By Susan Wood Is South Lake Tahoe providing a green light to the potential of dangerous road incidents or an innovative transportation alternative by allowing electric scooters in town? This was the question on June 19 related to the green bikes and scooters dotting the city landscape, prompting the City Council to hear the pros […]
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By Sage Sauerbrey, Moonshine Ink “Forest fires happen because of decades of decisions that are made beforehand,” says forest ecologist Malcom North of a long line of mistakes in forest management stretching more than 100 years into the past. These unintentional blunders have compounded with climate change and natural forest processes throughout the years to […]
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By Molly Peterson, KQED-TV Insurers can calculate how likely your home is to burn down in a wildfire, or flood in a high tide, and for some time now they’ve been using climate science to shape those estimates. KQED science reporter Molly Peterson spoke with state Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. He told her the growing […]
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By Kathryn Reed Quitting won’t get Suzie Alessi what she wants. What South Lake Tahoe’s city clerk wants is for potentially damaging or embarrassing texts and emails about her and written by her to not see the light of day. The multiple entities that have sought the documents, including Lake Tahoe News, will continue to […]
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By Ramona Giwargis, Las Vegas Review-Journal Two Nevada congressional seats are in play this November, setting up a showdown between national Democrats vying to win a House majority and Republicans determined to expand control of the chamber. The pair of open seats are up for grabs because Democrats are vacating them. Rep. Jacky Rosen is […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Douglas County is putting some teeth into its short-term rental ordinance in an effort to curtail problems and bring more oversight to the issue. County officials came up with the ordinance and are just now engaging the public. The plan is for the ordinance to go for a vote by […]
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By Brian K. Sullivan, Bloomberg It’s time to start watching natural gas, coffee and cocoa markets again — because a weather-changing El Nino could be arriving just in time for winter. The U.S. Climate Prediction Center issued an El Nino watch across the equatorial Pacific Thursday, with the odds jumping to 64 percent chance that […]
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By Angela Hart, Sacramento Bee A hotly contested battle over rent control in California just got more explosive. Tenants rights activists have qualified for the November ballot an initiative that would clear the way for cities and counties across California to pass strong rent control laws, as local and state lawmakers struggle to address a […]
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By Susan Wood TRUCKEE – The Sierra Nevada town known for its deep snow, cold temps, growth potential, pedestrian-friendly downtown and outdoor lifestyle celebrates a milestone this September of its most significant achievement – its history. The town marks a quarter century of incorporation on Sept. 8, with a grand picnic and new town photo. […]
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By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle When Anne Faught got a knock on her front gate recently, she was surprised to find two uniformed men at her rural Marin County property, one with a clipboard. The firefighters had come to her home for an impromptu safety inspection. They were making sure she had cleared hazards […]
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