By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Tech billionaire and real estate fanatic Larry Ellison might back away from a deal to buy Frank Sinatra’s old Lake Tahoe casino. Ellison’s $35.8 million purchase of the faded Cal Neva Resort & Casino has been tied up in court for more than a month, and the Oracle Corp. founder […]
Read moreBy Kathryn Reed While a uniform strategy is working to bring more clarity to Lake Tahoe as a whole, that is not the case for the water closest to the shore. That is the conundrum scientists and regulating agencies are finding themselves in. There is no magic solution to clean up, so to speak, the […]
Read moreBy Kathryn Reed One of the largest rate increases ever requested by South Tahoe Refuse is expected to go into effect Jan. 1. While the respective jurisdictions still must approve the increase, the Waste Management Joint Powers Authority board this week signed off on it. South Lake Tahoe customers would see an 8.81 percent increase, […]
Read moreBy Amelia Pak-Harvey and Meghin Delaney, Las Vegas Review-Journal Talk to just about anyone in Nevada and they’ll agree that the state’s public education system needs to improve. But the unanimity ends there. Superintendents and many education advocates have long called for the Legislature to put more money into schools. But many legislators and other […]
Read moreEl Dorado County sheriff’s deputies are taking a proactive approach to stopping what has become a regular crime — stealing packages from porches. Undercover detectives will be delivering bait packages filled with fake electronics and GPS devices to residences across El Dorado County. The county is partnering with the U.S. Postal Service in this operation. […]
Read moreBy Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Golf Course’s footprint will not be expanding any time soon. This is because Washoe Meadows Community prevailed in court against California State Parks. Nearly six years to the day after the initial lawsuit was filed in Alameda Superior Court, the First District Court of Appeal this month upheld the lower […]
Read moreBy Matt Weiser, Water Deeply Chemical fire retardants are considered a vital wildland firefighting tool, helping to slow the spread of flames while ground crews move into position. But as their use increases, the harmful side effects of these chemicals are coming under increasing scrutiny. The chemicals, usually dropped from low-flying aircraft, largely consist of ammonia […]
Read moreBy Chris Kudialis, Las Vegas Sun Legalization of marijuana in eight states — including Nevada — in last year’s election has opened the floodgates for pot businesses to make money. That’s according to more than a dozen business owners whose products are both directly marketed at buyers in the pot sector, and in similar industries […]
Read moreFor the second time in five years South Tahoe High School math instructor Paul Kushner has been placed on administrative leave. In 2013 it had to do with him looking at inappropriate websites of scantily clad women while he was at work. No one in the district is saying why the tenured teacher is out […]
Read moreBy Leila Fadel, NPR Marquan Ellis was evicted from his home in Las Vegas when he was 18. His mother battled with a drug and gambling addiction while he stayed at his godmother’s house. But he couldn’t stay there forever. He found his way to the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth where he enrolled in […]
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