By Kathryn Reed The Park brothers have fired the management team that was running Lake Tahoe Hard Rock. Warner Hospitality, which 18 months ago was brought in to operate the remodeled-rebranded Horizon, has been a failure, according to employees. The Parks finally agreed. No one from Warner, the fired firm based in Las Vegas, returned […]
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By Associated Press The Supreme Court is turning away a challenge from minor political parties in California that claim they are essentially excluded from general election ballots because of the state’s top-two primary system. The justices on Tuesday rejected an appeal from the Green and Libertarian parties, among others. California voters approved the new primary […]
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By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News After four years of relentless drought, more Californians are worried about water shortages than ever, despite El Niño conditions in the Pacific Ocean that are boosting hopes for a wet winter. A Field Poll released Tuesday showed that 76 percent of registered California voters now call the […]
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Sierra Nevada College student Dianne Thacher, who had been reported missing days ago after traveling to Santa Barbara, has been found. She is back in Incline Village. The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that she is safe, not injured and that there was no foul play associated with her disappearance. Deputies said Thacher allegedly […]
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By Don Thompson, AP SACRAMENTO — California corrections officials on Tuesday dropped a plan to include prisoners with violent backgrounds in the nation’s largest and oldest inmate firefighting unit, a day after the proposal was first reported by the Associated Press. The state still plans to expand the program to include inmates who have up […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe’s clarity will take a serious hit if El Nino materializes this winter. That was the message delivered Tuesday night by a panel of stormwater experts. Winter is coming – Is Lake Tahoe Ready? was the subject of the talk hosted by the League to Save Lake Tahoe on Oct. 13 […]
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By Geoffrey Mohan, Los Angeles Times Environmental groups sued the U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday, alleging that the agency has allowed Nestle Waters to draw water from a creek in the San Bernardino Mountains under a permit that expired more than 25 years ago. The company, owner of the Arrowhead bottled water brand, has drawn […]
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By Associated Press California officials are considering allowing inmates with violent backgrounds to work outside prison walls fighting wildfires, and the idea is generating concerns about public safety. The state has the nation’s largest and oldest inmate firefighting unit, with about 3,800 members who provide critical assistance to professional firefighters. That’s down from about 4,400 […]
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By Jack Perry, Providence Journal A sheriff’s office in California is asking for help in finding a 23-year-old college student from Rhode Island. Dianne Thacher’s family has not heard from her since Oct. 5, and the family reported her missing Oct. 11, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. Thacher, who is from South […]
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By Kathryn Reed TWIN BRIDGES – It might behoove skiers and snowboarders to adopt the hikers’ mantras of “leave not trace” and “pack it in, pack it out”. More than a ton of trash (2,047.6 pounds to be exact) was removed from the slopes of Sierra-at-Tahoe on Sunday. This was the ninth year the ski […]
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