By Scott Smith, AP LOS ANGELES — Passing a $7.5 billion water bond may turn out to be the easy part. Agreeing on how to spend all the money could be much harder. California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 1, which aims to expand the state’s water storage capacity to better weather droughts like the one […]
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By Kathryn Reed ROUND HILL – What is going on beneath the surface of Lake Tahoe? Scientists don’t really know. Geoff Schladow, director of the Tahoe Environmental Research Center, said everything that is known could be told in a 45-minute presentation. He gave two talks this week – one in Kings Beach, the other Round […]
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By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times University of California administrators went on an offensive Thursday to sell their proposal to raise tuition by as much as 5 percent in each of the next five years but faced opposition from Gov. Jerry Brown, legislative leaders and student activists. UC President Janet Napolitano sent out emails and […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee El Dorado County has long roiled with bitter political battles over new housing developments and perceived threats to the rustic Sierra foothills environment. But Tuesday night, voters overwhelmingly rejected initiatives that proponents argued would protect rural community boundaries and ban new subdivisions that threaten to gridlock Highway 50 with traffic. […]
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As more absentee ballots were counted since election night, South Lake Tahoe City Council candidate Austin Sass is now one vote behind third place finisher Angela Swanson. Three positions are up on the five-member board. More ballots are outstanding and these numbers will change. The numbers as of Nov. 6: Wendy David — 1,271 votes […]
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With the United Kingdom being a huge market for Lake Tahoe ski resorts, a goal has long been to have a direct flight into the Reno-Tahoe International Airport. It was announced Tuesday that a deal has been struck with Thomas Cook Airlines to provide nonstop service between London and Reno starting Dec. 19, 2015. The service will […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee The Lake Tahoe casino resort once owned by Frank Sinatra will likely stay closed for another year as financing for a major renovation has taken longer than expected. The Cal Neva Resort & Casino, which has been closed since September 2013, just finished lining up $49 million in financing for […]
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Two North Shore-Truckee area school bonds on the Nov. 4 ballot had different outcomes. Voters in the Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District said no to a $114 million school bond. Measure U would have raised money to improve facilities on the district. A 55 percent yes vote was needed for approval. The measure received 52.27 percent favorable votes. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Valley Fire Protection District’s desire to tax property owners for fire prevention went up in flames Nov. 4. Voters overwhelming said no. Nearly twice as many people voted no (66.48 percent, 1,323 votes) compared to those who said yes (33.52 percent, 667 votes.) “Basically people don’t want a tax increase,” Dave […]
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A yearlong investigation culminated in the arrest of Reno resident Ricardo Antonio Vasquez on sex crime charges. In November 2013, the Truckee Police Department conducted a joint investigation with Placer County Sheriff’s Office regarding a case involving an adult male engaged in lewd and lascivious acts with a minor. Officers attempted to locate the 28-year-old […]
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