By Christopher Cadelago, Sacramento Bee California could one day be uninhabitable. Fire. Heat. Floods. Infestation. Disease. Suffering. Scientists have for years warned about the ravaging consequences of a warming planet. Decamping for the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Convention on Climate Change, California academics and political leaders were mulling […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – High winds and waves like the ocean couldn’t budge the vessel. It was on a type of auto pilot. The boat rocked to the waves, but otherwise didn’t move. Mother Nature on Monday helped demonstrate some of the sophisticated technology aboard Marine 24, Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District’s boat that […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of a series of stories about Lake Tahoe area athletes who hope to compete in the 2018 Olympics in South Korea. By Kathryn Reed PARK CITY, Utah – “I want to do something no one else is doing. It is more important to be a pioneer than to do a […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP Federal scientists and land managers who’ve been crafting strategies to protect a ground-dwelling bird’s habitat across the American West for nearly two decades are going back to the drawing board under a new Trump administration edict to reassess existing plans condemned by ranchers, miners and energy developers. Federal officials are wrapping […]
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By Mary L. Martialay, Phys.Org Increasing organic runoff as a result of climate change may be reducing the penetration of pathogen-killing ultraviolet sunlight in inland lakes, rivers, and coastal waters, according to a study in the journal Scientific Reports. The findings, from a team including researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, points to the potential for […]
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By Kathryn Reed A quest to put cannabis on the June ballot stems from the ongoing legal battle between South Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Wellness Cooperative owner Cody Bass. “The ballot measure spells it out in very small words; it is a legal business and has property rights like any other business,” James Anthony, the […]
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By David Bunker, Tahoe Quarterly This winter, if lucky, you might see Warren Miller skier and Truckee local Amie Engerbretson rocket off a cliff in Squaw Valley’s Fingers named after her dad. Or you might catch 16-year-old Noah Gaffney dropping into a chute immortalized in “Squallywood” — the unofficial guidebook to Squaw Valley skiing penned […]
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By Jamie Wanzek, Moonshine Ink Jasper, a bear well-known to Incline Village residents, was habitually seen ambling around the North Lake neighborhood for more than 10 years, often trailed by young cubs. In May of this year, in an attempt to scare Jasper and her three youngsters away from trash, a Washoe County deputy shot […]
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By Kathryn Reed People still don’t understand the concept of picking up after themselves. Annual statistics from Clean Tahoe underscore this notion. This organization that has been around for nearly 20 years operates in South Lake Tahoe and on the South Shore of El Dorado County. Today it is a nonprofit. In the last fiscal […]
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By Sage Sauerbrey, Moonshine Ink From timber to tourism, Tahoe/Truckee has always had a mono-economy. Other industries can and have thrived — construction had a heyday following the Olympics, and the last decade has marked the success of more than a handful of local technology businesses and start-ups, but in spite of opportunities for growth […]
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