By Richard Chang, Sacramento Bee A small gold rush is taking hold in the foothills of Placer County, where prospectors young and old are taking advantage of record-low water levels to search for precious metal. The Gold Rush of 1849 it isn’t. But the real possibility of finding new gold – even a few flakes […]
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By Kathryn Reed The storm forecast to roll into the Lake Tahoe Basin today is not going to quench the land’s thirst, but it might alter the record books. Going into the week, this has been the second driest January on record for South Lake Tahoe with 0.17 inches of precipitation. However, those records only […]
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By Kathryn Reed Unemployment, jobs and the economy were big topics in President Obama’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday night. “Inequality has deepened. Upward mobility has stalled. The cold, hard fact is that even in the midst of recovery, too many Americans are working more than ever just to get by – let […]
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By Sarah Lyall, New York Times Athletes and their families are becoming increasingly anxious about possible terrorist attacks at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, so much so that some families have decided not to attend and others plan to curtail their activities once they get to the Games in Russia. No American athletes have yet […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – Where is the carcass of the coyote that was shot in Meyers and who shot it? Those are the questions that are still not answered. Jeff Morales discovered the dead animal Jan. 22 on his routine walk with his dog. “The blood trail intersects my existing trail,” Morales told Lake […]
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By Jim Carlton, Wall Street Journal EL DORADO HILLS — A severe drought plaguing much of the West is also bringing bits of its past back to life, as long-submerged historic artifacts and natural features are exposed by receding lake levels. Near this Sacramento suburb, man-made Folsom Lake has receded to less than one-fifth of […]
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By Dominique Mosbergen, Huffington Post Russia’s Sochi, Canada’s Vancouver, France’s Chamonix, Japan’s Nagano and California’s Squaw Valley all have one thing in common: These former and future Winter Olympics venues are each known as prime sites for cold-weather sports, and as breathtaking havens for sporting enthusiasts. But according to a new study, these winter wonderlands […]
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By Kathryn Reed Animals have a way of knowing when to prepare for winter, but if winter doesn’t come, it can be a problem. Those that use camouflage as a tactic from hiding from their predators are having a hard time of it in the Sierra this year because their white coat is standing out […]
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By Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times Never mind the current cold snap in the East or the polar vortex that swept through much of the U.S. in early 2014 — scientists from NASA and NOAA report that 2013 was one of the 10 hottest years on record, and there is a good chance 2014 will […]
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By Gloria Goodale, Christian Science Monitor As California faces the worst drought in its 163-year history with no hint of relief in sight, some scientists are calling the event a red flag for the future of the nation. Gov. Jerry Brown raised the issue in his State of the State address Wednesday, saying “we do […]
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