By Jason Blevins, Denver Post Vail Resorts on Friday assigned numbers to the so-far-anecdotal evidence that the slow start to the season is pinching the resort industry. The continent’s largest ski resort operator showed steep declines in spending and visitation at its network of North American ski resorts. Ski-school revenue through the first week of […]
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By Romy Varghese, Bloomberg Gov. Jerry Brown said legal rulings may clear the way for making cuts to public pension benefits, which would go against long-standing assumptions and potentially provide financial relief to the state and its local governments. Brown said he has a “hunch” the courts would “modify” the so-called California rule, which holds […]
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By Briana Erickson, Las Vegas Review-Journal About a decade ago, a Swedish woman traveling to Las Vegas met a man and fell in love. But he turned out to be a pimp, and he held her hostage for two years. “That really opened my eyes,” said Lena Walther, a Swedish consul to Nevada who attended […]
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By Mike Wolterbeek UNR’s Seismological Laboratory reports an ongoing swarm of earthquakes near south Reno, in the area of the Mt. Rose Highway and I-580. Since Thursday night, more than 90 events have been located. The largest recorded are four magnitude 2 quakes. There have been no reports of damage, and about 38 people have […]
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By Amy Graff, San Francisco Chronicle A 199-mph gust that blasted a mountaintop at the Alpine Meadows ski resort last February was the strongest wind ever recorded in California, federal scientists reported. It was also the strongest non-tornado wind in the United States last year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. By comparison, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Once one of the busiest restaurant and bars on the South Shore, the Fresh Ketch has closed. As one of the few South Lake Tahoe eateries right on the water, its location was always one of its biggest selling points. While the message on the voice recorder says it will reopen in […]
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Some call it prudent economic strategy, others call it a gift of public funds. On Jan. 9 the Placer County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to approve the execution of a loan agreement with Kila Tahoe LLC to convey 60 tourist accommodation units for the Tahoe City Lodge. The TAU transfer agreement structures the transfer […]
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By Kathryn Reed The economy in the Lake Tahoe Basin is in the toilet from many, on par for some, and better than average for others. The phone recording at Adventure Mountain Lake Tahoe is from Jan. 2. It says the sledding hill atop Echo Summit is “closed because of low snow conditions.” This is […]
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Placer County Board of Supervisors this week voted to hire Todd Leopold to be the next county executive officer. Leopold has more than 20 years of public sector experience, with more than 17 years in county government organizations in Colorado. He was the county manager for Adams County, Colo., from 2013 until last April. Since […]
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By Michelle Robertson, San Francisco Chronicle Researchers have uncovered a surprising trend in California migration: The populations of inland counties are growing faster than that of urban coastal counties. Phuong Nguyen, a research specialist at the California Department of Finance, began noticing the influx of Californians to inland regions, like San Joaquin and Sacramento, around […]
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