By Nathan Halverson, Reveal Secret conversations between American diplomats show how a growing water crisis in the Middle East destabilized the region, helping spark civil wars in Syria and Yemen, and how those water shortages are spreading to the United States. Classified U.S. cables reviewed by Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting show a […]
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By Kathryn Reed An El Dorado County Superior Court judge inadvertently limited South Lake Tahoe Councilwoman JoAnn Conner’s interaction with city staff. Judge Steve Bailey on April 12 said email is the only way Conner, when acting as a citizen and not an elected official, may contact any employee at the city. Prior to then […]
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By Eric Holthaus, Slate With a monstrous and record-setting El Niño on the wane, the implications of its disastrous worldwide consequences are starting to settle in. But there’s new evidence that, on its heels, a potentially strong La Niña could emerge later this year—bringing with it a renewed stretch of extreme weather. Last week, the […]
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By Ian Lovett, New York Times After decades of thriving in legally hazy backyards and basements, California’s most notorious crop, marijuana, is emerging from the underground into a decidedly capitalist era. Under a new state law, marijuana businesses will be allowed to turn a profit — which has been forbidden since 1996, when California became […]
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By Kathryn Reed The classroom will never be far from Mike Patterson no matter the physical distance. That is because as a member of the California Teachers Association board he intends to put students at the forefront. Patterson, who started teaching auto shop at South Tahoe High School in 1988, begins a three-year tenure on […]
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By Tim Hauserman, Adventure Sports Journal “We are sick of going to funerals,” said John Walsh, a lifelong Tahoe local and former ski racer, lamenting the steady stream of Tahoe based athletes and adventurers (including his nephew) who died in recent years while pushing the envelope in dangerous sports. Action sports filmmaker Steven Siig adds, “You […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal STEAD — Nevada and NASA announced last week they are now partners in the drone business. Gov. Brian Sandoval and Frank Aguilera, deputy director of the Aerospace Systems Program at the NASA Ames Research Center in California, along with other officials, unveiled the new $400,000 NUANCE lab at Reno-Stead Airport […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County is on course to make improvements to Meyers in regards to aesthetics and how the highway functions. While Caltrans is the ultimate decision maker on what goes on with Highway 50, the county has some say about what occurs. The county is using its $61,000 federal On Our Way […]
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By Justin Bachman, Bloomberg Travel executives should be a happy lot. A growing Chinese middle class is eager to see the world. Oil prices are stunningly low, leaving consumers more income to spend. A global economy demands we be on the move. But more immediate threats overshadow the industry. “The combination of global terrorism and […]
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By Hudson Sangree, Sacramento Bee The day after an arsonist pleaded guilty to setting the massive King Fire in September 2014, dozens of volunteers gathered Saturday near Stumpy Meadows Lake to help bring the forest back to life. The volunteers ranged from children to senior citizens. They were members of the Girl Scouts and Boy […]
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