By Elizabeth Campbell and Megan Durisin, Bloomberg Near the confluence of the Merced and San Joaquin rivers, the heart of the California farm belt, Bob Kelley watches the driest year ever erode water supplies and prospects for the dairy business his family began in 1910. The amount of water available for the 2,800 acres of […]
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Despite the lackluster performance of Stateline casinos in December, overall Nevada gaming numbers are up. The state Gaming Control Board on Friday said December casino winnings were 9.6 percent more than they were in 2012. Revenues were $1.034 billion, while a year ago the take was $943 million. Stateline numbers dropped 25 percent year-over-year to […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Developers and environmentalists said Thursday they have settled a lawsuit that blocked a major redevelopment of Homewood Mountain Resort. The settlement means the project, which will cost $400 million to $500 million, will break ground in spring 2015, said Art Chapman of JMA Ventures, the owner of Homewood. The settlement […]
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By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News As California’s drought deepens, 17 communities across the state are in danger of running out of water within 60 to 120 days, state officials said Tuesday. In some communities, wells are running dry. In others, reservoirs are nearly empty. Some have long-running problems that predate the drought. The […]
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Trees went into a power line on Tahoe Island Drive in South Lake Tahoe twice on Thursday. About 100 Liberty Utilities customers remained without power at 9pm after the second incident occurred at about 8:15pm Jan. 30. Both times the majority of customers were without power for about 30 minutes. People in the state streets, […]
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A layer of fresh snow cannot disguise the fact that the snowpack is in dismal shape. The second snow survey of the season on Jan. 30 revealed the snowpack water content statewide is at 12 percent of normal. This sets a record. Prior to Thursday, the lowest snowpack water content readings for this time of […]
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A fire Wednesday night that completely destroyed a house in South Lake Tahoe looks to be have been deliberately set. Police officers had gone to the house in the 1100 block of Long Avenue the afternoon of Jan. 29 on a report of someone forcing their way in. Officers said it appeared someone had slept […]
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By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun Several state legislators took a jaunt to Israel last year, touring the Holy Land and dining beside the Sea of Galilee. The largest Israeli lobbying group in the United States bankrolled the all-expenses trip, but when it came time this month for elected officials to report gifts they received […]
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By KOLO-TV VIRGINIA CITY — A swarm of earthquakes has hit the Virginia City area. The seismology lab at UNR has recorded 27 tremors since 7:30 Wednesday night. The most recent one, a 2.6 magnitude, occurred about 3:42 Thursday morning. Read the whole story
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The forecasters were right – it’s snowing in Lake Tahoe. Classes will be starting an hour later than usual at Zephyr Cove Elementary and Whittell High schools. All schools in Lake Tahoe Unified are open and operating on a normal schedule. The same goes for Lake Tahoe Community College. Incline Village schools are open, too. […]
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