By Matt Weiser, Water Deeply Atmospheric rivers are vital to western water supplies, yet until very recently they were poorly understood: difficult to predict and measure, and very hard for scientists to estimate where they would make landfall. These are often erroneously called “pineapple express” storms, a term that applies to only a subset of atmospheric […]
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By Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee The Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana survived a raid by federal agents and other existential threats while providing free and low-cost cannabis to seriously ill patients. In operation for the past three decades, the Santa Cruz-based collective is the oldest example of a compassionate care” program in the nation. Now, […]
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By Jane Braxton Little, Sacramento Bee A Placer County Superior Court judge has at least temporarily stopped a controversial development north of Lake Tahoe that would have allowed 760 new homes in a high-severity fire area. Judge Michael W. Jones ruled that Placer County failed to adequately address emergency evacuations in the area, especially in […]
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By Josh Dean, Bloomberg Lyle Craker is an unlikely advocate for any political cause, let alone one as touchy as marijuana law, and that’s precisely why Rick Doblin sought him out almost two decades ago. Craker, Doblin likes to say, is the perfect flag bearer for the cause of medical marijuana production—not remotely controversial and […]
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By Jack Foersterling, Powder According to SnowSports Industries America (SIA), human-powered snowsports, which includes backcountry skiing and touring, is becoming one of the fastest growing sectors of the winter sports industry. Studies from SIA have shown that nearly 7 million skiers and snowboarders explored the backcountry in 2016-17, a 15 percent increase from the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Teachers are now human shields, ready to take a bullet for a student. And students – little kids, not just teenagers – no longer feel safe at school, a place that not so long ago was a sanctuary of sorts. During the recent Tahoe Valley Elementary School lockdown teacher Jody Dayberry peeked […]
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By Ryan Sabalow and Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee It was October, and most of the vacation homes on this part of Lake Tahoe were empty. Bob Chaplin, 82, was living alone on a quiet street. And he was getting nervous. Bears had been breaking into his neighbors’ houses. Shuttered windows and locked doors did little […]
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By Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal Four years ago, Nevada launched a marketing program to promote local farmers, manufacturers, producers and restaurants and their products. The program’s mantra is “Food and agriculture products made and grown in Nevada.” Fast forward to 2018, however, and the Buy Nevada is facing challenges as it struggles to keep its […]
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By Kathryn Reed Edgewood Companies this week proved it has abandoned its roots as a family cattle company that grew into an integral component of the South Shore community and is now just another corporate entity that looks more at the bottom line than the front line. The company officially severed a 28-year relationship with […]
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By Evan Halper and Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times The Trump administration is pushing forward with a colossal public works project in Northern California — heightening the towering Shasta Dam the equivalent of nearly two stories. The problem is that California is dead-set against the plan, and state law prohibits the 602-foot New Deal-era structure […]
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