By Jeff Daniels, CNBC Shares of Whole Foods Market jumped nearly 10 percent on Monday after activist investor Jana Partners took a nearly 9 percent stake in the company and suggested it should consider putting itself up for sale. Jana is attempting to engage with Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, sources told CNBC, although […]
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Sierra Club Tahoe Area Group is hosting an interactive meeting to resist the current erosion of environmental protections the club has worked so hard to achieve. Organizers will discuss local issues and what’s looming in the future for the Lake Tahoe-Truckee region. Participation from members and non-members is encouraged. The meeting will be April 26, […]
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By Brian K Sullivan, Bloomberg It’s not your imagination. The weather has been weird. So weird, in fact, it’s had an almost biblical feel: a February tornado in Massachusetts; record wildfires across the Great Plains and beyond; more snow than ever in the Sierra Nevada; and temperatures whiplashing from balmy to frigid, killing crops and coaxing flowers […]
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· There will be climate change march on April 29 starting at Lakeview Commons in South Lake Tahoe beginning at 10am and going to Bijou Community Park for Earth Day. RSVP to the march online. This is being put on by the Sierra Nevada Alliance and League to Save Lake Tahoe. · Michael Mikel, founder […]
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By Jessica Hice, Sacramento Bee A bus driver was struck and killed by a California Highway Patrol vehicle while assisting at the scene of a traffic accident near Truckee Saturday night. A CHP officer arrived at an accident site on eastbound Interstate 80 near Iceland Grade, about 5 miles east of Truckee, where a charter […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal The people who measure Sierra Nevada snow are running out of adjectives to quantify 2017’s drought-busting totals. It’s forcing them to use more creative descriptions. At one snow-measuring site in the Desolation Wilderness southwest of Lake Tahoe there’s so much snow that if it melted in place there would be […]
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A fire early Monday morning caused the roof to collapse on a home in Homewood. The occupant and dog were able to escape without injury. According to the North Tahoe Fire Protection, the fire was reported about 12:50am April 10 on Sierra Vista Avenue. “Firefighters arrived to a fully involved structure fire, with energized power […]
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By Nevada Department of Wildlife There are many items to check and recheck before launching a boat for the first summertime trip. If you want professional help, find a good boat mechanic and take your boat in for a full inspection and tune up. The Coast Guard Auxiliary conducts free vessel safety checks throughout the […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP Nevada’s chief legal adviser wants a judge to dismiss all but a narrow piece of a series of lawsuits accusing state forestry officials of mishandling a prescribed burn that turned into a raging wildfire and destroyed 23 homes along the edge of the Sierra. The homeowners say they suffered more than […]
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The Nevada Division of Forestry is seeking applications for the Volunteer Fire Assistance grant program. Approximately $200,000 from the U.S. Forest Service’s State and Private Forestry program will be available for rural (local and volunteer) fire departments statewide. The purpose of this funding is to improve rural fire departments’ readiness for and response to wildfires, […]
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