By Michael De Groote, Deseret News WENDOVER — Deep inside the perpetual twilight of a windowless casino in this border town, a sudden noise rises above the background of buzzes, gongs, bells and music riffs. Somewhere behind this or that row of slot machines, an insistent, staccato “ding, ding, ding, ding” accompanies a flashing light […]
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By Tom Verdin, AP SACRAMENTO — California’s drought is beginning to dry up the water supplies for some state parks, including some of the system’s most popular places. Restrooms with flush toilets have been closed at D.L. Bliss State Park, the Hearst Castle Visitor Center and Hearst San Simeon State Park, replaced with portable toilets. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Proposed work by South Tahoe Public Utility District in the Upper Truckee Marsh has raised the awareness of Al Tahoe residents to the larger project the California Tahoe Conservancy is likely to undertake. While the two are not related, they do involve the same area. South Tahoe PUD’s project is on the […]
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By Geoffrey Mohan, Los Angeles Times A class of pesticides linked to the catastrophic collapse of bee colonies has now been linked to declines in bird populations, according to a Dutch study. The researchers found a strong correlation between pesticide concentrations measured in surface freshwater and lower or negative local population growth rates of 14 […]
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By Janet Lorin, Bloomberg In terms of American exceptionalism, student loan debt stands out. No other country imposes the kind of costs on college and university students that the U.S. does, and nowhere else do loans cover so much of those costs. Experts think the $1.2 trillion in outstanding education debt in the U.S. is […]
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By Kathryn Reed Combine a stunning setting with a mix of serious and comical golf played by athletes and stars who most people only dream of meeting, but suddenly are signing their program, and the result is the annual celebrity golf tournament at Lake Tahoe. “The venue is a perfect storm in a positive way. […]
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By Kathryn Reed The EPA on July 8 approved a treatment to combat invasive zebra and quagga mussels in lakes, rivers, recreation areas and other open bodies of water. Zequanox was created by Davis-based Marrone Bio Innovations. The chemical was first approved by the EPA in 2012 to be used in enclosed systems, which includes […]
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Avid volunteer and longtime Lake Tahoe resident Daniel Lee Kerr has died. Mr. Kerr died June 27. He was 76. He was born in Seattle on Oct. 7, 1937, weighing only 2.2 pounds. As a young boy the family moved to San Diego. That is where his love of surfing developed. He proclaimed himself to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Twenty of the best firefighters in the country are now based out of South Lake Tahoe. The Tallac Hand Crew that was created in 2001 is now the Tallac Hotshots. They went through a rigorous process to ascend to this prestigious status. “It’s a pretty big deal and a pretty big accomplishment,” […]
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By Heather Segale Lucas McNamara, 7, was hiking around Griff Creek near Kings Beach Fire Station last week with his family when he saw a black, spiny fish, about 1-foot-long lying dead in the creek. He ran up the creek bed, yelling, “Dad, you need to look at the big crazy fish!” Lucas’ parents, Steve […]
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