By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Lake Tahoe could provide a global example of a sustainable environment and economy if full advantage is taken of its many natural attributes, conservationists, business representatives and others agreed Thursday. Toward that purpose, members of the Lake Tahoe Stewardship Congress — many arriving at Sand Harbor State Park by boat, […]
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By Kathryn Reed How many piers and buoys should jut out and bob on Lake Tahoe has been the center of a 22-year fight. With Thursday’s federal court ruling, the fight rages on. On Sept. 16, U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton issued his 65-page ruling in favor of the League to Save Lake Tahoe and […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun The Nevada Commission on Tourism, partnering with Google.com, expects to produce more than 8 million page views from its target demographic in an Internet winter tourism ad campaign that begins in November. The commission began working with Google late last year and will spend $835,000 of its $2.4 […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee An El Dorado County jury recommended a death sentence for David Charles Zanon for running down and killing California Highway Patrol Officer Scott Russell in 2007. The jury returned the verdict Wednesday after four days of deliberation. The judge will formally impose sentencing at a later hearing. “Justice was served. […]
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By Edward Ortiz, Sacramento Bee A bill that seeks to reduce dropout rates by changing high school graduation requirements statewide has arts education advocates bristling. Assembly Bill 2446 would allow students to pick from a myriad of arts and career technical education or vocational classes instead of requiring them to take yearlong classes in arts […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Faulty brakes were likely responsible for the fiery June crash of a lumber truck that launched off the end of a runaway truck ramp and into a Lake Tahoe home, according to a report by the Nevada Highway Patrol. While much of the truck’s wreckage was burned beyond the point […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee California’s barely visible economic recovery should crawl along for another year or longer, putting off any meaningful gains until sometime in 2012, according to the latest projections from UCLA. The quarterly UCLA Anderson Forecast, to be released today, says statewide unemployment won’t fall below 10 percent until the last three […]
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By Kathryn Reed “This is a greater danger to us than the Angora Fire.” Those were South Lake Tahoe City Councilman Bruce Grego’s words as he passionately pleaded for his fellow councilmembers on Tuesday to close down the three medicinal marijuana facilities by the end of October. “How far we going to let this go?” […]
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By Kathryn Reed Skip driving, skip Reno, skip Sacramento. The fastest way to get to Lake Tahoe is via Gary Air. Trish and Dave Guerrieri are flying clients in their Cessna 182 into Lake Tahoe Airport. The Bay Area couple, who have a second home in South Lake Tahoe, received clearance last week from the […]
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By Evan Halper, Marc Lifsher and Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO -— Environmentalists were counting on big gains in Sacramento this summer, with a governor eager to burnish his green credentials in his final months in office. But by the time the legislative session ended at midnight Tuesday, those hopes had fizzled. Activists had […]
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