By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times Gary Serrato watched as a tractor worked its way across a field of dried-up weeds, slicing the sandy dirt into orderly furrows. The field was being readied not for a crop but for what he hopes will be a bountiful harvest of floodwater this El Niño winter. “We’re going […]
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By David Perlman, San Francisco Chronicle Fishers, those rare little forest animals barely larger than a big house cat, are dying from rat poisons left behind by illegal marijuana growers in California who abandon their plantations when the law closes in. Ecologist Mourad Gabriel should know: He lives in Blue Lake, a Humboldt County town […]
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Mother Nature is saying to heck with fall, winter is here — at least in Lake Tahoe. Storms combined with snowmaking are allowing Heavenly Mountain Resort and Northstar to open Nov. 14 — six days sooner than planned. This is the earliest opening since 2012, and the first time opening six days ahead of schedule since at […]
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By Robert Pursell, GrindTV Donner Pass is one of the most treacherous mountain roads in America, a passage in the Northern Sierras famous for a party of pioneers that got stranded by deep snow within it in the 1840s and resorted to cannibalism to survive. Naturally, given its tragic history, winding roads and sheer cliffs, […]
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Paul Friederici, owner of at Alpine Carpet One in South Lake Tahoe, is being honored on Veterans Day by the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, an organization begun in memory of a fallen Sept. 11 firefighter. Building for America’s Bravest program builds hi-tech “smart homes” for service members returning from war who have been catastrophically injured. […]
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By Associated Press STOCKHOLM — Climate change could push more than 100 million people into extreme poverty by 2030 by disrupting agriculture and fueling the spread of malaria and other diseases, the World Bank said in a report Sunday. Released just weeks ahead of a U.N. climate summit in Paris, the report highlighted how the […]
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To the community, Six times a year Heavenly Mountain Resort partners with Bread & Broth to host an Adopt A Day of Nourishment thanks to Vail’s Epic Promise Grant program. On Oct. 19, Heavenly hosted the evening dinner and sent a great crew from the product, sales and services team. “We are always honored to […]
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· The Bona Fide Print Club and Book Arts Club in Meyers have new techniques to share. Bring your own tools or use the club’s. Creative sessions are on second and fourth Sundays and third Mondays. The next date is Nov. 16 from 6-9pm. Cost is $10. Go online for more info. · Concerts at […]
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By Kathryn Reed There are many wonderful things to embrace about the changing seasons. In the food world, it means soup. As a vegetarian it can be frustrating to eat out and not be able to get the soup. So many places use chicken or beef broth even for what otherwise would be a vegetarian […]
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Allie is one of 17 cats and kittens at the shelter right now. She is a 3-year-old female gray tabby shorthair with a huge purr. She loves to be around people, and is good with other cats and well-mannered dogs. She was left behind when her owners moved. Allie is spayed, microchipped, tested for FIV, […]
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