By Kathryn Reed When the $13 million Theater Arts and Design Academy opens in August it will be like a Hollywood studio. Just how much like one students got to find out this month as they toured the real deal in Southern California. Five students and four adults ventured south to learn how what they […]
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By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal The eyes. To an impressionable college intern dispatched to the then-MGM Grand Reno to pursue an Elizabeth Taylor sighting one February night in 1979, it was her eyes that made a first — and lasting — impression. That, and a cast with a splint on the 46-year-old actress’s left wrist […]
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By Benedict Carey, New York Times First, he tore up his dog toys. Then shredded the furniture, clothes, schoolbooks — and, finally, any semblance of family unity. James, a chocolate-brown pointer mix, turned from adorable pet to problem child in a matter of weeks. “The big bone of contention was that my mom and my […]
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At the good old age of 16½, retired South Lake Tahoe police canine Buddy has passed away. Buddy served as the canine partner for now retired SLTPD Officer Brian McGuckin between the years of 1999-2005. As with most canine/handler teams, Buddy and McGuckin had a strong connection. Buddy had a tremendous work drive and was […]
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The celebration of life for Mike Cocores will be April 2 from 2-6pm at the Flight Deck restaurant at Lake Tahoe Airport. Cocores always liked to stop there during a storm to watch the lightning show.
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By Jason Hildago, Reno Gazette-Journal Going old vs. going new. That’s apparently the key question when tackling a renewable building project. Once associated mostly with free-spirited hippies and tree-hugging nature lovers, going green has made serious gains within the general public’s consciousness in just the past few years. “The perception of green building used to […]
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By Stephen Ward RENO — Carbon emissions and global warming are not concepts easily conveyed to teenagers. Telling them what it might mean to their ability to ski in Tahoe in the future made it real. “It wasn’t a boring way of learning,” student Tyler Groves said. The nonprofit Alliance for Climate Education is on […]
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By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal Ashley Gonzales is all of 23 years old, but she has mapped out a clear future. She plans to open her own business, a teen center, in Carson City. First will come night classes this fall leading to a business degree. Then, she said, she’ll be ready to pursue a […]
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Michael David Cocores passed away suddenly at his home in Gardnerville, Nev., on March 17, 2011. He was 45. Mike was born Jan. 24, 1966. He was raised in South Lake Tahoe. He attended Tahoe Valley Elementary, South Tahoe Middle School, and graduated from South Tahoe High in 1984. Mike took all honors classes, but […]
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Princess is 6 years old and loves to cuddle. She came to the animal shelter wither her grey and white friend Grable when their owner moved away to college and her grandparents could no longer look after us due to their ill health. They have never been outside and have never been apart, so they […]
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