By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe is in uncharted territory with having a firm doing its legal work instead of having an in-house attorney, as had been the protocol for 50-plus years until last fall. When Tom Watson submitted his resignation in August which became effective in September, the city also employed a deputy city […]
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By Richard Aster, The Conversation California earthquakes are a geologic inevitability. The state straddles the North American and Pacific tectonic plates and is crisscrossed by the San Andreas and other active fault systems. The magnitude 7.9 earthquake that struck off Alaska’s Kodiak Island on Jan. 23 was just the latest reminder of major seismic activity […]
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By Kathryn Reed A settlement agreement with the producer of SnowGlobe regarding the damaged field is on the Feb. 6 South Lake Tahoe City Council agenda. It is on the consent agenda. This is where slam dunk items that are not discussed get placed. However, it is possible for anyone – even a member of […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee The last time California officials conducted their snow survey near Echo Summit, a month ago, the ground was practically barren. This time there was snow. Just not a lot of it. The Department of Water Resources’ monthly snow survey at Phillips Station revealed a meager 13.6 inches of snow, or […]
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South Shore resident John Gomez captured the lunar trifecta this week in a series of photos. He shot them from the top of Kingsbury Grade. The Jan. 31 full moon was the second of the month, making it a blue moon. It was also a supermoon, meaning it was at its closest point to the […]
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By Todd Dewey, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada sports books won a record $248.7 million in 2017, a hold of 5.1 percent from a record betting handle of $4.8 billion, according to a year-end report released Wednesday by the Gaming Control Board. The win eclipsed the previous record set in 2015 by almost $17 million. The […]
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By Susan Wood “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Martin Luther King Jr. made the powerful statement with such poise about a time of social movement, I wished I had written it. It resonates with me to this day. Venerable journalist Dan Rather used it near the end […]
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By Ezra David Romero, Capital Public Radio Half of California’s vegetation is at a risk of dying because of warming temperatures, according to new UC Davis research. “We’re seeing that in California just in the last five or six years,” said James Thorne, a research scientist with the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at […]
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By Michael Dietz, The Conversation Imagine that spring has finally arrived and you’re planning your weekend. The weather forecast looks great. You could go to the beach – but what if it’s closed because of an algal bloom? Maybe you could go for a hike – will the leaves be out yet? What might be […]
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By Kathryn Reed TWIN BRIDGES – Perfect corduroy. Slightly crusty powder. Hard pack. Soft, pillowy snow. Dirt and twigs. Ski conditions are so variable right now in the greater Lake Tahoe area that it depends on the run, not just the ski resort. Sierra-at-Tahoe on Monday was a mixed bag, with mostly pleasurable moments. And […]
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