A house on Fresno Avenue in South Lake Tahoe sustained about $20,000 in fire damage July 17. Light smoke was coming from the gable vents and roof area around the chimney when firefighters responded at about 7:30pm. An electrical malfunction is believed to be the cause, though the investigation is ongoing. No one was home […]
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By Rob Sabo, Northern Nevada Business Weekly The market for vacation rentals at Lake Tahoe is strengthening and consumers aren’t demanding deep price discounts as they did in recent years, property managers say. However, shorter stays are still the norm. The market for high-priced rental homes in Lake Tahoe tanked with the national economy as […]
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By Kathryn Reed Taking a look at the South Shore it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out things must change or the area will be irrelevant to tourists. Various stakeholders who want to revamp the area from Ski Run Boulevard on the California side to Kahle Drive on the Nevada side have put […]
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By Margaret Munro, Vancouver Sun The world’s forests gobble up so much carbon they are protecting the planet from the worst impacts of humans’ staggering fossil fuel emissions. An international study has concluded forests suck up a third of the carbon pumped into the atmosphere each year through the burning of oil, gas and coal: […]
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By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times For years, a painting of a whale’s tail splashing out of the gray, misty ocean has been one of the most popular license plates in California. Nearly 200,000 have been sold, raising millions for coastal and environmental conservation programs. But the artwork by Wyland was deep-sixed after the Laguna […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal In most rail-crossing accidents, trains slam into trucks or cars as they try to sneak through the rail gates, get stalled on the tracks or fail to heed or receive warnings of an approaching train. But the deadly crash on Highway 95 east of Reno in June was different: A […]
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ZEPHYR COVE — Taking a conservative approach to the 2011-12 fiscal budget allowed Douglas County School District to hire back 29 of the 40 teachers who were told in the spring they would not have a job this coming school year. The board on July 12 voted to reinstate the positions along with several classified […]
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Washoe County sheriff’s deputies are cutting back on the types of calls they respond to because of budgetary constraints. Effective immediately, patrol units will no longer be automatically dispatched to incidents where: * Parties are already separated, except in domestic violence calls * The suspect in no longer at the scene * There is no […]
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Royal Gorge LLC, owners of North America’s largest cross country ski resort, has defaulted on its loan. According to the notice filed in Nevada and Placer counties, Royal Gorge property owners owe Armed Forces Bank of Irvine $16,743,442.91. The owners have until late September to pay the loan or face the prospect of having the […]
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By Torey Van Oot, Sacramento Bee Legislation that would extend more scholarship opportunities to college students who are undocumented immigrants was approved by the state Senate today. Assembly Bill 130, one of two “Dream Act” bills under consideration in the Legislature this year, would allow undocumented immigrants who currently qualify for in-state tuition to apply […]
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