By Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal Long Beach pie and Reno revelry crossed paths in the Biggest Little City on Monday as a new JetBlue flight arrived to a band and cheering squad on the tarmac at Reno-Tahoe International Airport. Underneath all the fanfare and positive vibes, however, is the latest test for Reno-Sparks — specifically […]
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The California Tahoe Conservancy plans to sell several parcels in South Lake Tahoe. The board at its September meeting will be asked to approve the pre-sale agreements for the properties located in the Tahoe Valley Area Plan. A letter went out Aug. 15 to people in the vicinity. “The Conservancy is working closely with […]
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Updated 8:20pm By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE — The Tahoe Queen on Tuesday morning sustained substantial damage when a fire ripped through the paddle-wheeler. “It is probably not salvageable, but the owners and insurance have to decide,” Tahoe Douglas Fire Marshal Eric Guevin told Lake Tahoe News. “It will be a very close call either […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal STATELINE — Crumbling pavement and some unoccupied mobile homes are among the reminders of what used to occupy the site of the future Tahoe Beach Club. But the developers, politicians and local business leaders on the beach in Stateline Monday afternoon weren’t there to pick through remnants of what used to […]
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By Dennis Schaal, Skift There is a broad shift under way in U.S. consumer spending that could have very positive implications for the travel industry if the trend persists. Analyzing the federal government’s July 2016 numbers on retail sales, the Wall Street Journal pointed Saturday to a “seismic shift in consumer spending.” “Americans are still splashing out, […]
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By Ben Botkin Las Vegas Review-Journal Labor-backed groups are putting their organizing muscle and manpower into the 2016 campaign season in Nevada, an effort that will deploy thousands of canvassers and result in hundreds of thousands of voter contacts. It’s a massive undertaking that labor leaders hope will tip the scales in Nevada, a swing […]
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Researchers are using an exclusive modeling system to study the effects of slower snowmelt across various regions of the Western United States including the Cascade, Sierra Nevada, Wasatch and Rocky mountains. All of these areas see significant seasonal snow accumulation and generate water resources for downstream communities. Sixty million people in the Western United States depend […]
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By Tomikka Anderson, San Francisco Chronicle A bill to scrap daylight-saving time has just made its way through another Senate committee, which means California may be closer to standard time year round. In an interview with the Sacramento Bee, Assemblymember Kansen Chu, D-San Jose, – who authored the bill – said, “Daylight-saving time is an […]
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A Jet Ski accident on the South Shore has left one man dead. Raeshon Williams, 22, of Oakland was found under water near Timber Cove Pier in the early evening of Aug. 13. His friend, whose name has not been released, was able to swim to the personal watercraft after they were both thrown from […]
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By Mayumi Elegado and Dave Zook, Moonshine Ink Agreements and execution are different beasts, and sizable differences exist between the two. It could be said that nowhere is that distance greater than in the creation of affordable housing. As home prices soared in the late 1990s and families found themselves priced out of the market, local agencies […]
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