By Diane Wittenberg and Michael Peevey California is in the process of passing the baton of environmental leadership to China. But can it transfer the spirit of Californians as well? The two of us have been participants and observers for decades as California extended its environmental leadership. In the process, we’ve learned that environmental leadership […]
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By Jonas O. Bergman, Bloomberg On this winter day, the world was upside down: it was raining in the Arctic Circle and snowing in Rome. The contradiction was not lost on those gathered at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, located near the top of the world. The scientists, activists, executives and government officials were in Longyearbyen, […]
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Updated March 23: By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Humane Society has gone to the dogs – in a bad way. Now the board is backpedaling a bit on what is going on. Board secretary/treasurer Sue Pritchett on Thursday sent Lake Tahoe News an email stating, “The comment on the closing of the Humane Society was […]
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By Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle It has all the earmarks of a “Miracle March” — heavy dousings of rain, intense flurries of snow in the Sierra mountains and roadway havoc — but the showy display of stormy weather across California this week isn’t fooling the experts. Despite encouraging signs, including a Sierra snowpack […]
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Lira’s Market in Meyers is changing hands. The Lira family opened the Tahoe grocery story in 2000. They have sold it to North State Grocery, which operates Holiday Market and Sav-Mor Foods. Reports are that Lira’s will become a Holiday Market. The new company is based in Cottonwood and has been in business since 1962. […]
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The special El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meeting scheduled for March 24 in Meyers has been canceled. The incoming storm is the reason. The meeting was to solely focus on vacation home rentals. The county plans to reschedule at a later date.
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Liberty Utilities and NV Energy are reporting outages at various locations around the Lake Tahoe Basin. Weather is the culprit. Rain, snow and wind have brought down lines. Both companies said they are working as fast as they can to restore power to the affected customers. “We do have a contract line crew on standby […]
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By Marcella Corona and Yvonne Beasley, Reno Gazette-Journal Trooper Matt McLaughlin of the Nevada Highway Patrol said one car was caught in the edge of the slide on Thursday, but the single occupant of the vehicle was able to escape. But ski patrol from Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe is currently searching for a second vehicle […]
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To the community, The local Tahoe Douglas Elks Lodge No. 2670 has been an ongoing sponsor for Bread & Broth’s Adopt A Day of Nourishment and generously hosts two or three sponsorship dinners annually. Their most current AAD sponsorship was at B&B’s Monday meal on March 12 and thanks to their sponsorship, B&B fed […]
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By Ben Nuckols, AP WASHINGTON — With the Supreme Court poised to rule on a case that could end the federal ban on sports gambling, more than a third of U.S. states are considering legislation to get in on the action, and professional leagues and casino interests are lobbying against each other for the biggest […]
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