By Amy Graff, San Francisco Chronicle A determined beetle the size of a rice grain is drilling into California’s trees, turning the lush forest blanketing the Golden State into a sea of dead wood that’s highly flammable. The most recent data from 2015 estimates bark beetles have killed over 29 million trees, and Cal Fire […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal For the first time in aviation history, a fixed-wing unmanned aircraft has successfully tested a cloud-seeding payload during an experimental flight in Nevada. Flown at Hawthorne Industrial Airport under the state’s Federal Aviation Administration Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site designation, the Drone America Savant aircraft reached an altitude of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Working in isolation is not always an ideal situation. But renting office space in a prime location is expensive. Then there are all the other costs – utilities, snow removal, signage. And on the South Shore parking can be a problem. Mountain Lab is the answer. (They’ve let the Tahoe in the name […]
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By Scott Smith, AP Residents of drought-stricken California doubled their water conservation efforts in March compared with the month before by turning off their sprinklers when the rain fell and changing habits, officials said Tuesday. Cities and businesses used 24.3 percent less water compared with the same time in 2013. That’s twice the saving from […]
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By Kathryn Reed Water customers at the lake say they are suing Douglas County because they are being forced to subsidize another water company, which is against state law, and therefore they are being discriminated against. “If the county means what it says and every water system must stand on its own, then they need […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County supervisors appear to be putting the hiring of a public information officer and swimming pool over fully funding the sheriff’s department. There is a $7 million budget deficit for the fiscal year that starts July 1. Instead of recommending cuts, the board last week told acting CEO Larry Combs […]
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By Kathryn Reed California’s tourism industry is coming off its sixth consecutive record year, and South Lake Tahoe is part of that trend. “We are looking at an industry that is about 2.5 percent of the state’s economy,” Caroline Beteta, Visit California president and CEO, said during a conference call this week. “This tremendous growth […]
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By Kathryn Reed Old construction is one of the main reasons so many units in a Tahoe Keys condo complex were destroyed on Tuesday. “The fire was hidden in a bunch of void spaces due to construction. Once it was in the common attic it was really hard to cut off. That is why […]
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By Kathryn Reed Audience question: What causes climate change? Rep. Tom McClintock’s answer: “It’s a natural phenomenon. It has more to do with solar cycles than human activity.” To this, most of the 50 people in attendance at the May 3 town hall at South Tahoe Public Utility District’s board room erupted in disbelief. Based […]
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By Kathryn Reed A woman named Spain and a man known as Dr. Love, along with a cadre of other devoted arts aficionados, are responsible for transforming what was a dilapidated boathouse into an iconic theater. This summer the Boathouse Theatre at Valhalla is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The Tahoe Tallac Association, now known at […]
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