By Adam Nagourney, New York Times LOS ANGELES — The rainy season drove into California in December with wet and windy promise: soaking rain, snow, dark gray skies and a flash of hope that the drought that has scorched this region had run its course. And then came January — with record high temperatures and […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee In 1990, when his father was about to remarry, Andy Harris’ grandmother took him aside and told him there was something he should know about his stepmother-to-be. Four years earlier, the grandmother told him, Colleen Ann Batten had been tried for murder in the shotgun killing of her first husband, […]
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By Kathryn Reed A significant chapter in Lake Tahoe Airport’s history came to a close Tuesday when the City Council unanimously agreed to give up the FAA certificate that allows commercial air service. Aircraft carrying high rollers and celebrities for the annual golf tournament will still be regular fixtures at Lake Tahoe Airport – and […]
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By Bruce Parker, Fox News The Small Business Administration is the federal agency that helps “little guy” businesses get loans they couldn’t get through traditional lenders. Or so the story goes. According to a 2014 federal oversight report from public research group American Transparency, taxpayer-backed SBA loans are popular with businesses serving “wealthy lifestyles.” Found […]
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There is a moose on the loose. And this is no ordinary moose. Thieves entered the lobby of Sunnyside and made off with the resort’s pet of sorts. A mounted moose head was stolen from the Tahoe City restaurant-hotel between midnight and 7am Jan. 22. Placer County sheriff’s deputies are just now getting around to […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun Talk of tax season is ripe in the Nevada Legislature, but the chatter has nothing to do with April 15. Gov. Brian Sandoval will lobby for his business license fee on Wednesday in the Senate’s revenue committee. The fee, an existing tax the Sandoval administration has reconfigured, would levy […]
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By Jonathan Berr, MoneyWatch It’s called “March Madness” for a reason. About 70 million people will likely try their hands at picking the winner of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, wagering more than $2 billion. That’s roughly twice what was bet on the Super Bowl, according to data from the American Gaming Association, a trade […]
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By Kathryn Reed Keep the airfield as it is while providing flexibility for other uses at the airport was the consensus Monday night of the nearly 60 people who attended a meeting about the Lake Tahoe Airport master plan. This was the third and final meeting before preferred alternatives are defined. Those will then be […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Millions of Californians soon may be forced to adjust their lives around a crucial timekeeping device in their homes. Not their alarm clocks, but their irrigation timers. The State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday is poised to get even tougher on water conservation as California now seems assured of […]
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By Jackie Valley, Las Vegas Sun Humans have been using geothermal energy for more than 10,000 years, since American Paleo-Indians used hot springs for cooking, bathing and cleaning. But it wasn’t until 1904 that the first geothermal electric power plant was invented to generate electricity, when Italian scientist Piero Ginori Conti figured out how to […]
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