By Ezra David Romero, Capital Public Radio Caltrans is taking climate change seriously. So seriously that the organization is prepping a dozen reports that evaluate how things like warming temperatures, changes in rainfall and wildfires affect roadways. “Climate change poses an immediate and growing threat to California, and Caltrans is being proactive in determining what […]
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A Santa Rosa man died skiing at Heavenly Mountain Resort on Wednesday. The name of the 49-year-old has not been released. He was on the Poma Trail when he lost control on Dec. 27. Resort officials would not say if the man was wearing a helmet, but first responders said he wasn’t. According to Lake […]
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By Kathryn Reed Parking is a growing problem on the South Shore. Those in the tourism industry want more people here. Those in the regulatory business want people out of their individual cars so they limit the number of parking spots that can built. Private businesses only want people parking there who are frequenting their […]
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November was a good month for North Lake Tahoe casinos, a lackluster month for South Shore venues and so-so for the whole state of Nevada. North Shore revenue was up 18.9 percent compared to 2016 to $1,859,371, Stateline was down 2.92 percent to $15,510,510, and statewide it was down 2.3 percent to $909,007,025. Tourism should […]
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A fire that started Thursday night in the Pine Nut Mountains has burned about 50 acres. Called the Holiday Fire, it is burning south of Gardnerville between Carter and Buffalo Spring. Crews had a hard time reaching the fire because of the remote location. It was reported just after 7pm Dec. 28 on acreage owned […]
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By Scott Smith, AP Unions have caught a whiff of a rare opportunity to organize a whole new set of workers as recreational marijuana becomes legal in California. The United Farm Workers, Teamsters and United Food and Commercial Workers are looking to unionize the tens of thousands of potential workers involved in the legal weed […]
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By Adam Jensen Improvements made in the two years since the passage of the Tahoe Valley Area Plan are as diverse as they are abundant. The redevelopment of several parcels, storm water treatment, transportation upgrades, and plans for additional open space are all taking shape following the passage of the area plan, a key step […]
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By Gerry Smith, Bloomberg On Twitter, they are openly bartered, donated, even celebrated. “Anyone have a Spectrum user ID & password I can trade for?” one Twitter user wrote last month. Another thanked her friend “for giving me his Spectrum username and password to watch the World Series Game 7.” A third tweeted: “Totally figured […]
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By Ellen Knickmeyer, AP At a state briefing on environmental rules that await growers entering California’s soon-to-be-legal marijuana trade, organic farmers Ulysses Anthony, Tracy Sullivan and Adam Mernit listened intently, eager to make their humble cannabis plot a model of sustainable agriculture in a notoriously destructive industry dominated by the black market. In line with […]
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The increased demand for rental properties is often associated with an increase in criminals taking advantage of unsuspecting victims. Truckee police officers are warning people that vacation rental scams are a common occurrence. It usually begins by a suspect searching the internet for legitimate houses for rent or sale. The scammer then uses the photos […]
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