waiting for South Lake Tahoe officials to figure out how and when to put in a bike park at Bijou Community Park. The mound of dirt sitting there is already a feature of sorts. But that’s not exactly why it’s there. The 400-cubic-yards of dirt came from the Harrison […]
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If people didn’t know the Maloff name, they will now. The second significant building in South Lake Tahoe is going to have their name on it. Next up is the Robert Maloff Center of Excellence. The Barton Foundation was given $10 million to build a health and sports performance center just behind Barton Memorial Hospital […]
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By Jackie Burrell, Bay Area News Group There’s something distinctly different about Reno these days. Oh, the neon arch still proclaims this the biggest little city in the world, and you’ll still find weary gamblers plying the slots. But the city is suddenly alive with new distilleries and craft breweries, grain-to-glass bars, farm-to-fork restaurants and […]
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