By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle Beyond all the hype over a possible drought-busting El Niño this winter is a much grimmer prospect for California: a dry La Niña come fall. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration joined international forecasters recently in predicting the potential rise of El Niño’s sister phenomenon, La Niña — a […]
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Nevada traffic deaths rose in 2015 over the previous year. Preliminary data shows that 321 traffic fatalities occurred on Nevada roads in 2015, an increase of 30 deaths compared to the previous year. When compared with the number of miles driven in Nevada, though, traffic deaths have dropped from an average of 1.54 deaths per every […]
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An El Dorado County teenager won the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Wildlife Officer Foundation’s essay contest. Brian McCoard, a 13-year-old hunter from Cool, will be awarded a lifetime hunting license at the International Sportsmen’s Exposition in Sacramento on Jan. 23. Entrants explained what “Passing on the Tradition” of hunting means to […]
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South Lake Tahoe is providing a new way to report snow removal and public works related concerns. It can be done online. Primary routes are plowed first when generally 3 inches of snow accumulates throughout the city. Initially, one lane is plowed to create a travel lane throughout the entire route. Plows will return to continue to push the snow off the street. […]
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By Susan Wood It’s taken more than divine intervention to keep Heavenly Mountain Resort operating and successful for the last 60 years. It’s taken a group of dedicated, resilient, ambitious individuals – some as ski bums in other lives – who have overcome tragedy and embraced triumph. They reflect fondly on this dual-state South Shore […]
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By Cati Porter Ahtziri and I are sitting on a stone garden bench outside the church in Riverside where my children take piano lessons. In her hand is a stack of papers—typed forms for me to sign, neatly handwritten manuscript pages, and sketches of fictional characters with names and biographical information. I have been asked […]
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By Associated Press More Americans are shunning costly home broadband and using their cellphones to get online, a survey shows. Eighty percent of U.S. adults had Internet access this year, whether through a smartphone or a home Internet connection, up from 78 percent two years ago, according to the survey published by the Pew Research […]
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By Sumathi Reddy, Wall Street Journal Good sleep isn’t just about how long you sleep. Continuity may be equally important. Getting up in middle of the night multiple times to soothe a crying baby or go to the bathroom impacts your mood and cognitive abilities the next day, research has found. In a study published […]
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By Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee Thirteen local government employees in the capital region received lump-sum payments of more than $100,000 in 2014, the Sacramento Bee found in an analysis of data from the State Controller’s Office. The analysis included city and county governments in Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer and Yolo counties and did not include […]
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By Javier Panzar, Los Angeles Times It was the spring of 1998. Then-Assemblywoman Grace F. Napolitano was in the middle of a heated battle with fellow Democrat Jamie Casso. With the primary to fill the House seat opened up by the retirement of Casso’s father-in-law, Democratic Rep. Esteban Torres, approaching, Napolitano and her advisors zeroed […]
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