By Alessandra Malito, Market Watch California has beautiful beaches, plenty of sunshine and the Terminator for a former governor, but it doesn’t have many homes for the first-time buyer. In fact, the state is the toughest to break into for those looking to get their first homes, according to a report released Tuesday by personal […]
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By Lauren Sommer, KQED-TV Californians are in shock that after five years of too little water, the problem now is too much. All eyes in California have been on Oroville Dam, where a broken spillway forced major evacuations. But the damage from winter storms has gone beyond the dam in the northern part of the […]
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By Lake Tahoe News In years’ past a March Miracle would mean a deluge of snow to make up for a dry winter. This year, a March Miracle for most people in Northern California would mean more sunny days than ones filled with moisture. While the snowpack measurement on March 1 near the entrance to […]
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By Adam Ashton, Sacramento Bee With a white helmet and ash-gray beard, Caltrans Superintendent Dave Wood exudes old-fashioned charm from his post at the snowy summit of Donner Pass. But his favored method of communicating with drivers is decidedly modern. He’s the voice behind regular mountain traffic updates dispatched on Twitter by Caltrans, where Wood […]
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By Kathryn Reed TWIN BRIDGES – Straight-lining isn’t an option for newbies learning to ski at Sierra-at-Tahoe. And that’s a good thing because turning is often one of the most difficult things to learn. A serpentine has been built into the slope of Broadway to ease first-timers into turns in a more controlled environment. “Sometimes […]
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By Thomas Moore, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Some opponents of Education Savings Accounts say Nevada’s version of school choice is dead. But the Legislature continues to discuss the program’s budget, and two new bills — meant to shore up the ESA program — are anticipated to be introduced before mid-March. The program, the […]
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By Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal, Outside In their new book Stealing Fire ($28; Harper Collins) Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal investigate the many ways people are now seeking out the heightened awareness of flow states—those ecstatic zones of pure focus where humans achieve ultimate performance. Some use psychedelics, others meditate or dance, and daring athletes practice […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s not just people’s homes that have been flooded in the Tahoe area. All that water is making mice seek higher ground, too. “It’s the worst I’ve seen in decades,” Jim Cecil, owner of Boulder Exterminator in South Lake Tahoe, told Lake Tahoe News of the rodent infestation. Mice are the biggest […]
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By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times In search of some extra cash, Jim and Janet Dooley started renting out a spare bedroom in their Big Bear home to skiers and other outdoor enthusiasts. “This has brought us a couple of hundred dollars a week,” said Janet Dooley, who listed the room about two years ago on […]
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By Jim Miller The way California raises money to maintain and repair state highways and local roads has largely been the same for more than two decades. Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders want to change that, and Californians would pay more as a result. In what would be the biggest shakeup of state […]
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