By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE – While a group of concerned individuals is tasked with answering three questions regarding the future of Whittell High School, the chore is turning out to be anything but simple and straightforward. The committee – made up of parents, teachers, and a community representative – came about after last spring’s uprising […]
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By Hudson Sangree, Sacramento Bee Rugged and isolated, the Rubicon River Valley on the border of El Dorado and Placer counties was for many years an idyll of old-growth trees and icy swimming holes. Then the King Fire roared through last month, turning a 20-mile stretch of the canyon into a vast dead zone of […]
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By Davis Enterprise The Lake Tahoe Sonification Project is a sound installation which represents multiple aspects of Lake Tahoe’s environment, both above and within the lake. Weather data from the lake is crafted into sound, creating a continuous aural experience that is artistic in design, and intelligible to a listener. This sound installation will create […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News convened an editorial panel of seven community members to come up with this endorsement. An educator as board member is often frowned upon. This is because it can diminish the level of checks and balances, create favoritism and be a presumed vote for the unions. But we have not found […]
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By Daniel R. Cluck Concern for the health of California’s quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) habitat has increased in recent years due to heavy wild ungulate and domestic livestock browsing, competition from conifers and other vegetation in the absence of fire, the impacts of drought and the potential negative impacts of climate change. In response, land managers […]
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By Oulimata Ba, HNGN California’s record-breaking drought may be wreaking havoc on local wildlife and forcing residents to steal water. But for state vineyard owners, the lack of water has produced the best wine grapes in years. “This year’s vintage could be one for the ages,” Michael Coats, who co-owns Valerie’s Vineyard in Sonoma County, […]
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By Kathryn Reed On a good day maybe three dozen of the nearly 800 students at South Tahoe Middle School ride their bike to school. Some walk, even more get a ride either from their parents, friends’ parents or via the school bus. For anyone who has been by the school in the morning or […]
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By Kathryn Reed Grading began this weekend at Sierra House Elementary School on what will be two growing domes by the end of November. A cadre of parents determined to make this a reality has never wavered in their desire to bring this to fruition. With the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency signing off on the […]
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By Neela Banerjee, Los Angeles Times Fewer than half of American states are working to protect themselves from climate change, despite more detailed warnings from scientists that communities are already being damaged, according to a new online clearinghouse of states’ efforts compiled by the Georgetown Climate Center. Fourteen states have plans to prepare for the […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News convened an editorial panel of seven community members to come up with this endorsement. Most people don’t think about their water or sewer provider until the flow in either direction isn’t working. But South Tahoe Public Utility District has been in the news of late because of rate and salary […]
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