By David Siers, Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown said in an interview aired Sunday that California is not aggressive enough policing use of the state’s groundwater, promising stepped-up oversight in future years. Brown’s remarks on NBC’s “Meet the Press” followed the release of a study tying climate change to the worsening effects of California’s drought. […]
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By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Washington Bureau The lawmakers convening Monday for a major Lake Tahoe conference confront a Capitol Hill conflict over how best to protect the much-beloved mountain region. They differ over money, environmental laws, timber harvesting and more. For years, the unresolved differences have sunk efforts to renew the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, […]
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By Terra Breeden MEYERS – A spider-like machine sits in the middle of the garage with its arms jutting into the small space. “Careful that thing is hot,” says Marley Reel, co-owner of Rise Designs. The sizzling screen printer dominates the room. Reel squeezes past the machine and tries to avoid tripping over the pair […]
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By Trevon Milliard, Reno Gazette-Journal Jennifer Evans has three children and they have all attended private school since her oldest started kindergarten nine years ago. She changed that last week, putting her children in Gardnerville public schools. The single mother and full-time nurse couldn’t afford to pass up the state’s offer, which is being extended […]
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By Ellen Knickmeyer, AP The carcasses of salmon, trout and more than a dozen other newly extinct native species lie in dry streambeds around California. Exhausted firefighters in the Sierra Nevada battle some of the biggest wildfires they’ve ever seen. And in Central Valley farm towns, more and more parents hear the squeal of empty […]
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By Kathryn Reed Former El Dorado County Supervisor Norma Santiago believes the county owes her back wages. She is the second supervisor to demand more money since leaving office. The other was Ron Briggs. “I’m not commenting on that,” Santiago told Lake Tahoe News before she abruptly hung up the phone. Santiago was on the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Seneca Pond is no more. The 51-year-old manmade lake has been drained, and excavators are moving dirt and vegetation with the goal of the site being restored this fall. Today it is a mudflat. In a couple years U.S. Forest Service officials hope it will be hard to tell they had heavy […]
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By Ivan Penn, Los Angeles Times California’s efforts to reduce electricity consumption over the last four decades saved $90 billion on utility bills, created hundreds of thousands of jobs and avoided construction of 41 power plants, according to a report released Thursday. And it’s not enough, the Natural Resources Defense Council said. Report author Lara […]
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By Kathryn Reed Current and former employees of Lake Tahoe Hard Rock believe the hotel-casino is destined for failure because of the management company running the place. “It is very disappointing to see the history and potential of this property being squandered by bullies, liars and thieves with no long term commitment to or concern […]
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By Seth Borenstein, AP Federal officials say July was Earth’s hottest month on record, smashing old marks. July’s average temperature was 61.86 degrees Fahrenheit, beating the previous global mark set in 1998 and 2010 by about one-seventh of a degree. That’s a large margin for weather records. Records go back to 1880, but nine of […]
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