By Michael Brune and Kathryn Phillips By signing Senate Bill 4, a severely compromised fracking bill, Gov. Jerry Brown has shown a lack of optimism and confidence in California’s future at a time when the state has its greatest chance – and need – to move beyond oil and gas to clean energy. This is […]
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By Charlie Brennan, BoulderCamera On the last full day of his life, Todd Klarkowski stood in his house on Gilbert Street in Boulder and asked his common-law wife whether he should wear his prized and well-worn boots or his sneakers for an overnight business trip to California. “He was set in his ways. He’d ask […]
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By David Siders, Sacramento Bee With a referendum looming over the California Legislature’s approval of a controversial Indian casino in Madera County, Gov. Jerry Brown said Friday that casino opponents are setting a bad precedent in what is likely to be a multimillion-dollar fight between casino interests. “I think this is a dispute about money, […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee A massive fish die-off at Stampede Reservoir, 19 miles northeast of Truckee, is thought to be due to an algae bloom. “The bloom appears to be causing oxygen to lower in the deeper water, and there are hundreds and hundreds of dead kokanee and lake trout,” said fisheries biologist […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will begin the fall-winter prescribed fire program Sept. 30. The first operation will take place near Pioneer Trail and Al Tahoe Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe. Approximately 9 acres will be burned in one or two days. Fall and winter bring cooler temperatures and precipitation, which […]
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By Jeffery Weidel, Examiner While many of Lake Tahoe’s ski resorts are thrilled at seeing snowfall twice in the past week, Boreal Mountain Resort is taking a more pro-active approach: Boreal is making snow. Boreal fired up 14 of its snow-making guns on Sept. 27 and if conditions warrant, Boreal could open in 30 days […]
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By Eric Whitney, NPR Tuesday is a big day for the White House. That’s when new open in every state, where people can buy the insurance the Affordable Care Act requires next year. They will also see if they qualify for new subsidies to help them afford it. The day will be met by both […]
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The 2013 Kokanee Trail Runs hosted by the Tahoe Mountain Milers Running Club has been canceled this year. The U.S. Forest Service requested this because of the extensive forest thinning operations in the area where the running events occur, specifically between Taylor Creek, Fallen Leaf Lake dam and Cathedral Road. The Forest Service’s Fall Fish […]
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By Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times With Cronuts, ramen burgers and calorie-laden mash-ups dominating our current food culture, it should come as no surprise that as a country we’re not scoring high marks for healthy diets. According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s new American diet report card, we’re barely passing. The […]
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Sept. 22 was the inaugural Ironman Lake Tahoe that covered much of the North Shore and went into Truckee.
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