By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal Burners, beware. There’s a new sheriff in Pershing County, and he intends to crack down on crime at this year’s event in the Black Rock Desert. “We don’t have the personnel to issue citations to 70,000 naked people on the playa, but we will be upholding the law to the […]
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The 7-Eleven on Palisades Drive in Truckee is closed after an early morning fire caused damage to the building. The fire was contained to the convenience store. The cause of the Aug. 23 fire is under investigation. All roads in the are are now open. 7-Eleven will be closed until the cleanup is done. — […]
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By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Washington Bureau The lawmakers convening Monday for a major Lake Tahoe conference confront a Capitol Hill conflict over how best to protect the much-beloved mountain region. They differ over money, environmental laws, timber harvesting and more. For years, the unresolved differences have sunk efforts to renew the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, […]
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A Carson High School student died Saturday of an apparent drowning at Sand Harbor. The name of the 15-year-old is not being released pending notification of next of kin. The exact cause of death will be determined by an autopsy. “It was an in the water accident,” Bob Harmon, spokesman for Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, […]
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By Trevon Milliard, Reno Gazette-Journal Jennifer Evans has three children and they have all attended private school since her oldest started kindergarten nine years ago. She changed that last week, putting her children in Gardnerville public schools. The single mother and full-time nurse couldn’t afford to pass up the state’s offer, which is being extended […]
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By Associated Press Water officials have finalized a deal regarding the Truckee River after decadeslong disputes over how the waters should be managed. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports Truckee Meadows Water Authority directors have agreed to sell up to 2,750 acre-feet of water rights to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. The long-pursued Truckee River Operating Agreement […]
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By Sho Chandra, BloombergBusiness America’s housing market has been heating up this summer. Purchases of previously owned homes unexpectedly rose in July for a third straight month to reach the highest level since February 2007, figures from the National Association of Realtors showed Thursday. The gain was driven by stronger sales of single-family houses even […]
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By Ellen Knickmeyer, AP The carcasses of salmon, trout and more than a dozen other newly extinct native species lie in dry streambeds around California. Exhausted firefighters in the Sierra Nevada battle some of the biggest wildfires they’ve ever seen. And in Central Valley farm towns, more and more parents hear the squeal of empty […]
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By Kimberly Pierceall, AP A California man who bought two saloon casinos in Virginia City will be forced to sell them after Nevada regulators said he was unfit to be involved in the state’s gambling industry. The Nevada Gaming Commission unanimously denied Vincent Michael Malfitano a license Thursday and barred him from being the casinos’ […]
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By Kathryn Reed Former El Dorado County Supervisor Norma Santiago believes the county owes her back wages. She is the second supervisor to demand more money since leaving office. The other was Ron Briggs. “I’m not commenting on that,” Santiago told Lake Tahoe News before she abruptly hung up the phone. Santiago was on the […]
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