By Alejandro Lazo, Wall Street Journal SACRAMENTO — School districts in California are grappling with a newly enacted, first-of-its-kind law that spells out rights for those students who don’t identify as being the gender of their birth. California law AB1266, the first such statewide legislation in the country, grants students who identify themselves as transgender […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Drugs, alcohol and violence are the three primary reasons women end up in jail in El Dorado County. And meth is the drug of choice. It takes a minimum of six years to kick the habit. And the deterioration of what one looks like is rapid and dramatic. But sometimes […]
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By Phil Plait, Slate To me, one of the most fascinating aspects of climate change denial is how deniers essentially never publish in legitimate journals, but instead rely on talk shows, grossly error-laden OpEds, and hugely out-of-date claims (that were never right to start with). In 2012, National Science Board member James Lawrence Powell investigated […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of a series of blurbs about how the lack of winter is impacting the Lake Tahoe Basin. If you have an idea, please email it to info@LakeTahoeNews.net. Sierra-at-Tahoe ski school employees were sent an email Jan. 23 saying their hours would be cut as well as the hours the employee […]
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Representatives from 11 North Lake Tahoe environmental foundations and nonprofit organizations gathered at Northstar Jan. 16 to participate in the inaugural Northstar Ski Challenge. Teams competed for a prize purse totaling more than $23,000 in cash and in-kind donations. Each organization’s team received a Northstar Ski Challenge passport at the start of the day; skiers […]
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Tampering with a bear trap could cost two women $1,500 if they are found guilty. An April 9 trial date has been set for Cheryl Ann Morrison, 63, of Truckee and her daughter, Season Marie Morrison, 35, of Reno. On Jan. 21 they pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of obstructing or interfering with a […]
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By Laurel Rosenhall, Sacramento Bee Disposable plastic bags would be banned from grocery check-out stands in California and consumers would pay at least a dime for a paper or re-usable plastic bag under a compromise proposal negotiated with key opponents of last year’s bill to ban plastic shopping bags. Lawmakers plan to unveil the deal […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post X Games owner ESPN and the Aspen Skiing Co. announced Wednesday a deal that would keep the winter carnival of now-Olympic athleticism at Aspen’s Buttermilk ski area for another five years. The X Games launches its 13th year in Aspen this week. By 2019, the Roaring Fork Valley will have […]
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Updated Jan. 23 6:05pm: Someone shot and killed a coyote on the South Shore Jan. 22. The animal was left to bleed to death in the snow. This occurred off Ottawa Drive in the unincorporated area of El Dorado County. Neighbors have been interviewed, but there are no suspects yet, according to El Dorado County […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews resumed prescribed fire operations Jan. 23 off Highway 89 near South Lake Tahoe. Crews are burning piles in the Luther Pass campground and will continue operations through Jan. 24, weather and conditions permitting. All prescribed fire projects are conducted in accordance with an approved prescribed fire burn plan. Burn […]
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