By Eli Stillman, Paradise Post Thousands of rural residents including many homeowners in El Dorado County will no longer be paying an annual fire prevention fee that was enacted in 2014. The fire prevention fee of more than $153 for homeowners in the state responsibility area totals $83 million annually for state government. The fee […]
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By Susan Wood SPARKS – From her gritty heartland rock to the resurging heartfelt soul, Melissa Etheridge’s love of her craft has stood the test of time. It shows in concert when she switches guitars, engages her audience with a wink, a nod and a roll of the eyes as well as those times she […]
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By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle As California emerges as a force on climate change and a counterweight to President Donald Trump, residents of the green-minded state widely support environmental actions taken by leaders in Sacramento, according to a survey released Wednesday. Fifty-one percent of California adults approve of the way Gov. Jerry Brown […]
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By Lake Tahoe News Hot, hot, hot. That’s the forecast for Lake Tahoe. “For the end of July and early August we are definitely going to be flirting with near record temperatures,” Evan LaGuardia, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Reno, told Lake Tahoe News. Temperatures are forecast to reach the 90s in parts […]
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By Tay Wiles, High Country News The morning after the 2016 presidential election, California’s legislative leaders issued a message that has set the tone for the state under the new administration, under President Trump. “Today, we woke up feeling like strangers in a foreign land,” it said. Since then, many Californians have pushed back against […]
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By Susan Wood STATELINE – Donning a Keep Tahoe Blue T-shirt, singer-guitarist Jack Johnson made his priorities clear early on to the environmentalists and fans on hand for the Harveys Summer Outdoor Concert Series Friday night. Booths to support his philanthropic, eco-friendly messages, soft rock smooth enough to provide the urge to swing in a […]
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By Maya L. Kapoor, High Country News Researchers at UNR have named three new toad species: the Dixie Valley toad, the Railroad Valley toad and the Hot Creek toad. This is an especially exciting feat because it’s rare to find new species of any amphibians, the class of animals that includes toads, frogs, newts, salamanders […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy INCLINE VILLAGE – Despite all its beauty, Lake Tahoe is sick. Climate change is the overriding factor for warming water, dying trees and the proliferation of invasive species. It’s an uphill battle for scientists trying to keep the balance or even tip the scale into the healthy realm. Geoff Schladow, director […]
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By Ken Ritter, AP Casinos in Nevada won 2.9 percent more from gamblers in the fiscal year that ended in June, compared with the year before, the Nevada Gaming Control Board said Thursday. For the 12 months from July 2016 to June 2017, so-called “casino win” in Nevada totaled more than $11.4 billion, according to […]
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By Carole Jablon-Bernardi When Abraham Lincoln ordered the completion of the Dome of the Capitol Building while the Civil War loomed, critics loudly protested. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in the middle of World War II, dedicated the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. John Kennedy asked for legislative support of the arts in 1962 while relaying both […]
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