By Barbara J. Powell, Bloomberg U.S. Thanksgiving travel will jump to the highest level since 2005 boosted by a stronger economy, even as gasoline prices will be higher than a year earlier. About 50.9 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home for the Nov. 22-Nov. 26 holiday period, the ninth consecutive increase […]
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By Kathryn Reed Opening day at Heavenly Mountain Resort was delayed a few hours, but that didn’t seem to bother the hundreds of people who were making tracks Friday for the first time this season. It did make for a bit of a long day for those who arrived at 6:30am to ensure they’d be […]
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By David R. Baker, San Francisco Chronicle Two years ago, Gov. Jerry Brown signed an ambitious law ordering California utility companies to get 50 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2030. It looks like they may hit that goal a decade ahead of schedule. An annual report issued Monday by California regulators found […]
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By Kathryn Reed Flip the district blue. That is the goal of the three Democrats running for the 4th Congressional District, which includes the California side of Lake Tahoe and Truckee. Candidates Regina Bateson, Roza Calderon and Jessica Morse spent more than two hours Nov. 16 sharing with more than 100 people at Lake Tahoe […]
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By Kathryn Reed Nurses from Barton Memorial Hospital and Lake Tahoe Surgery Center have voted to join the California Nurses Association. The vote this week marks the first time for any group within the South Shore-based health conglomerate to unionize. In a secret ballot conducted by the National Labor Relations Board on Nov. 15 the […]
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By Yvonne Gonzalez, Las Vegas Sun Nevada’s health exchange is looking to once again run its own enrollment site, a move off the healthcare.gov platform that could save the state millions of dollars. The Silver State Health Exchange is planning to issue a request for information in December and will likely issue a request for […]
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By Susan Wood In a matter of minutes, the Douglas County Planning Commission took a 15-year concept and paved the way for more lakefront property to be sold at Stateline – a rarity in Tahoe that could be a reflection of a flourishing housing market. The first of three phases of the Tahoe Beach Club […]
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By William Harwood, CBS News The current three- to seven-day forecasts Americans have come to rely on for planning everything from weekend picnics to hurricane evacuations rely heavily on constant updates from satellites that orbit Earth’s poles measuring temperature, moisture and a host of other variables that define the planet’s ever-changing weather. Early Tuesday, NASA […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County sheriff’s officials believe one of the bodies recovered recently from Fallen Leaf Lake is that of a woman who took her life after her son drowned in the same lake. David Ward was 21 when the boat he was fishing in capsized. His buddy made it to shore, but […]
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By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – Money isn’t keeping people off the ski slopes. It’s that they have so many more options when it comes to how to spend their time. That is something ski resort officials are trying to wrap their heads around. Michael Reitzell, president of the California Ski Industry Association, said that while […]
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