By Kathryn Reed MEEKS BAY – While there has been more snow than recent years, it still hasn’t been normal in Lake Tahoe. A snowshoe in late February put the exclamation point on this statement. Rarely were the snowshoes even on; part of the time Yak-Tracks were worn and much of the time all that […]
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By Rachel Burstein Why can’t history classes show students why history matters? That’s what I thought as I read through a new framework for teaching K-12 history in the U.S.—California’s History-Social Science Framework. This is supposed to be the new, 21st century approach. It spans hundreds of pages of minute detail. But this document doesn’t […]
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By Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times Adding a little dark chocolate to a training diet may effortlessly improve endurance performance, according to a new study of sports nutrition. The findings provide ammunition both for athletes looking for an edge and those hoping for an excuse to indulge. For some time, dark chocolate has been touted […]
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By Julie Lasky, New York Times On Feb. 15, Rob Calabrese, a Canadian radio disc jockey, launched a website inviting Americans to take refuge on a Nova Scotia island. The site, Cape Breton if Donald Trump Wins, has received 977,000 visits and so many inquiries about emigrating that it now offers a link to the […]
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By Jason Hildago, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada “cautiously” agreed on Tuesday with efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to include an abandoned copper mine near the town of Yerington on its priority list of contaminated sites. Gov. Brian Sandoval announced the decision in a letter to the EPA, allowing the agency to include the Anaconda copper mine to […]
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By Laurel Hamers, Mercury News STANFORD — Stanford researchers who studied trends in the atmospheric circulation patterns that affect California’s rainfall have found that conditions linked to the hot, dry weather during our latest drought have become more frequent in recent decades, according to research published Friday. That means that while this year’s El Niño-driven […]
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California State Parks, Nevada Division of Forestry and U.S. Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations beginning April 4, weather permitting. On the West and North shores, operations may take place in Burton Creek and Sugar Pine Point state parks. On the East Shore, operations may take place near Sand Harbor, Spooner Summit and Camp […]
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The former Swiss Mart property in Kings Beach is on the market. This 0.3-acre parcel on Highway 28 is owned by the successor agency in Placer County, the entity that took over when the state made jurisdictions disband redevelopment agencies. The property consists of two lots, with one of the parcels having an easement for the […]
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A bus full of college students on their way to ski at Lake Tahoe caught fire this morning. About 40 University of San Francisco students were on board when flames erupted. No one was injured. Caltrans officials said the bus was destroyed. This occurred on Interstate 80 near Rainbow about 9am April 2. The occupants […]
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By Michael Doyle, Sacramento Bee A gate meant to protect bats using a mine shaft in Tahoe National Forest also impedes the miners who have staked a claim on the site. But now, capping a dispute that has spanned multiple courts and encompassed everything from the Fifth Amendment to federal bat-protection efforts, a judge has […]
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