The Placer County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to ban alcohol on the banks of the Truckee River from July 1-6 each year. At the meeting last week in Kings Beach, board members also voted to adopt an ordinance that will include Chambers Landing Beach in the Fourth of July weekend alcohol ban. Since 2008, […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee Riders of two motorcycles died when one bike went out of control and the other took evasive action to avoid collision in Sierra County on Sunday. The California Highway Patrol said that a motorcyclist from South Lake Tahoe was heading southbound about 3pm Sunday on Highway 49 just north of […]
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By Charisse Jones, USA Today If you’re flying this summer, you’ll probably pay more than you did last year. And the price for a ticket to ride will likely keep rising for months to come. Summer fares for trips in the USA are up 3 percent on average over last year and 18 percent compared […]
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By Kathryn Reed It will neither be Julie Andrews making the hills come alive with the sound of music nor the bass of bands from SnowGlobe. Instead, a mix of jazz, reggae and blues are expected to resonate from Lakeview Commons this summer. OnCourse Events has been granted a permit to bring music to the […]
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By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal An even playing field, that’s all book-seller Christine Kelly wants. Kelly has operated Sundance Bookstore and Music in Reno for 26 years, and she and has watched online retailing’s rise in part from not charging sales tax while she and other brick-and-mortar business owners must do so under the law. […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal No one yet knows what course of events forced Eric Holton to steer his speeding truck onto a gravel escape ramp on the Mount Rose Highway on Monday. What is clear is that things had already gone terribly wrong. It’s the last thing any trucker wants to do. “You talk […]
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By Kathryn Reed While the actual road to Fallen Leaf Lake is a rougher ride than it has ever been, the operations of the community service district are smoother. Sid Bazett, who is a part-time resident of the South Shore enclave at the edge of Desolation Wilderness off Highway 89, didn’t let the fact that […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Paying attention to what the population looks like is critical to knowing who to market Tahoe to. That was the overriding message of Emilyn Sheffield. She was one of two presenters at the annual Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority-Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce tourism conference on Thursday. Sheffield, who […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY — Nevada’s Homeland Security Commission this week adopted a drastically reduced plan to continue the fight against potential terrorist attacks, leaving six ongoing programs without funding because of declining federal support. Led by Commission Chairman and Gov. Brian Sandoval, the panel of law enforcement and other emergency […]
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By Erica Goode, New York Times WASHINGTON — In a single week last April, three people were killed with guns in Philadelphia, 14 more were shot and wounded, 68 robberies were carried out at gunpoint and a total of 144 crimes involving firearms were reported. During that same week in San Diego, a city of […]
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