By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Faced with a presidential administration that’s dialing back climate change policies, California is getting even more aggressive on battling greenhouse gases. Electric utilities in California already are working to generate half of their power through solar and other renewable energy sources by 2030, one of the most aggressive timetables […]
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· Jamie Orr has been appointed to the South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission. · Reports say Nevada needs 200 pilots to make up for a rash of retirements and high demand for flights. · El Dorado Winery Association’s second annual Blind Barrel is July 15 at 6pm at Lava Cap winery. For more info, go […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe hopes to have a dedicated fire boat on the water this summer. The City Council on Tuesday agreed to allocate up to $75,000 for a used vessel. The money would come from the emergency medical services fund. The fire department had a boat starting in 1999, but it was […]
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It’s official — Squaw Valley intends to be open all summer for skiing. The ski resort will be open July 1-4 and Saturdays thereafter as long as conditions allow. The resort registered 714 inches of snow this winter, equaling nearly 60 feet. And more moisture is on the way this weekend. Squaw Valley currently has […]
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By Kathryn Reed A bankruptcy judge in Reno may decide the future ownership of the strip of commercial space in South Lake Tahoe’s Bijou Center that houses a medical marijuana dispensary. Lawyers for Patty Olson want all agreements with Cody Bass to be terminated and for Bob Hassett to be the owner of the parcel. […]
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By Jeremy Jones, Reno Gazette-Journal Dear Republican voters: We need to talk. I’m a professional snowboarder, and during a 25-year career I’ve seen first-hand how winters have changed, how they’ve gotten warmer and inconsistent. For example, in the last 30 years, the northern hemisphere has lost a million square miles of spring snowpack and every […]
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By Terence P. Jeffrey, CNS News Four decades ago, in the mid-1970s, young American adults–in the 18-to-34 age bracket–were far more likely to be married and living with a spouse than living in their parents’ home. But that is no longer the case, according to a new study by the U.S. Census Bureau. “There are […]
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The West Shore Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Reduction and Forest Health Project will treat approximately 4,875 acres extending from Emerald Bay to Burton Creek State Park. The project includes thinning and fuels reduction treatments intended to reduce the risk of severe wildfire, provide defensible space to adjacent communities, and improve forest health by thinning trees […]
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By Nic Abelow Getting kids involved in college planning may be an excellent way to teach responsibility to young people — a lesson that could reap benefits well beyond their college years. Children can earn money, learn about sources of financial aid, research potential colleges and take other steps that may relieve their parents of […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Moisture from Nevada’s historically wet winter will tamp down wildfire risk during early summer months. But once the vegetation that’s turning much of the Silver State green dries out wildfires could be bigger than normal. That’s according to a wildland fire outlook from the National Interagency Fire Center. The outlook […]
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