By Angela Hart, Sacramento Bee California’s high housing costs are driving poor and middle income people out of their housing like never before. While some are fleeing coastal areas for cheaper living inland, others are leaving the state altogether. Homelessness is on the rise. California is home to 12 percent of the U.S. population, but […]
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By Kathryn Reed CAMP RICHARDSON – On the same day when climate change and what that means for potential wildland fires dominated the conversation, the reality of the threat came to fruition hours later as firefighters fought multiple blazes from lightning strikes. Speaker after speaker on Tuesday dwelled on the health of local forests and […]
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By Elizabeth Shogren, High Country News Near the end of 2005, Louise Helton had one of those life-changing moments that usually only happen in Hollywood movies. Friends had invited her to join Nevada movers and shakers in an ostentatiously decorated Las Vegas casino ballroom to hear former President Bill Clinton speak. He challenged the audience […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post A looming season-pass showdown among Colorado’s ski-industry heavyweights moved closer to reality Monday as the new Aspen Skiing-KSL Capital Partners venture bought Utah’s posh Deer Valley resort. The purchase adds a key Utah destination to the partnership’s growing portfolio that already included resorts in Colorado, California and elsewhere, and makes a […]
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By Kathryn Reed The dilapidated, graffiti-ridden, eye-sore of what once was a gas station in Meyers could be history this time next year. The building isn’t going anywhere – but it will undergo a major remodel. The former use is staying the same; only instead of a Beacon gas station it will be a Shell. […]
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By Angela Hart, Sacramento Bee Democratic state lawmakers aiming to ease California’s housing shortage say they are focused on three bills they estimate would generate $20 billion for affordable housing development over the next five years and lead to 70,000 new low-income apartments. They acknowledge it won’t be enough to solve the state’s unprecedented housing […]
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By Kathryn Reed While the sky didn’t go dark in Lake Tahoe during the eclipse Monday, the light was muted and the temperature definitely dropped. “The main thing out here is everyone noticed the temperature dropped,” Bob Nielsen of South Lake Tahoe said while at Cove East. According to the National Weather Service in Reno, […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about affordable housing in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee region. All articles may be accessed via the home page under Special Projects, 2017 Affordable Housing. By Susan Wood There’s something extraordinary going on in the Lake Tahoe housing market when “The Guy from Tahoe” isn’t. Curtis Fong, […]
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By Seth Borenstein, AP The sun is about to spill some of its secrets, maybe even reveal a few hidden truths of the cosmos. And you can get in on the act next week if you are in the right place for the best solar eclipse in the U.S. in nearly a century. Astronomers are […]
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By Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle Covered California, the health insurance exchange created under the Affordable Care Act, will take the unprecedented step of offering insurance companies financial incentives, and guardrails, to encourage them to continue selling health plans through its program. The agency’s board on Thursday approved a proposal to allow insurers to raise […]
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