By Christopher Kilian After nine years and 51,000 inspections, Lake Tahoe’s boat inspection program has become a national model for preventing aquatic invasive species (AIS) from sneaking into the lake and wreaking environmental havoc. The program by the Tahoe Resource Conservation District (Tahoe RCD) and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) has used research to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Looking back on some of the headlines from 2015 I’m extremely proud and grateful to live here: Amgen women cyclists and other sporting events, local athletes excelling, businesses reinvesting in the area, environmental improvements, the artists and authors who share their world with us. Looking back on others I’m embarrassed, saddened and […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal There are a lot of reasons Jason Layh shouldn’t have been caught in a Sierra Nevada avalanche late last year. For starters the range is known for it’s heavy, stable snowpack even in big years, let alone during the fourth consecutive year of drought and meager snow. And Layh is an […]
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By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal State gaming regulators are monitoring the issues surrounding the purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal by the family of Sheldon Adelson, the majority shareholder in casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett cites Nevada gaming regulations and the state’s public policy covering gaming license holders […]
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By Kathryn Reed It doesn’t pay to be a VIP at SnowGlobe. At least that was the opinion of some who were asked about their experience. A three-day general admission pass with shuttle costs $249. Three-day VIP was $449, which also included transportation. Both sold out. Promoters of the three-day music festival in South Lake […]
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By Sharon Noguchi, San Jose Mercury News For more than a decade, the release of federal scores indicating California public school students’ progress — or lack of it — has incited alarm, anxiety and anguish among educators. But when those marks were ever so quietly posted this month, barely anyone noticed. And it seemed few […]
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By Kathryn Reed PHILLIPS STATION – The Sierra snowpack is 400 percent better than it was a year ago. The measurement taken today in the field near the road leading to Sierra-at-Tahoe has the snow depth at 54.7 inches and the water content 16.3 inches, making it 136 percent of average. In December 2014 those […]
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By Kathryn Reed A court decision this month most likely will delay for a year the ground breaking of Homewood Mountain Resort’s slopeside hotel. Owners were slated to begin construction in summer 2016 on the hotel that is almost a replica of the old Tahoe Tavern. San Francisco-based JMA Ventures owns the West Shore ski […]
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By Leath Tonino, Outside Soundscape ecologist Bernie Krause has recorded jaguars in the Amazon, ice in Antarctica, insects in Zimbabwe, rainstorms in Borneo, and orcas in the Pacific. The 77-year-old began studying nature’s sounds at age 30, later earning a Ph.D. in creative arts. (This was after two successful decades as a musician and producer.) […]
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By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle Beneath the canopy of snow that recently blanketed California’s mountainsides are vast swaths of forest struggling to survive the drought. A study released Monday by the Carnegie Institution for Science counts as many as 58 million trees statewide experiencing severe water loss, whose ruin would not only turn massive […]
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