By Kathryn Reed Four out of five South Lake Tahoe City Council members believe residents of the city are capable of washing dirty reusable bags. Bruce Grego’s lack of confidence in the citizenry had him voting no on a resolution to support Assembly Bill 1998. “I have misgivings about this. I think it’s a potential […]
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By Robert Rodriguez, Fresno Bee Millions of gallons of water run through fruit processing plants every year, generating high costs and an ocean of waste for companies nationwide. But all that could change with technology developed by Fresno State professor Gour Choudhury. Choudhury, a specialist in food processing systems, has devised a system that uses […]
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Dry, windy weather is the forecast for all of Saturday. This in turn means a red flag warning when it comes to the threat of fire in the Lake Tahoe-Reno region. The National Weather Service’s red flag warning is in effect from 11am-11pm Aug. 21. There is a lake wind advisory until 8pm. Winds are […]
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By Jane Braxton Little, Sacramento Bee Sierra Pacific Industries’ 15 power plant workers learned Friday that the timber company was closing the electricity-generation facility at the end of their shifts. Sierra Pacific officials also sent a notice to NV Energy, a Reno utility company, announcing that they were suspending operations at the Loyalton plant “effective […]
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By Marie C. Baca, Wall Street Journal INCLINE VILLAGE — In hot pursuit of a notorious burglar along the shores of Lake Tahoe this year, Carl Lackey organized a night patrol to catch the perp. His tools included a fire extinguisher, pepper spray and two dogs that respond only to commands in Russian. “These dogs […]
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By Steve Green, Las Vegas Sun Gaming operator Tropicana Entertainment Inc. of Las Vegas on Friday posted a second quarter loss of $1.6 million on net revenue of $165.1 million. The company said the overall results are not comparable to previous periods since the company’s big Atlantic City property is not included in the comparable […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal PLACERVILLE -– The lawyer representing Phillip Garrido, charged with kidnapping Jaycee Dugard in 1991 and holding her captive for 18 years, raised concerns Friday about whether Garrido is competent to stand trial and help with his defense. After meeting with the attorneys and prosecutors privately before a hearing in El […]
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A boater who refused a mandatory invasive species decontamination earlier this summer faces a $5,000 penalty for evading watercraft inspectors in order to launch illegally into Lake Tahoe. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board will decide the matter at their meeting Wednesday at Stateline. On June 28, Tahoe Resource Conservation District watercraft inspectors at […]
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Updated Aug. 21 12:02am: The fire burned some brush, but nothing significant. The cause is under investigation. From the Reno Gazette-Journal: Emergency crews are responding to reports of two trees on fire near Sand Harbor at Lake Tahoe. The fire is reportedly visible from Highway 28, approximately five miles south of Incline Village.
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By Peter Waldman, Bloomberg After Mark Logsdon tore a ligament in his knee skiing at Lake Tahoe in March, he returned home to suburban Sacramento and had an MRI scan at Sutter Davis Hospital. Sutter’s price for the knee scan was $1,271, payable by Logsdon and his insurer. Exactly the same MRI at one of […]
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