By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle The “Godzilla” El Niño is gone. But its sibling climate pattern, La Niña, which typically emerges in the aftermath with a cooling effect on the globe and potentially drier weather in California, has yet to show. Federal forecasters said Thursday that La Niña is still likely to develop, though […]
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By Ally Gravina, Moonshine Ink As the economy improves, weddings are quickly becoming more significant in Tahoe’s economy than in the past. Placer, Nevada, and Washoe counties were host to 11,935 weddings in 2015, according to the Wedding Report, which has been making a splash in the business community since the report was published in 2016. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Start stripping; it’s just going to get hotter. South Lake Tahoe hit a record high on Wednesday, and the forecast from the National Weather Service in Reno is more records will be broken today and Friday. Ninety-one is the magic number for all three days. Apparently it was hot in 1990, too, […]
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By Sammy Caiola, Sacramento Bee A mosquito that’s common in California has become the latest identified carrier of the Zika virus, potentially multiplying the population of vectors capable of spreading the disease. Until last week, researchers believed the virus could only be spread by two types of aedes mosquito much rarer in California and the […]
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By Michelle Rindels, AP Nevada is among the states with the greatest proportion of female lawmakers, although women are still underrepresented in the Legislature and in many of the highest elected offices. Women accounted for one-third of the 63 members in the Legislature last session. That ties the state for fifth place in terms of […]
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By Kathryn Reed An ember should be able to hit a house, drop and not start a spot fire. That’s called defensible space. John Pickett, forester with Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, talked recently about all things fire and what homeowners can do to make their home less combustible. Five feet from the structure is the […]
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By Henry Brean, Las Vegas Review-Journal The Nevada Division of Forestry has a big surprise for those who think of the Silver State as a treeless wasteland. Nevada is actually home to a long list of impressive trees, including two champion specimens, both just outside Las Vegas, that rank as the largest of their kind […]
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By Megan Michelson, Powder Imagine a world where drones fly overhead while you rip a steep line through powder-stuffed trees. A tiny camera inside the drone captures footage of you, making even the average skier look like a breakthrough performer in a TGR flick. Magically, within a day or so, a polished, edited video appears […]
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By Susan Wood STATELINE – In some respects, diehard Eagles fans might have wanted to quickly get to the end of Sunday night’s Don Henley concert at Harveys. As one of the lead singers and songwriters for the iconic band from the 1970s and ’80s, Henley’s musical history was rocked last January when his counterpart, Glenn Frey, […]
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By Patrick Clark, Bloomberg Home prices have hit record highs in some major U.S. metropolitan areas, and house-flippers are behaving like it’s 2005: It’s no wonder people are chattering about another housing bubble. But residential real estate isn’t in a speculative bubble, industry observers contend. Instead, a low inventory of available homes is driving prices […]
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