By Kat Kerlin, Davis Enterprise What happens to the land when a ski run is abandoned? Not much, if the run was previously graded, according to a study from UC Davis. The study, published online Wednesday in the Journal of Applied Ecology, evaluated six abandoned ski areas in the Northern Sierra region of California and […]
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By Malcoolm Ritter, AP Last month was the globe’s warmest November on record, the seventh consecutive month to reach a new high. A climate update Thursday from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also noted a record-warm average temperature for January through November as a whole. NOAA scientist Jake Crouch said it’s “virtually certain” that […]
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El Dorado County has created a website with the latest health statistics as well as how the county compares to other counties across the state and nation? The The database includes more than 90 indicators relating to the health and demographics of El Dorado County, such as obesity, cancer and diabetes rates; information on public transportation […]
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By John Flesher, AP TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Some of the world’s biggest temperature jumps are happening in lakes — an ominous sign that suggests problems such as harmful algae blooms and low-oxygen zones hazardous to fish will get worse, says a scientific report. An analysis of 235 lakes that together hold more than […]
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Moving rocks in Lake Tahoe so they would not scrape kayaks and creating an 8-foot-wide path 4 feet into the water as well as a rock line path in the sand cost Martis Camp Club $5,000. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board approved the settlement agreement on Dec. 16. The Beach Shack is located […]
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· Sierra-at-Tahoe’s avi dogs will be at the Solstice Plaza from 2-4pm on Dec. 19. · The SnowSport Safety Foundation has ranked area ski resorts for safety. The results are online. · Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District is sharing this video about Christmas tree fires. · Lisa Carbonell, an obgyn, has joined Barton Women’s Health. […]
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By Associated Press Drug overdoses rose again last year, driven by surges in deaths from heroin and powerful prescription painkillers, according to new federal statistics. Overdose deaths in the U.S. surpassed 47,000 — up 7 percent from the previous year. Many of the deaths were due to a group of powerful opioid painkillers, which have […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe’s economy is not thriving. That was the message delivered this week by three members of the Tahoe Prosperity Center. “We need to make it a less difficult place to make a living,” Heidi Hill Drum, executive director of TPC, told a group of near two dozen people at Lake Tahoe […]
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By Joe Mathews How many state champions does California need? There’s a new answer to this question: 13. That’s how many state football champions California will crown this weekend during five state bowl games at Sacramento State’s Hornet Stadium and eight other games around the state. That’s a big increase from the five state champions […]
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By Erin Beresini, Outside Altitude training—it’s not just for elite athletes anymore. What with the rise of altitude chambers and hypoxic workout rooms in your local gym, oxygen-deprivation hypoxicator masks, and even hypoxic bed chambers (Michael Phelps slept in one in his run-up to the 2012 London Olympics), amateur athletes are now using these tools […]
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