By Associated Press With the start of summer two months away, the Truckee River’s level already is dropping around Reno after flows into it from a Sierra Nevada reservoir were halted last week. Federal Water Master Chad Blanchard said he needed to begin closing Boca Reservoir’s floodgates on Thursday because of its low water levels […]
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Bona Fide Books will host an art reception for plein air painter Claudia A. Garza on May 1, 6:30-8:30pm at its shop in Meyers. This event is free and open to the public. Raised in Chicago, Garza is a longtime art lover who began studying with Phyllis Shafer and Dave Russo at Lake Tahoe Community […]
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Updated April 21 2:43pm: A one-time worker for the El Dorado County’s Republican Party who has worked on numerous political campaigns has been arrested on felony willful infliction of corporal injury of a cohabitant charges. Rodney Stanhope, 47, is married, but the alleged victim was not his wife. The Placerville resident was arrested earlier this month. […]
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By Jenna Iacurci, Nature World News It turns out that California wildfires release more greenhouse gases than previously thought, according to new research. According to the study, from 2001-10, annual carbon losses from forests and wildlands in California represented as much as 5-7 percent of state carbon emissions. Interestingly, the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act, […]
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By Associated Press A 13-year-old boy was hit and killed by a train Sunday evening while walking along tracks near Truckee, about 20 miles west of the California-Nevada line. KXTV in Sacramento reports California and Nevada officials found the boy’s body after responding to reports of a pedestrian incident near Interstate 80. Anthony William Schafer […]
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By Erik Sherman, Fortune There will be businesses, new and old, that find water shortages can produce profits. As droughts become more common throughout the world, these 9 industries may thrive. It’s crunch time for water, with shortages presenting one of the top global risks over the next decade, according to the World Economic Forum. […]
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Murray is one of several small, fluffy dogs that have just arrived at the Tahoe shelter to find new homes. He is a very sweet little poodle, 5 years old, who loves to go for walks and car rides. If you are lucky enough to visit the shelter when all the little dogs are outside, […]
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By Kathryn Reed FAIR PLAY – Wells in El Dorado County’s wine country continue to drop because the minuscule snowmelt from the Sierra is unable to recharge the aquifer. Vineyards relying on surface or ditch water are in tougher shape because of the severe cutback in allocations. However, even those on wells are wondering what […]
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By Larry Weitzman At the April 15 special meeting of the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors’ meeting, whose main purpose was a CAO budget update presentation to address the continuing county annual deficits, the operative word was “bloated.” During the meeting CAO Pamela Knorr admitted that the budget was bloated and she said it […]
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By Natasha Singer, New York Times Consumers looking to use their mobile devices to improve their health — or at least maintain their well-being — have tens of thousands of choices. But if those consumers are already healthy, the apps won’t necessarily do them any good, according to a new report in The BMJ, a […]
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