By Edward Ortiz, Sacramento Bee A new invasive weed has been expanding exponentially along roadways in the Sacramento region and the state, prompting plant scientists to warn that its unchecked growth could end up costing taxpayers millions of dollars. The new weed, named stinkwort for its turpentine-like odor, threatens to choke out native plant species. […]
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By Pete Carey, San Jose Mercury News The Bay Area’s economic recovery is sparking a surge of vacation home sales in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee mountain playground. “Two or three years ago, nobody was buying houses, period,” said Patience Lewis, a Coldwell Banker agent in the Tahoe-Truckee area. “Now it’s like the floodgates have opened.” In […]
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By Kathryn Reed FALLEN LEAF LAKE – With 63,960 acres to explore in Desolation Wilderness, it’s not necessary for the quest to be a peak. But if being on top of the world is the goal, there are plenty of mountaintops to choose from – including Mount Tallac. Last month mom, Sue and I started […]
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By Scott Glover and Lisa Girion, Los Angeles Times Over the last decade, the maker of the potent painkiller OxyContin has compiled a database of hundreds of doctors suspected of recklessly prescribing its pills to addicts and drug dealers, but has done little to alert law enforcement or medical authorities. Despite its suspicions, Purdue Pharma […]
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By Eli Segall, Las Vegas Sun Warren Buffett’s purchase of NV Energy will be a financial bonanza to the utility’s stockholders, and the board of directors is no exception. Filings with the Securities Exchange Commission show that each of the Las Vegas power company’s 10 board members holds tens of thousands of shares in the […]
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By Kathryn Reed CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA – Nine wineries in three days – all by foot. A 17-mile ride instead of a drive. Oh, and that big expansive body of water known as the Pacific Ocean. Monterey County is one of California’s premier wine regions. The climate varies depending on if one is close to the coast […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee In the county that brought the Gold Rush, surging with newcomers and rough-hewn mining camps, prospects of another boom are unnerving the modern-day populace. Amid an improving real estate economy, developers are proposing nearly 7,000 new houses for the Western Slope of El Dorado County. The new wave of potential […]
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By AP BANNING -– California truly is the Golden State this summer — golden brown — and that has fire officials worried heading into the peak of the wildfire season. It’s still weeks before the fire-fanning Santa Ana winds usually arrive and already it’s been a brutal fire season, with nearly twice as many acres […]
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By Kathryn Reed MINDEN – Ten thousand feet in the air without an engine. And I only have myself to blame. I pulled that yellow knob and the plane with an engine went one way and we went another. At this speed – about 55 knots – it would have been easy to pick out […]
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By Peggy Bourland-Madison INCLINE VILLAGE – The annual Oscar de la Renta and Saks Fifth Avenue Lake Tahoe benefit for the League to Save Lake Tahoe is a tradition that started in 1969. San Francisco-Tahoe philanthropist and socialite Diana Dollar Knowles conspired with a few of her notable friends, some still very involved today, to […]
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