By Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee After 83 years of service, Tahoe City’s landmark – but crumbling – Fanny Bridge may soon be relieved of major duty. Transportation officials have drawn up several alternatives for replacing or supplementing the historic concrete bridge over the Truckee River with a new span a few hundred feet to the […]
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By Ashley Lutz and Jeran Wittenstein, Bloomberg News Ross Stores Inc. is outperforming rival chains in a sluggish economy, luring budget-conscious shoppers with 60 percent discounts on Calvin Klein shirts and Nike sneakers. At a market value of $8.7 billion, Ross is now less than $100 million away from overtaking Gap Inc., despite having a […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal 10:06pm update: A spectacular air race that drew tens of thousands of spectators Friday transformed into a horrific war scene after a veteran pilot crashed his vintage plane on the tarmac just feet away from VIP box seats, forcing officials to cancel the remaining two days of the event. Early estimates were […]
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By Kathryn Reed A ticket seller recommended the Dauschers not buy box seats for today’s Reno Air Races. It may have saved the Zephyr Cove family’s lives. “We were sitting in the stands, maybe a half football field away. It was close … a little too close for comfort,” Ellen Dauscher told Lake Tahoe News […]
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According to a U.S. Census Bureau study, education levels had more effect on earnings during a 40-year span in the workforce than any other demographic factor, such as gender, race and Hispanic origin. For example, a worker with a professional degree is expected to make more than a worker with a eighth grade education or […]
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Certification of the environmental impact report that will alter Lake Tahoe Golf Course and Washoe Meadow State Park in Meyers is scheduled for Oct. 21 at 9am. The public meeting is at the golf course at 2500 Emerald Bay Road. The main issue is restoration of the Upper Truckee River. In order to do the […]
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By Kathryn Reed After nearly three hours, the South Lake Tahoe City Council turned the budget discussion on the nearly 200 people who attended the special meeting Thursday night. Councilman Bruce Grego led the charge, with his colleagues falling in behind, when he asked where those in attendance have been before last night. Then asking […]
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By Jaclyn O’Malley, Reno Gazette-Journal For causing an August wildland fire that cost nearly $3 million to fight and destroyed land and structures on public, private and American Indian property, two 15-year-old boys were placed on probation and ordered to work 500 hours of community service. Judge David Gamble of Douglas County District Court on […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal Sixteen AK-47 magazines with live rounds, a Glock 26 9mm firearm with a holster, ammunition for various weapons, gun videos and body armor were among the items Carson City Sheriff’s detectives found at the home and in the car of the man who shot 11, killing four, at an IHOP […]
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By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee California’s poor now outnumber the populations of 33 states and 90 nations – and counting. The state’s poverty rate last year rose to its highest level in more than a decade – 16.3 percent – as household incomes plunged by 5 percent, according to census figures released Tuesday. The state […]
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