By Jason Samenow, Washington Post How do you seriously dent a drought? You blast it with the equivalent of trillions of gallons of water. That’s exactly what happened in California in January. Twenty feet of snow buried parts of Northern California in just two weeks, with up to 30 feet in some ski areas. For […]
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By Abby Stevens, Moonshine Ink When Charles Crocker, an executive for the Central Pacific Railroad, suggested in 1864 the company hire Chinese immigrants to help build the railroad, he was met with laughter. The defense against hiring Chinese was that the men were small in stature and building railroads required brute strength. At the time, […]
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By Kathryn Reed INDEPENDENCE – Without touching the barbed wire, it inflicts a wound on my soul. The raw imagery of Manzanar coupled with my imagination is almost too much to take in. What’s left of this internment camp is a stark reminder of one of the darkest times in U.S. history. The government sent […]
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By Michael R. Blood and Don Thompson, AP SACRAMENTO — The future of California’s legal marijuana industry is being shaped in a warren of cubicles tucked inside a retired basketball arena, where a garden of paper cannabis leaves sprouts on file cabinets and a burlap sack advertising “USA Home Grown” dangles from a wall. Here, […]
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By Melissa Siig, Moonshine Ink On the morning of Jan. 10, little did I know that by the end of the day I would have one of the most famous doorways in the country. But that’s what happened when an avalanche slammed into the front of our house, and the picture we took of our […]
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By Kathryn Reed Stormwater systems were put to the test this month, and seemed to handle the onslaught of water without any serious problems. “It is somewhat of a success story. In Tahoe all the sewer agencies reported a high flow, but they kept it in their systems. With the stormwater we haven’t heard of […]
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By Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee Accidentally shot by a fellow U.S. Army soldier, Larry Celano suffered a spinal cord injury that left him unable to walk. After earning a Purple Heart for his service in the 1989 Panama invasion, Celano worked as an accountant for five years before continued medical problems led to an early […]
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By Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee Where’s the biggest traffic jam in Northern California this weekend? Try Tahoe. With sunny skies, clear roads and plenty of snow, tens of thousands of skiers, snowboarders, families and other recreationists are hitting mountain highways this weekend, creating hourlong traffic jams in some areas around Lake Tahoe. “It’s ‘blue bird […]
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By Kathryn Reed EMERALD BAY STATE PARK – Splintered ice on the bay’s edge gives way to a deep sapphire hue. Inviting, mesmerizing, magical. Emerald Bay. With Highway 89 closed, now is the time to explore this area on foot. For decades it was the norm for the South and West shores to be cut […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — As Gov. Brian Sandoval begins the job of selling his $8.1 billion legacy budget to the Nevada Legislature, he finds himself in familiar territory. The Republican will have to work with Democratic majorities to achieve his objectives when the 2017 session kicks off on Feb. 6, […]
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