By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Wall Street’s scary losing streak could put a dent in California’s fragile economic recovery. In some ways, it already has. The huge downturn in the stock market, punctuated by Monday’s near-record fall, is costing the state’s public pension funds billions of dollars. It’s putting a strain on tax revenues – […]
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Lake Tahoe’s All-Women Sports Camp is hosting a weekend of mountain biking, road cycling, triathlon training and running for women of all abilities on Aug. 20-21 at Northstar-at-Tahoe. The weekend will include endurance clinics, group bike rides, group runs, yoga on the beach, and stand-up paddleboard. The All-Women Sports Camp will be led by mountain […]
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• Smokey the Bear turns 67 today. Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is having a birthday party today at 2pm at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center on Highway 89. • Douglas County Mosquito Control District is having an open house at its offices on Airport Road in Minden on Aug. 10 from 4-7pm. • Tahoe […]
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When it adopted the budget last fiscal year, the Placer County Board of Supervisors directed Planning Services staff to begin the process of updating community plans within the Lake Tahoe Basin. There are nine County Community/General Plans within the basin. Most are joint planning documents between the county and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency adopted nearly […]
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By Steve Fleischli, Natural Resources Defense Council The climate is changing. That simple fact really shouldn’t be subject to dispute. Something else that probably shouldn’t be subject to dispute: We are not all going to die from climate change. Undoubtedly, some people will die. Those without resources. Those with no place to go. Those without […]
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By Anne Knowles MINDEN – Plans to reroute Burke Creek under Highway 50 are getting under way in the first phase of a long-term project to restore Rabe Meadow. Douglas County Commissioners last week requested $100,000 from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Stream Environment Zone Fund to design the Burke Creek portion of the project. […]
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By Michael Martinez, Reno Gazette-Journal The Washoe County School District is facing a $50 million budget deficit this year. Will greening the operations of the school district erode that revenue shortfall? Probably not. But what a handful of projects might do is jump-start the district’s mandate to get students prepared for green jobs that the […]
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By Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal When Ormat Technologies Inc. first set up shop in Northern Nevada in 1984, geothermal development activity was about as hot as a lukewarm glass of tap water. “I think we maybe had one or two more geothermal developers back then,” said Paul Thomsen, Ormat’s director of policy and business development. […]
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By Laurel Rosenhall, Sacramento Bee Bills to legalize online gambling hit the state Capitol more than two years ago – and are likely headed for another year of debate. Lobbyists and political campaigns are benefiting from the protracted discussion, collecting millions of dollars from the card rooms, racetracks and Indian tribes seeking to shape the […]
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The body of a scuba diver who went missing on a dive in Lake Tahoe in 1994 has been identified as Donald Christopher Windecker. A friend diving with Windecker 17 years ago told authorities at the time they were surfacing when Windecker appeared to have equipment problems. Windecker’s body was found by other divers last […]
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