By Kathryn Reed Driving into Stateline from the east there isn’t anything to go “wow” about – at least not in a positive sense. Lakeside Inn wants to change that. “We are the gateway from the Nevada side to South Lake Tahoe. Right now the welcome to South Lake Tahoe is not a pretty sight,” […]
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By Marissa Lang, San Francisco Chronicle Long hours at multiple jobs may soon become the norm for American workers, but they may be happier that way. In a survey aimed at identifying trends shaping the “future of work,” Adobe asked more than 2,000 office workers from the U.S., Britain and India a series of questions […]
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Owners of what has been known for years as the Ferrari Crown Resort in Kings Beach plan to modernize the lakefront area. Laulima Partners of San Francisco this spring bought the acreage, which spans both sides of Highway 28. They are proposing a lodging and commercial-residential redevelopment project for the 4½-acre site once owned by […]
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By Tracy Rucinski, Reuters A U.S. judge on Wednesday temporarily halted lawsuits seeking $11.4 billion in damages from Caesars Entertainment Corp on Wednesday, urging the parties in the bankruptcy of its operating unit to settle before an injunction expires in August. The bankruptcy of the operating unit, Caesars Entertainment Operating Corp (CEOC), in January […]
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By Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times With concerns about the potential for another recession casting a shadow over this year’s budget negotiations, California lawmakers approved a new $170.9-billion spending plan on Wednesday that increases some funding for social services but stashes more away in a rainy-day fund. Although lawmakers are finishing their work on this […]
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Placer County is getting aggressive with hotel tax collections. Supervisors this month approved a $175, 000 contract with MuniServices of Fresno to assist with conducting more frequent inspections of records, and ensuring lodging operators are complying with the requirement. There are nearly 4,000 lodging operators in Placer County registered to collect transient occupancy tax. TOT must be […]
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By Ryan Sabalow, Dale Kasler and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee This year was supposed to be different. With Northern California’s reservoirs finally brimming and cities liberated from stringent conservation rules, farmers were expecting more water for their crops. The worst of the drought seemed over. Or maybe not. Despite a winter of fairly abundant rain […]
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By Ian Whitaker, Las Vegas Sun Around this time last year, Nevada’s new Common Core test had only succeeded at being broken. Due to the testing company’s technical problems, schools were thrown into chaos for weeks as teachers and staff struggled to get the computer-based Smarter Balanced test to work for the thousands of third- […]
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By Bethany Barnes, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada Legislature staffers last year quietly supported a bill that helped them win a legal battle to keep the state’s Ethics Commission from investigating legislators. The new law flew under the radar as an “emergency measure” in the final days of the 2015 session and passed with little scrutiny. […]
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By Reuters Organizers of Burning Man, an annual counter-culture festival that climaxes with the burning of a wooden effigy in the Nevada desert, has bought a ranch in the southwestern state to run year round art and self expression activities, the group said on Friday. Funded by donations from supporters, Burning Man paid $6.5 million […]
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