By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal For the first time ever, Burners can see what kind of money Burning Man rakes in each year. Although Burning Man — a San Francisco nonprofit that hosts a more than 70,000-person annual arts gathering in the Black Rock Desert — pulled in about $32.4 million in 2014, it spent more […]
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By Marcella Corona, Reno Gazette-Journal Holiday travelers can keep their shoes on, their coats on and their belts on when flying from Reno starting on Monday. The Transportation Security Administration is set to offer a temporary location where travelers can enroll in the TSA Pre-Check program at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport, officials said Friday in […]
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By Darryl Fears, Washington Post The nation is closing in on its worst wildfire season in recorded history, with nearly 9.8 million acres already burned — the equivalent of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and part of New Hampshire going up in flames. Two large fires and more than 160 smaller ones remain active, and more […]
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By Juliet Williams, AP SACRAMENTO — Purveyors of daily fantasy sports gaming made their pitch for minimal regulations for the fast-growing industry before a panel of California lawmakers on Wednesday, arguing that the online sports match ups are a harmless outlet for fans and purely based on skill, not chance. “These are games of skill, […]
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By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Full House Resorts and an affiliate of Hyatt Resorts said Thursday they will invest a combined $5 million to upgrade the Grand Lodge Casino at Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe. Las Vegas-based Full House, which operates the casino through a management agreement, will invest $1.5 million in new gaming equipment at […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s possible kayakers using the Upper Truckee River may one day not be able to reach Lake Tahoe. And the landowners are OK with that. The California Tahoe Conservancy board on Dec. 18 certified the environmental documents for the Upper Truckee River and Marsh restoration project and approved the preferred alternative. Tom […]
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By Juliet Williams, AP Cleaning up from two destructive Northern California wildfires this fall will cost at least $243 million, far exceeding the cost for other recent blazes, state officials estimated Friday as they transferred more money from the state’s rainy day fund to help pay for it. “The devastation caused by these fires is […]
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Joel Suenkel has been hired as deputy forest supervisor for the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. The position had been vacant since February when Jeff Marsolais, who had the job, became supervisor of LTBMU. Most recently Suenkel was a colonel in the U.S. Army serving in Germany. He is an expert in strategic planning, process improvement […]
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By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle The stormy weather expected to dampen California for the next several days — which holds promise of a wet and even white Christmas some places — is just the beginning of what promises to be a soggy winter ahead, federal climate experts said Thursday. This week’s monthly report by […]
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By Malcoolm Ritter, AP Last month was the globe’s warmest November on record, the seventh consecutive month to reach a new high. A climate update Thursday from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also noted a record-warm average temperature for January through November as a whole. NOAA scientist Jake Crouch said it’s “virtually certain” that […]
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