By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal The mountain snowpack is fat but funding to unravel what it means for western communities and the environment is thin. That’s the dynamic facing scientists who study climate, snow and water in California and Nevada. They gathered Thursday for the fifth Great Basin Climate Forum at the Desert Research Institute […]
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Spooner Lake is going to the dogs, with rangers leading an easy two-mile guided hike for social dogs with people at the end of their leash. People should wear sturdy shoes or hiking boots, and bring water for themselves as well as their dogs. Sign up for the April 16 event by emailing spooner.ranger@gmail.com or […]
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John Kleppe, UNR professor emeritus, will be on the South Shore on April 25 to discuss Ancient Mega Droughts in the Lake Tahoe Basin and Beyond. Kleppe fished Fallen Leaf Lake for 15 years before discovering it contained a preserved medieval forest in its depths. Intrigued by his fishing hooks getting caught on a mysterious […]
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Registration for kindergarten and transitional kindergarten in Lake Tahoe Unified School District for next school year begins in May. For kindergarten, children must be 5 before Sept. 1, 2017, and the transitional program they must turn 5 between Sept. 2-Dec. 2, 2017. The transitional program is two years at Tahoe Valley Elementary School. California law […]
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By Cassie Wilson, KRNV-TV The water flows of the Truckee River are currently 3.5 times the average rate, thanks to early snow melt as well as precaution. Crews have been releasing water from Lake Tahoe and other upstream reservoirs since the end of February to make room for snow melt still to come. Lake Tahoe […]
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By Judy Lin, Los Angeles Times More than 20 times in the last 15 years, political leaders looking to control California’s fast-growing public pension costs have tried to put reform initiatives before the voters. None of the proposals has made it onto the ballot. Often, advocates could not raise enough money for signature gathering, advertising […]
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If conditions are favorable, the Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, California State Parks and the U.S. Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations on April 10. Operations may take place near Tahoe City, Glenbrook, Round Hill, Lower Kingsbury Grade, South Lake Tahoe, and Meyers. Weather permitting, operations may continue over the next several weeks. To […]
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By Tony Berendsen The total solar eclipse of 2017 is coming to the United States on Aug. 21. Now is the time to start planning your eclipse experience. There are only 4½ months left before eclipse time and the Lake Tahoe area will only see a partial, so to experience totality you will have to […]
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By Susan Wood Family traditions mean the world to Lori Barra, a Truckee woman who’s pouring her heart into her family’s wine business. When she’s not helping travelers fly the friendly skies at the United Airlines ticket counter at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport, Barra, 61, is marketing her family’s Mia Bea varietals. Created from a […]
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By Lauren Sveen, Denver Post I spend a lot of time discussing generational differences (which are, by definition, broad characterizations of groups of similarly aged people) and how best to handle them in the workplace. Over the last couple years, most of the conversation has centered around millennials — the burgeoning, often hard to understand […]
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