By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun The Paradise Park Barber Shop sits in a strip mall still gripped by the recession. It’s a suburban relic anchored by a Kmart, Family Dollar and coin laundry. Twelve storefronts in the plaza are empty. The barbershop is not the kind of place where you’d expect to find the […]
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By Josh Richman and Julia Prodis Sulek, Inside Bay Area California has tried to make casting a ballot as easy as ordering a pizza online. We’ve scooped up potential voters when they come to the DMV to renew their driver’s licenses. We’ve let Californians register to vote on smartphone apps. We’ve set up voting booths […]
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By Henry Brean, Las Vegas Review-Journal If beauty played a role in deciding Nevada’s highest point, Wheeler Peak, crown jewel of Great Basin National Park at the eastern edge of the state, would be the winner hands down. Instead, geography and topography have conspired to give us Boundary Peak on the state’s opposite border — […]
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By Amber Phillips, Las Vegas Sun WASHINGTON — Standing on the royal blue carpet of the U.S. Senate chamber in cowboy boots, Republican Sen. Dean Heller looks every bit the Washington power broker as he swaps jokes and slaps backs with the most influential people in the city. Across the chamber, in a scene that […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even though MontBleu has been around for more than nine years, remnants of when the hotel-casino was Caesars Tahoe still exist. But those are all about to disappear with a $24 million remodel of the Stateline property. “The rooms have not been touched since the Caesars days. It was the mid- to […]
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By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times If you are going to be killed by a car while riding a bicycle, there’s a good chance you are male, older than 20 and living in California or Florida. That’s the finding of a report issued Monday by the Governors Highway Safety Association that also noted that between […]
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By Sharon Bernstein, Reuters Californians face higher water prices and permanent conservation measures amid drought, global warming and population growth in a state that has long struggled to satisfy urban and agricultural needs, the administration of Governor Jerry Brown said Thursday. It will take up to $500 billion to improve the state’s water infrastructure to […]
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By Susan Wood JENNER – You know you’ve encountered something unique and untamed upon walking through the lobby with its high-vaulted ceilings and turning right to gaze beyond the expansive setting to the back patio overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Or, maybe it hits you before you even arrive at the Timber Cove Inn. Driving […]
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Thousands of people lined the streets of Carson City to watch the Nevada Day Parade on Nov. 1. This was no ordinary parade. It was the culmination of a year’s worth of partying for the Silver State, which turned 150 on Oct. 31. Much of its history was represented in floats — including the Virginia […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County CAO Terri Daly this week moved all of her personal belongings out of her office. Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Norma Santiago on Saturday morning was asked what this means. “I’m not going to tell you. I’ll talk to you later. By,” Santiago told Lake Tahoe News before hanging up abruptly. Daly […]
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