By Susan Wood STATELINE – Singer-composer-musician Sarah McLachlan left no mystery about what kind of summer Harveys expects to provide as she led off a blockbuster lineup of artists for this summer’s outdoor concert series. Diverse, prolific, prominent and up close and personal. McLachlan didn’t miss a beat in her trademark personable style and self-made […]
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By Lisa Krieger, San Jose Mercury News When a single snowflake falls peacefully atop a Sierra peak, it begins a turbulent journey to help quench the thirst of a drought-stricken state. In most years, Sierra snow provides a third of California’s water supply. But it is by far the least reliable portion — and now, […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a random series of stories about gardening in Lake Tahoe. By Kathryn Reed Growing vegetables doesn’t require a large plot or a ton of hours each day. Just ask Toni Sopocko. Her husband, Steve, built her two structures that sit in the sunniest spot of their Tahoe Mountain backyard. […]
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By Anita Creamer, Sacramento Bee Jim Patterson needed help. His granddaughter had tagged him in a photo of the two of them that she posted on his Facebook account, and he didn’t know what to do. So the 92-year-old retired carpenter, who lives in a Placerville retirement community, checked in with a social networking coach. […]
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By Sharon Begley, Reuters NEW YORK — Annual property losses from hurricanes and other coastal storms of $35 billion; a decline in crop yields of 14 percent, costing corn and wheat farmers tens of billions of dollars; heat wave-driven demand for electricity costing utility customers up to $12 billion per year. These are among the […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee OUTINGDALE — In the small community of Outingdale in rugged El Dorado County, neighbors Mary Callahan and Steve White confess they used to leave the water running while brushing their teeth. No more. Now, in addition to turning that tap off, they have stopped filling outdoor birdbaths and cut back […]
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By Kathryn Reed Successfully crossing the Sierra in the winter of 1847 was part survival of the fittest, part luck and part tenacity. For the Donner Party, it was mostly tragic. And while much has been written about cannibalism that took place, that is not the focus of Mark McLaughlin’s book “The Donner Party: Weathering […]
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By Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown, California lawmakers and other elected officials will be getting a 2 percent raise this year. Pointing to California’s firmer fiscal footing, a panel that sets salaries for elected officials voted 4-1 Friday to enact a pay boost. Starting Dec. 1, the raise will add $1,906 to […]
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By Wesley Juhl, Las Vegas Review-Journal If Nevada were to legalize same-sex marriages, the state would see significant economic benefits, a report released last week found. In the first three years that same-sex couples could marry, Nevada’s wedding and tourism industries could see spending rise between $23 million and $52 million, which would raise state […]
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By Kathryn Reed Who will be the voice for Meyers once the area plan process is through? That answer remains to be seen. At recent meetings regarding the Meyers Area Plan residents have said they want more say in what happens to their enclave that sits at the base of Echo Summit to the west […]
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