A study shows that 412 properties in Truckee that are being used as short-term rentals are not paying transient occupancy tax. This summer Host Compliance was hired by the town to assess which properties were paying TOT. A short-term rental is considered 30 days or less. The company said 979 short-term rentals were available in […]
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By Michael Behar, New York Times At 11 o’clock on the night of Sept. 29, the National Hurricane Center in Miami posted an updated prediction for Hurricane Matthew. Using the latest data from a reconnaissance aircraft, the center’s computerized models led meteorologists there to conclude, in a post on the center’s website, that “only a […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal RENO — The winner of November’s presidential election could determine just how successful Nevada and the United States will be in attracting international visitors. Will our policies be warm, welcoming and inviting, thus encouraging repeat visits and word-of-mouth endorsements? Or will they be closed, with administrators suspicious of those […]
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Updated 11:41am: The Emerald Fire that burned 176 acres near Cascade Lake is fully contained. The cause of the blaze that started about 1:30am Oct. 14 remains under investigation. No structures were lost. Highway 89 is expected to open at noon Monday. Traffic will be metered through the fire area. If necessary, Caltrans could close […]
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By David Crary, Associated Press Planned Parenthood’s 100th anniversary celebrations this weekend come with a sense of relief for the group that traces its roots to a time when women could not vote and contraception was illegal. The organization, whose services include birth control, sex education and abortions, has survived largely intact in the face […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — A state panel last week approved a $300,000 settlement with an insurance provider that had not paid a claim on behalf of Nevada to settle allegations of patient dumping with the city of San Francisco. The settlement with the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, an […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee The evening’s first customer emerged sleepy-eyed from the doorway of his apartment near Sacramento State for his marijuana concentrates: 3 grams each of strawberry, banana and pear flavors. He had few words for the delivery driver who handed him a white bag containing the order. Their transaction lasted mere seconds. […]
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The pilot of a Cessna flying from Idaho to Sacramento has not been heard from since Saturday. “The last known position of the aircraft is in a rugged area of the Sierra Nevada mountains southwest of Lake Tahoe,” El Dorado County sheriff’s Sgt. Tasha Thompson said in a press release. “Due to inclement weather ground and aircraft […]
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Most evacuation orders in the Emerald Fire have been lifted. Cascade Properties and Cascade Lake are open only to residents. The 176-acre fire that started in the predawn hours of Oct. 14 on the South Shore remains at 90 percent contained on Sunday afternoon. Liberty Utilities has restored power to Cascade Properties, Cascade Lake, Camp […]
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By Lizzy Ratner, The Nation This Monday afternoon, as the sun hits its peak over Mandan, N.D., the award-winning journalist, and host of Democracy Now!, Amy Goodman will walk into the Morton County–Mandan Combined Law Enforcement and Corrections Center and turn herself in to the local authorities. Her crime: good, unflinching journalism. Goodman had the audacity […]
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