By Scott A. Merritt At least 110 million consumers were affected by the hack involving Target and Neiman Marcus retailers. Whether or not millions more will have their identities manipulated and finances ruined within the coming months due to more breaches of security at other stores is anyone’s guess. By necessity, I became an expert […]
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The Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce and the North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association in partnership with the Sierra Human Resources Association are offering 2014 Legal Update for California Business Leaders and Managers on Jan. 31 from 9am to noon. The event will be at the Hampton Inn, 10918 Brockway Road, Truckee. Attendees will be taught […]
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By Andy Kessler, Wall Street Journal San Francisco’s Radius Cafe is one of those places where “local” is the rule — all the food is sourced within a 100-mile radius of the restaurant. So it’s a touch ironic to meet there with Brian Chesky, the hoodie-wearing 32-year-old co-founder of Airbnb, whose game plan is global. […]
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By NPR If you have teenagers in your house, you may find this hard to believe, but texting is on the decline. For the first time ever, traditional texting — the kind you do through your cell phone provider — has dropped in Britain. That’s according to annual technology predictions report from Deloitte, which reported […]
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The Tahoe Maritime Museum is partnering with Placer Arts and NCArts to host the juried art exhibit Sunken Treasures. The goal of the exhibit is to showcase work by local artists that explores the unseen world at the bottom of Lake Tahoe. The art exhibit will coincide with TMM’s history exhibit Ghost Ships opening on […]
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Goofy is one of those true mutts. There are many guesses as to his breed – he could be part Whippet, part Miniature Pinscher – but we do know he is a well-mannered boy who does not live up to his name. He is quiet in the shelter, and gets along well with dogs and […]
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By Susan Wood TWIN BRIDGES – Call it a prelude of things to come at Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort. The century-plus-old Cal band showed up for the 10th time to play and dance in its signature, animated style at the ski resort’s expansive, new plaza outside the main lodge this Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend. […]
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Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus continues its 9th annual Winter MusicFest with the “Paul Guttman Piano Competition Winner” concert series Feb. 9, 11, 13 and 14. The program opens with Bach’s choral masterpiece Magnificat, featuring vocal soloists Anna Helwing, Joy Strotz and Katharine DeBoer, sopranos, Albert Lee and Sherman Modeste, tenors and Chris Langton and […]
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By Bill Keep, Record Searchlight In California prisons, inmates flush toilets to communicate, to warn each other, and to flood their cells in protest. Wasteful? Yes, but compared to 2,500 gallons of water to raise a pound of beef? Or snow machines eating 10,000 gallons hourly to ensure skiers’ pleasure during a dry winter? The […]
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By Dale Hemstalk Each year, about 600,000 Americans – one in four deaths — in the United States are from heart disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of the 715,000 Americans who have a heart attack each year, about 525,000 are first-timers, says the CDC, and those individuals may not know […]
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