By Kathryn Reed Reducing the width of travel lanes to create bike or multi-use paths around South Tahoe Middle School was a reoccurring theme during a workshop Wednesday night. Statistics show from 2008-12 in a two-mile radius of STMS there have been 257 collisions, of which 23 involved pedestrians and 37 were cyclists. There were […]
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By Shelly Banjo, Wall Street Journal When it comes to holiday shopping, it pays to track what retailers do, not what they say. For all the hype, Black Friday isn’t the day to find the best deals, according to new data from Adobe Systems Inc., which has collected information on one trillion visits to 4,500 […]
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By Teri Sforz, Orange County Register In the next year, about 20 percent of drivers will be convicted of speeding, rolling through stop signs or failing to stop at red lights, while another 8 percent will likely get off with a warning, and many more will be ticketed for parking illegally, having expired tags or […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe officials and operators of the Beach Retreat & Lodge agreed to sit down to figure out solutions to what has become a contentious issue regarding access to the beach. This centrally located lakefront hotel has changed general managers multiple times since Urbana Realty Advisors became owners a few years […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Slot parlors, the role of technology in gambling and illegal sports betting are among the casino-related issues that the Nevada Legislature could take up when it convenes in three months. Draft requests for several gaming bills are posted on the Legislature’s website, and while it’s still too early to […]
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By Kathryn Reed It depends who you talk to if there is a problem with vacation rentals in South Lake Tahoe. Some houses just seem to attract loud guests. Others are a welcome addition to neighborhoods. All may have their regulations tweaked soon. The City Council on Nov. 18 engaged in another round of discussions […]
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A house in Truckee received moderate fire damage Nov. 17. The cause of the Jeffrey Way fire in Prosser Lakeview Estates is still under investigation. “Remember to have working smoke detectors along with carbon monoxide detectors, clean your chimney prior to use. Store your used ashes in metal container placed on the ground away from […]
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Even though the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors didn’t have to pay Terri Daly anything when she resigned earlier this month, they are — well, the taxpayers are. The supes agreed the now former chief administrative officer should receive $153,519.57. That is equivalent to nine months of her base salary. Had the county fired Daly, […]
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By Emily Badger, Washington Post The federal tax code has a weird way of favoring people who drive to work over those who take public transit there. If you’re a driver, the federal commuter benefit allows you to spend up to $245 of your pre-tax income each month on parking at work. If you pay […]
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By Associated Press A former Douglas County sheriff’s deputy is among three Nevadans named as fugitive suspects in the armed takeover of a tribal casino in California last month. The U.S. Marshall’s office in Reno identified the Nevadans Tuesday as 38-year-old Brian Auchenbach of Gardnerville, 46-year-old Timothy Tofaute and 35-year-old David Dixon, both of Sparks. […]
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