In light of the recent accidents involving pedestrians who have been struck and killed, and the fact that pedestrian-related crashes in Douglas, Lyon and Washoe counties were higher in 2011 compared to the previous year, troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol will be concentrating their enforcement efforts on pedestrian and crosswalk violations over the next […]
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By Kathryn Reed Homewood Mountain Resort’s desire to reinvent the West Shore ski resort is an “ill-conceived, inadequately studied, and environmentally-disruptive development project … threatening one of our nation’s iconic landscapes.” At least that is what documents filed Jan. 5 in U.S. District Court in Sacramento say. Earthjustice on behalf of Friends of the West […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews are scheduled to resume prescribed fire operations on the South Shore Jan. 6. Operations will take place in the Pioneer Trail-Highway 50 area near Meyers. Fuels Management crews expect to complete 1 acre, which will be extinguished at the end of the crew shift. Residents and visitors can expect […]
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By Jason Blevins, ESPN.com Ski resorts are feuding with their Forest Service landlord over a water rights clause in updated ski area permitting regulations that keeps water rights tied to the land, not the resort operator. After intense lobbying — which included stern letters from a host of congressman and senators — last week the […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee In 1960, with the sports world poised to show up on their doorstep, organizers of the Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley grew increasingly nervous through an unusually dry January. “There was virtually no snow at Squaw Valley, and they brought in tribal snow-dancers and cloud-seeders,” said Mark McLaughlin, a […]
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By Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown proposed Thursday slashing nearly $1.4 billion in welfare and child care aid for the poor while holding voters liable for $5 billion in education funding with a November tax measure. The Democratic governor announced his January budget plan this afternoon after his proposal was inadvertently leaked on […]
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Lake Tahoe authors Jeremy Evans and Scott Lankford are next up in Lake Tahoe Community College’s Writers Series. The two will talk about their recent books on Jan. 25 at 8pm in the LTCC library. This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase. Evans will talk about “In […]
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The Weekly magazine is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2012 with an exhibit of 30 years of Weekly covers at North Tahoe Arts Center in Tahoe City through Feb. 27. An Opening Reception is Jan. 13 from 5 to 7pm at the Arts Center, and everyone is invited to attend. The exhibit will feature 30 […]
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Alpenglow Sports in Tahoe City has partnered with outdoor industry leader Backcountry Access to provide a free community avalanche awareness event on Jan. 25 at 6:30pm. The event will help attendees better understand avalanche beacon function and the advancements of these vital backcountry tools over the past few years. The evening will last two-plus hours […]
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By Amy E. West, Santa Cruz Sentinel Plying through the infamous “Garbage Patch” in the North Pacific, a solar-powered catamaran gobbles up fishing nets, plastic bags and Styrofoam blocks, and then shoves them into a high-temperature cooker to convert the litter to fuel. This fuel propels the boat farther to devour more plastic – until […]
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