By Brian K Sullivan, Bloomberg It’s not your imagination. The weather has been weird. So weird, in fact, it’s had an almost biblical feel: a February tornado in Massachusetts; record wildfires across the Great Plains and beyond; more snow than ever in the Sierra Nevada; and temperatures whiplashing from balmy to frigid, killing crops and coaxing flowers […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal The people who measure Sierra Nevada snow are running out of adjectives to quantify 2017’s drought-busting totals. It’s forcing them to use more creative descriptions. At one snow-measuring site in the Desolation Wilderness southwest of Lake Tahoe there’s so much snow that if it melted in place there would be […]
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By Kathryn Reed Financially troubled resort owner Intrawest has finally been bought. It’s been a slow demise for the Colorado-based firm that was once the largest ski resort operator in the world. KSL Capital Partners, the parent company of Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows ski resorts, along with Aspen Skiing Company – both Colorado-based firms […]
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By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee Housing affordability – or more precisely, the increasing lack of it – in California has prompted growing concern among economists and segments of the residential real estate industry. Sung Won Sohn, a professor of economics at California State University, Channel Islands, said last week that “the average person, especially in […]
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By Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle Leaning back in his chair, his gold sheriff’s badge glinting in a shaft of light, John D’Agostini thought for a second about what he would do if Sacramento legislators imposed San Francisco-style sanctuary laws to protect people living across the state illegally. His dilemma is part of the complex […]
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By Susan Wood The Nevada Department of Transportation turned 100 last month, and amid challenges and opportunities construction engineer Steve Lani has spent about a quarter of that time paving the way for a more improved Silver State. It’s not a bad day’s work for a 47-year-old civil engineer who essentially matured with the agency […]
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By Meghin Delaney, Las Vegas Review-Journal If lawmakers had their way, every Nevada school would teach financial literacy, diversity studies and the benefits of organ donations. High school would start at 9:30am, and every student would have free access to dual credit courses. Elementary schools would have daily recess. Staff would be trained on gender […]
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By Nashelly Chavez, Sacramento Bee The northern Sierra Nevada, which supplies water for much of the rest of California, is poised to surpass its wettest year in recorded history well before the rainy season comes to a close. As of Saturday morning, the region had accumulated an average of 87.5 inches of water across eight […]
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By Kathryn Reed I made the right decision in not snowshoeing to Cascade Falls by myself. The conditions, at least a week ago, were sketchy in places. The narrow, slick route had many people turning around – us included. Originally AJ and I were going to go on a weekday. And while I would not […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal The mountain snowpack is fat but funding to unravel what it means for western communities and the environment is thin. That’s the dynamic facing scientists who study climate, snow and water in California and Nevada. They gathered Thursday for the fifth Great Basin Climate Forum at the Desert Research Institute […]
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