By Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times A cache of 19th century gold coins uncovered by a California couple on their daily walk could end up selling for more than $10 million, making it the greatest buried treasure ever unearthed in the United States, experts said. Donald Kagin, president of Kagin’s Inc., a numismatic firm that […]
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By Michele Richinick, MSNBC Smart guns similar to James Bond’s pistol are marching closer to reality as manufacturers expect to continue testing prototypes throughout 2014 and a few politicians push for new technology to make firearms safer. Manufacturers design “smart” guns, also referred to as “personalized” or “owner-authorized” firearms, to prevent intentional and unintentional shootings […]
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By Laila Kearney, Reuters NASA scientists plan to use images shot from space and within the Earth’s atmosphere to help California monitor one of the worst droughts in its recorded history, officials said on Tuesday. Scientists said they would deploy imaging tools to measure snowpack and groundwater levels and use a host of other technologies […]
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The Bureau of Land Management bought a 10,000-gallon tank for fire retardant to be permanently installed at the Minden-Tahoe Airport. This will allow the airport to respond to a fire more timely. In the past a semi-tanker full of fire retardant would be brought the airport to fight a fire. This was deemed to be […]
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By Kathryn Reed No was not a word people who wanted a community college in South Lake Tahoe were willing to embrace. Their tenacity paid off and this year Lake Tahoe Community College District is celebrating its 40th year. As Los Rios Community College District was forming in the 1950s there was a push to […]
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By Steve Tetreault and Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review Journal WILMINGTON, Del. – The governors of Nevada and Delaware signed an agreement Tuesday morning that join their states in a partnership for online poker. Documents signed by Gov. Brian Sandoval of Nevada and Gov. Jack Markell of Delaware established a legal framework for the first […]
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By Alex Park and Julia Lurie, Mother Jones California, supplier of nearly half of all U.S. fruits, veggies, and nuts, is on track to experience the driest year in the past half millennium. Farms use about 80 percent of the state’s “developed water,” or water that’s moved from its natural source to other areas via […]
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A Zephyr Cove woman is behind bars for allegedly shooting her husband. Harry Leibel, 64, died of a single gunshot wound. Douglas County sheriff’s deputies said at first Tatiana Leibel, 50, told them her husband shot himself. “During the subsequent investigation, information was developed to implicate Tatiana as a suspect,” deputies said in a press […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe taxpayers have not directly paid for any of the buildings at Lake Tahoe Community College. But that could soon change. The college is contemplating going to the voters in November with a general obligation bond between $35 million and $55 million. This would be spent on facilities. The board this […]
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Kingsbury Grade was closed for several hours Sunday when two drivers from the Bay Area were in a collision. Kevin C. Wilhite, 19, of Castro Valley was driving a black 2003 GMC Yukon east on the grade near Terrace View Drive when he crossed the double yellow line and struck the front of a Toyota […]
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