By Kathryn Reed PLACERVILLE – Spring in January. It’s not something I want to get used to. But it is something I’m going to enjoy for hopefully what is just a brief interruption of winter. Not wanting to endure ice on the trails, we opted to head off the hill last weekend in search of […]
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By Andrea Petersen, Wall Street Journal Vail Resorts has come up with a novel way to combat the leveling off of skiing’s popularity: buying up little Midwestern hills. The goal is to hook families on the sport at spots close to home and groom them for vacations at the company’s pricier Western mountains like Canyons […]
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By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times SAN FRANCISCO — The leaders of California’s three public higher education systems Wednesday pledged more cooperation, particularly in transferring students, while Gov. Jerry Brown urged them to develop more innovative collaborations. In a rare gathering, University of California President Janet Napolitano, California State University Chancellor Timothy P. White and […]
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By Kathryn Reed Work will be begin this spring on a multi-use softball and Little League field at the Al Tahoe complex in South Lake Tahoe. Steve Noll, who is on the Fields Advisory Committee for the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority, explained Jan. 24 to the JPA board how the area […]
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By Lindsay Abrams, Salon The former president of Trader Joe’s thinks he can sell the food that other stores throw out. At first glance, that sentence looks like it tells you everything you need to know: Like Jeff Bezos’ vision of delivery-by-drones, or Elon Musk’s proposed hyperloop, Doug Rauch’s new venture sounds at once promising […]
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By Case Keefer, Las Vegas Sun Odds are Las Vegas will never play host to a Super Bowl. That’s fine, because our city stages the game within the game on an annual basis. The NFL can try to deny the role gambling has played in making it the country’s most popular sports league all it […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Drugs, alcohol and violence are the three primary reasons women end up in jail in El Dorado County. And meth is the drug of choice. It takes a minimum of six years to kick the habit. And the deterioration of what one looks like is rapid and dramatic. But sometimes […]
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By Laurel Rosenhall, Sacramento Bee Disposable plastic bags would be banned from grocery check-out stands in California and consumers would pay at least a dime for a paper or re-usable plastic bag under a compromise proposal negotiated with key opponents of last year’s bill to ban plastic shopping bags. Lawmakers plan to unveil the deal […]
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By Teri Mizuhara With the lack of rain, our local vegetation is tinder dry. All you have to do is go outside to hear the crackle and crunch of pine needles and leaves under your feet. Add wind to this scenario and you are looking at very critical fire conditions — red flag conditions. We […]
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By Kathryn Reed PLACERVILLE – Brittle brown. That’s what the El Dorado County wine country looks like. While the vines are normally dormant this time of year, the ground between them is usually a lush green. Instead, it’s barren. Rick Wickham has never seen is so bad in the 30 years he has been in […]
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