By Kathryn Reed While no records are expected to be broken in the next week, it’s going to get even colder in the Tahoe-Truckee area in the coming days. Wednesday morning is expected to be the coldest, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. Most lows will be in the teens, though Truckee may […]
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By Kathryn Reed The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, once thought unable to be approved by Congress this session, has been resurrected. It was announced Monday that it is now part of the final bicameral Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), titled the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act. In October, it had been removed from the […]
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By Audrey McAvoy, AP HONOLULU — Lauren Bruner was getting ready for church in 1941 on his battleship, the USS Arizona, when the alarm sounded. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor had begun, and Bruner, then 21, scampered up five stories by ladder to the enormous anti-aircraft guns he was responsible for manning. But bullets […]
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By Kathryn Reed Black smoke billowing from chimneys is exactly what air quality regulators don’t want to see. Woodstoves have become so efficient that little or no smoke should be seen. The problem is there are thousands of open face fireplaces and inefficient woodstoves in the basin. This contributes to poor air quality, and the […]
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By Jazmine Ulloa, Los Angeles Times California lawmakers next year will make it a top priority to reform the system through which judges award criminal offenders bail, saying courts across the state are punishing “the poor for being poor.” Assemblyman Rob Bonta and state Sen. Bob Hertzberg said they plan to fire the first […]
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By Kathryn Reed Improvements to the ecosystem near Taylor Creek as well as the physical structures is expected to begin in May. The work will be done in phases across multiple years, and all work is dependent on funding. Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Forest Supervisor Jeff Marsolais signed off on the decision last month. […]
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By Susan Wood ROUND HILL – “Find it, find it, find it,” Battalion Chief Todd Moss said, while running around the Round Hill fire station. He wasn’t looking for his socks. Instead, the Tahoe Douglas firefighter was giving out instructions to his dog Gunner, who acted like there was a leftover turkey stashed on the […]
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By Michael R. Blood, AP LOS ANGELES — California Treasurer John Chiang on Friday appealed to President-elect Donald Trump for guidance on how the state’s projected $7 billion marijuana industry can participate in the nation’s banking system while pot remains illegal under U.S. law. California voters last month approved Proposition 64, which legalized the recreational […]
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By Jay Lund, KQED California is a big, diverse place. California probably will experience droughts this year of different types in different places, and no drought at all in some places, simultaneously. Even if conditions this year are very wet, with flooding, parts of California will have drought issues. (This is what makes California a great place […]
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By Daniel Fisher, Forbes Like a monk on a mountaintop, Rob Katz is sitting in the Eagle’s Nest, a gourmet restaurant high above the quaint faux-Swiss village of Vail, ready to impart wisdom. “If you’re a casino you have these very committed, addicted gamblers,” the 49-year-old CEO of Vail Resorts says, explaining his business. “Well, […]
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