By Kathryn Reed More data and faster results. That’s what happens when volunteers are used as citizen scientists. The League to Save Lake Tahoe in the last few years has been embracing this approach involving projects dealing with water quality and lake clarity. Jesse Patterson, deputy director of the League, on March 18 gave a […]
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To the community, In response to the letter from Mr. (Mark) Allione, the district would like to offer some information. Based upon the Proposition 218 notice last year, the maximum rate increase over the three-year period shown in the graph that a typical single family residence may experience (6.5 percent for water, 6 percent for […]
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By Puneet Kollipara, Washington Post Deserts and remote fields are popular spots for building vast arrays of solar panels, which generate dramatically more energy than individual homeowner rooftop installations. These areas are rich in sunlight while offering plenty of clear, flat land to work with. But what if we didn’t always have to go all […]
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By Michelle Rindels, AP CARSON CITY — Pets might soon be able to use pot under a bill introduced Tuesday in the Nevada Legislature. Democratic state Sen. Tick Segerblom is sponsoring the measure that would allow animal owners to get marijuana for their pet if a veterinarian certifies the animal has an illness that might […]
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Deteriorating snow conditions at the base of the mountain and no snow in the immediate forecast has forced Sugar Bowl to close earlier than normal. The ski resort’s last day will be March 22. Through Sunday Mt. Lincoln Express, Christmas Tree Express and Nob Hill chairlifts will offer top-to-bottom skiing and riding on 40 trails. On […]
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By Adam Nagourney, New York Times LOS ANGELES — The rainy season drove into California in December with wet and windy promise: soaking rain, snow, dark gray skies and a flash of hope that the drought that has scorched this region had run its course. And then came January — with record high temperatures and […]
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Several troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol as well as other employees for the Department of Public Safety will be volunteering their time to raise money for Special Olympics Nevada and California on March 20 from 5-9pm at the Hard Rock Café inside Harveys at Stateline. These volunteer waiters and waitresses will assist the restaurant staff as they work for […]
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The state Board of Equalization is warning Californians about tax-related phone scams. The BOE has received multiple reports from taxpayers who received phone calls from someone impersonating a local police officer who demanded immediate payment for a tax liability and threatened arrest. The callers’ spoof police department or BOE telephone numbers on caller ID, creating […]
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• Camp Richardson’s Snowshoe Cocktail Races is March 21 at 7pm. Sand or snow the race will go on behind the Beacon restaurant alongside the lake. • El Dorado County has extended the deadline to apply for the Court House Blue Ribbon Committee to March 20 at 3pm. Here is the application. • University of […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee In 1990, when his father was about to remarry, Andy Harris’ grandmother took him aside and told him there was something he should know about his stepmother-to-be. Four years earlier, the grandmother told him, Colleen Ann Batten had been tried for murder in the shotgun killing of her first husband, […]
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