By Kathryn Reed Owning and operating a vacation rental in South Lake Tahoe is likely to become more restrictive. The City Council on Tuesday spent nearly six hours listening to the ideas staff and the subcommittee of councilmembers Austin Sass and Wendy David came up with, and then heard 35 people give their input. (Several […]
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By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times While climate change did not cause Hurricane Harvey, it could explain the intensity of this tropical cyclone as well as other catastrophic storms that have hit the United States in recent years, experts say. Harvey is the latest in little over a decade of “500-year” and “100-year” floods […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau MEYERS – On a recent Friday afternoon, Michael Moughler lounged on the shore near Lake Baron while his mother and sister paddled their kayaks in the quiet, mirror-smooth water. This is a pretty average day at Tahoe Paradise Park, and that’s part of the reason Michael loves it so much. He comes […]
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By Steve Sebelius, Nevada Public Radio Gov. Brian Sandoval is a fan of history. And why not? He’s made a fair bit of it himself. He was Nevada’s first Hispanic statewide elected official when he won the race for attorney general in 2002. He was the first Hispanic governor when he was elected in 2010. […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal The western wildland fire season is reaching its peak and will head into decline by the end of the month, except in western Nevada around Reno and Carson City. That’s according to the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook issued Friday by the National Interagency Fire Center. The seasonal outlook […]
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By Kathryn Reed It was in 1894 that Congress passed legislation making the first Monday of September a holiday in honor of those who labor. More than 120 years later the labor force is dramatically different, and yet not so much. There are still carpenters, teachers, nurses and many other professions from the 19th century. […]
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By Susan Wood STATELINE — It was like a revival the minute southern country artist Eric Church hit the stage for the faithful who showed up and stood up in great numbers Saturday night for the last artist at the outdoor summer concert at Harveys this year. Church, a singer and guitarist who represents a […]
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By Ben Christopher and Matt Levin, CalMatters Half the state’s households struggle to afford the roof over their heads. Homeownership—once a staple of the California dream—is at its lowest rate since World War II. Nearly 70 percent of poor Californians see the majority of their paychecks go immediately to escalating rents. State lawmakers are debating […]
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By Tim Stephens, UC Santa Cruz The American pika, a small mammal adapted to high altitudes and cold temperatures, has died out from a 64-square-mile span of habitat in California’s northern Sierra Nevada mountains, and the cause appears to be climate change, according to a study published Aug. 30 in PLOS One. Researchers surveyed pika […]
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By Susan Wood It’s been hot this summer at Lake Tahoe – to the tune of fourth in ranking since records were taken 123 years ago at an average of 62.1 degrees. It ties with 1981’s figure. Keep in mind, this is the average from day to night. The record was set in 1988 at […]
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