By Kathryn Reed Storm chaser Carl Young of South Lake Tahoe is one of several people who died Friday in an Oklahoma tornado. He was 45. Young worked on Discovery Channel’s defunct “Storm Chasers” series. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of Tim Samaras (55) his son Paul (24) and their colleague Carl Young,” […]
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By Kathryn Reed EMERALD BAY STATE PARK – It says something about a trail when the camera still comes out and the oohs and ahhs are endless even after being on it so many times. That’s the thing about the Rubicon Trail; it never gets old. It connects Emerald Bay State Park to D.L. Bliss […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Climate change may cause the extinction of 82 percent of California’s native fish species, including iconic ones such as Central Valley salmon and Delta smelt, according to a new study. The peer-reviewed study by fishery experts at UC Davis created a framework to measure how vulnerable numerous species are to […]
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By USA Today Health officials have linked an outbreak of acute hepatitis A that has sickened at least 30 people in five states to a frozen berry and pomegranate mix. Washoe County is among the areas where people have gotten sick, according to this item from the Washoe County Health District. Cases have been reported […]
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By Kathryn Reed It won’t just be the students at Mount Tallac High School who will be graduating June 7. So will their leader. Susan Baker is calling it quits after 23 years in Lake Tahoe Unified School District. She is no ordinary educator in charge of ordinary students. She is a force at the […]
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By Jon Beckmann, National Geographic In the original poem-turned-song “Home on the Range”, Dr. Brewster Higley affectionately recalled building his Kansas cabin in a place he shared with buffalo, deer, and antelope. Notably absent from his poem are the other species of large mega-fauna that at one time called his region home, including grizzly bears, […]
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By Laurel Rosenhall, Sacramento Bee A proposal to ban plastic grocery bags in California went the way of so many plastic bags – into the trash can – on Thursday when it failed to garner enough votes in the state Senate to move ahead in the lawmaking process. Senate Bill 405 by Sen. Alex Padilla, […]
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By Kathryn Reed A popular recreation area is about to be off-limits while the U.S. Forest Service works on rerouting the Upper Truckee River. Sections of much of the river are being restored as land managers have the resources to do so. The end result is to make this body of water flow like it […]
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By Anjeanette Damon, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — The Nevada Tax Commission signed off on a $233 million settlement with the state’s largest casino resorts to free them from paying sales taxes on the comped meals they provide their patrons and employees in exchange for the resorts dropping their lawsuit seeking a refund on […]
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By Scott Mayerowitz and Jonathan Fahey, AP NEW YORK — The forecast for summer travel 2013: Partly sunny. Airlines, hotels and campgrounds are commanding higher rates and seeing more customers than a few summers ago, and luxury hotels are selling out. Local businessmen and state officials are optimistic. But for a travel industry still stinging […]
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