By Chris Buckley, KOLO-TV TRUCKEE — About 400 students and community members heard from first responders and Coast Guard Auxiliary members on Wednesday. The topic was cold-water survival techniques, a subject that for many hits close to home. “In early January we had a canoe that turned over in Donner Lake,” Truckee Fire District Public […]
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By Angela Haines, Forbes It’s getting easier to make a living doing what you really enjoy. Especially since there seem to be enough customers who can afford to indulge their taste for artisanal or handcrafted products. Jimmy Beans Wool was founded in 2002 by software engineer Laura Zander who, afraid of losing work during the […]
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By Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee California revenues missed the mark in February by 3.2 percent, or $146.3 million, state Controller John Chiang said Monday. Chiang, who manages the state’s cash, said the shortfall was likely due to a spike in tax refunds going out earlier than expected in February. Income tax receipts were 5.7 percent, […]
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Richard Bales, director of the Sierra Nevada Research Institute at U.C. Merced, will present new research on the beneficial impacts to water resources from sound forest management. In a recently published paper, Bales makes the case that the Sierra Nevada Watershed Ecosystem Enhancement Project could increase water yield from forests and extend the retention of […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the March 12, 2012, Sacramento Bee. No single politician is going to change Proposition 13, the iconic 1978 initiative that slashed property taxes, anytime soon. It’s easy to understand why. A Field Poll last September showed that 34 years after its passage, voters by a ratio of more than […]
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By USA Today ROCKVILLE, Md. — Many of America’s teens smoke cigarettes as well as use smokeless tobacco, and the tobacco industry’s marketing fuels their addiction, says the first U.S. surgeon general’s report on youth tobacco use since 1994. “The numbers are really shocking,” Surgeon General Regina Benjamin said in an interview, citing data in […]
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Kenny Broad doesn’t shy away from tough physical conditions or tough issues. Through a unique combination of underwater cave exploration, photography and environmental anthropology, he tackles challenging expeditions to unexplored caves and probes controversial problems ranging from climate change to inequity in natural resource management, focusing on the potential use and misuse of scientific information. […]
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Lynn Gillette, president of Sierra Nevada College, talks about what’s new, changing and the future of the college as the guest at the Fireside Chat in the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences room 139/141 on March 20 from 7-9pm. Gillette is well versed in the growth and changes at the Incline Village college having served […]
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Pints for Paws is a beer tasting featuring beers from Bison Brewery with proceeds benefiting South Lake Tahoe Canine Association. The event is March 15 at 5pm at Cork and More, 1032 Al Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. Cost is $15. Tickets are limited and may be purchased before that night at the store. For […]
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Caltrans announce today that Highway 50 from Strawberry to Cedar Street in El Dorado County will be subject to one-way traffic controls. The controls will be effect March 12 until 11am while a crew does roadway grinding.
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